The Human Rights Council will hold its seventh regular session from 3 to 28 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. This shall be followed, from 3 to 5 March, by a high-level segment when dozens of senior…

Council Concludes Sixth Special Session The sixth Special Session of the Human Rights Council concluded today after adopting a resolution in which it called for urgent international action to put an immediate end to the grave violations committed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,…

The Human Rights Council today demanded that Israel lift immediately the siege it had imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip, restore continued supply of fuel, food and medicine and reopen the border crossings. In a resolution adopted by a roll-call vote of 30 in favour, one against and 15 abstentions…

High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for an End to Restrictions on Aid and Essential Supplies to Gaza; Underscores International Community's Responsibility to Protect The Human Rights Council today opened its sixth Special Session on “human rights violations emanating from Israeli military…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Wednesday, 23 January at the request of the Group of Arab States and the Group of the Organization of Islamic Conference to consider and take action on “human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied…