Asks Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercive Measures to Present a Set of Elements to be Considered in the Preparation of a Draft Declaration on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 10 resolutions, including texts requesting the…

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…

Extends Mandate of the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Mali, Adopts Five Texts under its Agenda Item on the Situation of Human Rights in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 10 resolutions in which it extended the…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted five resolutions in which it extended the mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Iran, South Sudan and Myanmar. The Council adopted resolutions to extend by a period of one year the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 16 resolutions, including on the extension of the mandates on the right to privacy, albinism, the environment, and cultural rights. The Council adopted resolutions to extend by a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General. The Council started the general debate on Wednesday, 21 March after hearing…

Hears Presentation of Reports on Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti and Yemen The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building, after hearing the presentation of reports on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Cambodia,…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine under its technical assistance and capacity building agenda item, after hearing the presentation of the latest report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Presenting the…

Hears Address by New Zealand’s Justice Minister The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a high-level interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, held in the context of its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building. The Council heard…

Hears Presentation of Reports on Burundi, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Cyprus and Iran The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate on the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner…