Urges Government of Myanmar to Ensure Full Respect for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted by consensus a resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar in which it strongly deplored the continued violent repression of peaceful...

Adopts Resolution Deploring Violent Repression in Myanmar and Calling for the Release of Peaceful Protesters and All Political Detainees The Human Rights Council concluded its fifth Special Session this afternoon after adopting a resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar in which...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon suspended its sixth session until 10 December after having, among other things, extended the mandates of the Working Group on arbitrary detention, the Special Rapporteur on human rights of indigenous people and the Independent Expert on human rights in...

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on the situation of human rights in Myanmar on Tuesday, 2 October after receiving a request signed by 17 Member States. Doru Romulus Costea, the President of the Council, said that he will hold open-ended informative consultations on Monday, 1...

The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its report to the General Assembly and concluded its 2007 session. Speakers made statements, in which they expressed their frustration at coming extremely close to achieving consensus on a programme of work this year, after 10 years of deadlock, and...

The Human Rights Council will hold the first part of its sixth session from 10 to 28 September at the Palais des Nations to discuss issues relating to the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. The Council will also continue with its institution-building process, including...

Experts Work on Enhancing National Implementation and Regional Cooperation, Strengthening Barriers Against Biological Weapons The Meeting of Experts from States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was held in Geneva from 20 to 24 August 2007. The Meeting of Experts is the first...

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Costa Rica, New Zealand, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Republic of Korea The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its seventy-first session, issuing concluding observations and...

As decided by the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (December 2006) an Implementation Support Unit has been established to assist States Parties in their efforts to strengthen the implementation of the Convention and reduce the threat posed by biological weapons....

Adopts Final Conclusions and Recommendations on Reports of Zambia, Sudan and Czech Republic The Human Rights Committee concluded today its ninetieth session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by Zambia, Sudan and the Czech...