The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Mike Smith, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry to investigate systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights in Eritrea. Presenting the report, Mr. Smith said that the Commission had concluded that Eritrean…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Violence against Women and on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Chaloka Beyani, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and with…

Hears Presentation of Thematic Reports by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Dante Pesce, Chair of the Working Group on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Kishore Singh, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, in the…

Council Hears Address by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sudan The Human Rights Council this afternoon began its clustered interactive dialogue with Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and Frances Radday, Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against…

Arabic version GENEVA (Issued as received)– The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) is committing genocide against Yazidis, according to a report, “They Came to Destroy: ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis”, issued today by the independent international Commission of Inquiry on the…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, with its first panel discussion focusing on the theme of violence against indigenous women and girls and its root causes. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights…

Hears Statements by High-level Dignitaries from the United Kingdom and Ukraine The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded a clustered interactive dialogue with Monica Pinto, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and Virginia Dandan, Independent Expert on…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women with a panel discussion on women’s rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, in her opening remarks,…