Appoints Eight Special Procedure Mandate Holders and Member of Council’s Advisory Committee, Extends Mandates on Internally Displaced Persons and Freedom of Religion or Belief, Decides to Dispatch Mission to Investigate Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Flotilla The Human Rights Council closed its…

Recommends Proclaiming 24 March as International Day for Right to Truth on Gross Human Rights Violations, Requests Draft Declaration on Right of Peoples to Peace The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted seven resolutions and one decision which, among other things, extended the mandate of…

Council Also Holds General Debate on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the situation of human rights in Haiti, hearing from the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive debate with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, as well as with the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent. Githu Muigai, Special Rapporteur on…

The Human Rights Council held a general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. The Vienna Declaration was adopted on 25 June 1993 with the aim of reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Charter and…

Concludes General Debate on the Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance and follow up and implementation of the Durban Declaration…

The Human Rights Council this morning considered the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, holding an interactive dialogue on the annual report of Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard a panel discussion on the human rights dimensions of maternal mortality. Opening the discussion, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that according to the latest United Nations official figures, 529,000 women died…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Iraq, the Gambia, and Egypt. Wijdan Salim, Minister for Human Rights of Iraq, said a national conference would be held to discuss a draft road map for the implementation of the recommendations approved…

Holds General Debate on Universal Periodic Review Mechanism The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Bosnia and Herzegovina, following which it held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, during which speakers said that…