Enforced disappearances are being committed on a wide scale throughout Syria as part of a campaign of intimidation and as a tactic of war, according to a report published today by the United Nations panel investigating human rights violations in the country. "Without a trace: enforced…

The seventeenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 21 October to 1 November during which 15 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the…

Adopts resolution on Syria, appoints experts on human rights of older persons and human rights in the Central African Republic The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-fourth regular session this evening after adopting 40 texts on a wide range of issues and its report for the session. The…

Commission of Inquiry on Syria to Present Latest Report, Commission of Inquiry on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Present Oral Update The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-fourth regular session from 9 to 27 September 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will…

Geneva, 5 July 2013 – The United Nations Commission set up to investigate human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has begun its operations with an initial meeting in Geneva. The three Commissioners welcomed the large amount of information that is already being provided…

The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-third regular session this afternoon after adopting 26 resolutions, a Presidential Statement and a decision, on a wide range of issues. During the session, the Council extended the mandates of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against…

Council to Hear from Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, 21 Human Rights Experts and to Hold Four Panel Discussions on a Wide Range of Issues The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-third regular session from 27 May to 14 June 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A wide range…

Geneva, 7 May 2013 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Remigiusz A. Henczel (Poland), announced today the appointment of Michael Donald Kirby of Australia and Sonja Biserko of Serbia who will join Marzuki Darusman, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the…

The sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 22 April to 3 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…

The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-second regular session this afternoon after adopting two decisions, two Presidential statements, and 35 resolutions on a wide range of issues. In its resolutions, among others, the Council established a Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People's…