Hears Presentation of Thematic Reports by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the…

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and seventeenth session, hearing an address by Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work, as well as…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Violence against Women and on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Chaloka Beyani, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and with…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Dante Pesce, Chair of the Working Group on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Kishore Singh, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, in the…

Council Hears Address by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sudan The Human Rights Council this afternoon began its clustered interactive dialogue with Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and Frances Radday, Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning finished consideration of the sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom. Introducing the report, Scott McPherson, Director of Law, Rights, International and Judicial Policy at the Ministry of Justice of the United Kingdom, noted…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, with its first panel discussion focusing on the theme of violence against indigenous women and girls and its root causes. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women with a panel discussion on women’s rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, in her opening remarks,…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a discussion on the fifth, sixth and seventh items on its agenda: new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, radiological weapons; comprehensive programme of disarmament; and transparency in armaments. China believed…