Decides to Establish an Ongoing Independent Mechanism on the Most Serious International Crimes and Violations of International Law Committed in Myanmar since 2011; Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas; Extends Mandates on Yemen,…

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…

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…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-eighth regular session from 18 June to 6 July 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, by adopting a resolution in which it decided to dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry to…

The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on “the deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem” on Friday, 18 May. The special session is being convened following an official request submitted on 15 May by Palestine and the United…

Extends Six Country Mandates including on Syria and South Sudan; Renews Mandates on the Right to Privacy, on Human Rights and the Environment, on Cultural Rights, and on People with Albinism; and Decides to Hold a High-Level Panel on the Legacy of Nelson Mandela on 27 April 2018 The Human Rights…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-seventh regular session from 26 February to 23 March 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, 26 February under the presidency of…

Geneva, 1 February 2018 (Issued as received) - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Vojislav Šuc (Slovenia), announced today the appointment of Mr. Doudou Diène (Senegal) to serve as a member and new chairperson of the Council-mandated Commission of Inquiry on Burundi. Mr. Diène,…

Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States The twenty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 15 to 26 January during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights…