Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ikponwosa Ero, and began an...

Germany and Sweden Brief the Conference about the Berlin Ministerial Meeting of the Stockholm Initiative The Conference on Disarmament discussed today the revised package presented by its President, Carlos Mario Foradori of Argentina. Germany and Sweden briefed on the Berlin Ministerial...

Reports of Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Central African Republic, Portugal and Dominica, and the Elaboration of Draft General Comment on the Right of Peaceful Assembly on the Agenda The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-eighth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva,...

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with David. R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment. It also began an interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related...

President of the Council Announces Measures in Response to COVID-19 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, and started its interactive...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded today its seventy-fifth session, after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Afghanistan,...

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas....

Concludes General Debate on High Commissioner’s Oral Update and on Country Reports and Updates by the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on torture...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held an informal meeting with States, during which they exchanged views on the 2020 treaty body review process, simplified reporting procedure and the general comments under preparation, among other issues. Renato Zerbini...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its general debate on the oral update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and country reports and oral updates by the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. In the general debate, speakers emphasized...