GENEVA (16 January 2014) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea will visit the United Kingdom from 24 to 31 January to hold meetings and collect testimonies and accounts on the human rights situation in Eritrea. The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights…

The twenty-first session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 19 to 30 January during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…

The twentieth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 27 October to 7 November during which 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the…

Council Renews Mandates on the Central African Republic, Sudan, Hazardous Substances and Wastes, and People of African Descent The Human Rights Council this morning adopted nine texts in which it created the mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on…

Creates Mandate on Unilateral Coercive Measures; Adopts Resolutions on Sexual Orientation and on Civil Society Space, and Extends Several Mandates The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-seventh regular session this evening after adopting 32 texts on a wide range of issues, as well as its…

Adopts Four Presidential Statements and Resolutions on Civil Society Space and Foreign Debt, and Appoints Seven Members of the Advisory Committee The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted three resolutions on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations…

Hears Updates on Sri Lanka, Iraq, Cambodia, Yemen and Democratic Republic of Congo and Holds General Debate on Capacity Building and Technical Assistance The Human Rights Council today held separate interactive dialogues with Bahame Nyanduga, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in…

Adopts 20 Texts, including on the Deterioration of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Syria The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 20 texts in which it extended the mandates of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, the Special Rapporteur on the…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Ukraine The Human Rights Council today held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan, Mashood Baderin, followed by an interactive dialogue with the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in South Sudan, hearing an address by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri in which she updated the Council on this situation of grave concern. Baudelaire Ndong Ella, President…