The Human Rights Council this evening held a 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 of…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, which focused on the promotion and protection of the right to development, including in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to health and the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons. In his concluding remarks, Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, said that traditions…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity. Monica Pinto, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and…

GENEVA (Issued as received)-- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim (Republic of Korea), announced today the appointment of Ms. Yasmin Sooka (South Africa), Mr. Kenneth R. Scott (USA) and Mr. Godfrey M. Musila (Kenya), to serve as the three members of the Commission on…

Council Appoints Members of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on the High Commissioner’s update. The President of the Council also announced the appointment of members of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan…

The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, and with Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Mr. Crépeau presented his report on the impact of bilateral and…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea also Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard a presentation by the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, who was joined by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the…

High-level Dignitaries from Switzerland, Viet Nam and Azerbaijan Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-second regular session, hearing an address by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein in which he updated the Council on the…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent today expressed alarm over reports of violence toward people of African descent in Colombia, and called on the authorities to take concrete and urgent measures to protect the Afro-Colombian…