The Human Rights Council today heard the presentation of country reports on Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Cyprus and Iran under the agenda item on reports by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Secretary-General, followed by a general debate. It then heard…

The Human Rights Council this evening adopted 22 texts, establishing a Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan; extending mandates on human rights and countering terrorism, freedom of religion or belief, Syria, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Iran; and setting up future commemorations…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an enhanced interactive dialogue on Burundi, pursuant to its resolution S-24/1 adopted at its twenty-fourth Special Session in December 2015. The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue with Marie Thérèse Keita Bocoum, Independent Expert on the…

The Human Rights Council during its noon meeting held a panel discussion on technical cooperation and capacity building to promote and protect the rights of all migrants, including women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities. Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Mohammed Ayat, the Independent Expert on capacity building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights. Mr. Ayat, speaking about his third visit to Côte d’Ivoire, discussed the recent electoral…

The Human Rights Council this evening held separate interactive dialogues on the findings of the periodic report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, and on the report of the High Commissioner on the mission by OHCHR to improve…

The Human Rights Council this morning discussed the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and other Occupied Arab Territories, holding an interactive dialogue with Makarim Wibisono, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. In the general debate, speakers reminded that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action had called on States not to create a hierarchy of…

The Human Rights Council this evening held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance after hearing the presentation of the report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of…

The Human Rights Council this evening held an interactive dialogue with Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic. In her presentation, Ms. Keita Bocoum congratulated the Central African Republic for the peaceful and democratic…