Adopts Consensus Decision to Dispatch High-Level Mission to Assess Human Rights Situation in Darfur The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its two-day fourth special session, adopting by consensus a decision to dispatch a high-level mission to assess the human rights situation in…

Decides to Prepare the Durban Review Conference and Establishes Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards in the Fight Against Racism The Human Rights Council today concluded its third regular session, which was held from 29 November to 8 December. During the session, which…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Luis Alfonso De Alba, has appointed Christine Chinkin of the United Kingdom as a member of the high-level fact-finding mission established by the Council at its special session of 15 November in connection with the Israeli military operations in Beit…

The Human Rights Council will hold its fourth special session on Tuesday, 12 December on the situation of human rights in Darfur. The special session is being convened following a request by the Ambassador of Finland and has been signed by 33 Member States. The request for the special session…

In Presidential Statement, Council Postpones Twenty Draft Texts for Consideration at Later Sessions The Human Rights Council today concluded its second session in which it adopted 18 texts, including on human rights and access to water, extreme poverty, the occupied Syrian Golan, the right to…

The Human Rights Council will resume its suspended second session on Monday, 27 November to take action on deferred draft proposals, after which it will immediately begin its scheduled third session. From 22 September to 6 October, the Council heard reports from most of its thematic and country…

Calls for Urgent International Action to End Gross Violationsof Palestinians in Occupied Territory The third special session of the Human Rights Council concluded its work this afternoon after adopting a resolution in which it expressed its shock at the horror of Israeli killing of Palestinian…

The Human Rights Council will hold its third special session on Wednesday, 15 November, to consider and take action on the gross human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent one in Northern Gaza and the assault on…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon suspended its second session until 27 November when it will take action on all the draft proposals that it could not consider given their high number and the insufficient time available in order to guarantee the due and balanced consideration of all proposals…

Session Devoted to Hearing Reports from Council’s Special Procedures The Human Rights Council will hold its second session from 18 September to 6 October 2006. The session will be devoted to hearing the reports of the special procedures of the Council, including Special Rapporteurs, Experts and…