Adopts Resolutions on Promoting Reconciliation in Sri Lanka and Grave Situation of Human Rights in Syria, and Extends Four Mandates The Human Rights Council concluded its thirtieth regular session this afternoon after adopting 32 texts on a wide range of issues, as well as its report for the…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirtieth regular session from 14 September to 2 October in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will open…

The twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 May 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 reviewed…

Council Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to document human rights violations and atrocities committed by Boko Haram, with view towards accountability The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on atrocities committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-third special session on Wednesday, 1 April 2015, “in light of the terrorist attacks and human rights abuses and violations committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram”. The special session will start at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 April in Room XX at the…

Creates new mandates on right to privacy and rights of persons with albinism, also adopts resolutions on Syria, Libya and Iraq The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-eighth regular session this evening after adopting 34 resolutions on a wide range of issues, as well as three Presidential…

GENEVE (Issued as received) -- Today I met with the Commissioners of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict who handed over a letter requesting a deferral to June 2015 of the submission and presentation of their report due to be presented to the Human Rights…

28th SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILGeneva, Switzerland, 2-27 March 2015 The 28th session of the Human Rights Council will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2 to 27 March 2015.Media accreditation Representatives of the media will need to be accredited for the…

Session to Include High-level Segment; Presentations by Commissions of Inquiry on Syria, Gaza and Eritrea; and Discussions on more than 100 Reports on a Wide Range of Human Rights Themes and Countries The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-eighth regular session from 2 to…

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 20 February 2015 -- Unthinkable crimes continue to occur daily in Syria with victims’ voices in danger of being lost amidst the horrors of a conflict now approaching its fifth year, a group of United Nations experts warned today. In its latest report, the United Nations commission…