Hears a Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on the oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, which she presented on Monday, 10 September. The summary of the oral update can…

Hears Countries Speak in Right of Reply in Response to Statements made during the General Debate on the Oral Update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, Independent Expert on the rights of older persons, and with Léo Heller, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. Ms. Kornfeld-Matte informed the Council…

Hears from New High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-ninth regular session, hearing from Michelle Bachelet, the newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Urmila Bhoola, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, and Livingstone Sewanyana, the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order. Presenting her reports, Ms…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-ninth regular session from 10 to 28 September 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. At the opening of the session at 9 a.m. on Monday, 10 September, the Council will hear an…

Requests Two-Day Global Consultation on Business and Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions, including on Syria. It extended for one year the mandates of the Special Rapporteurs on Belarus and on Eritrea. It also requested the Working Group on the issue of…

Extends Country Mandates on Belarus and Eritrea; Decides to Dispatch Two International Human Rights Experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Calls on All Parties in Syria to Work Towards a Genuine Political Transition; and Appoints Five Special Procedure Mandate Holders The Human Rights…

Decides to Dispatch Two International Human Rights Experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions in which it requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to dispatch a team of two international human rights experts to the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 10 resolutions, including texts requesting a two-day meeting to discuss progress, gaps and challenges in the elimination of female genital mutilation, and deciding to hold a panel discussion on women and climate change. Concerning female genital…