The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Cambodia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Mak Sambath, President of the National Human Rights Committee of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Bolivia, Fiji and San Marino. Angelica Navarro, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, stated that Bolivia had participated in the Universal…

Also hears presentation of the reports of the Forum on Minority Issues and the Annual Meeting of Special Procedures The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák. It also heard presentations of the report of the Forum…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Italy and El Salvador. Maurizio Enrico Serra, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said Italy had accepted 176 of the 186…

The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Russia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The report was presented by the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Georgy…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Commission, said that civilians had always been the primary victims in Syria, treated as legitimate targets by…

The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, during which speakers raised allegations of human rights violations in countries and regions around the world and reiterated the Council’s responsibility to address all situations…

Hears from the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which it heard an address by its incoming President, and the Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Yanghee Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. Ahmed Shaheed, Special…

Elects Fabián Omar Salvioli of Argentina as Chairperson The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirteenth session, hearing an address by Mr. Simon Walker, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The…