The Human Rights Council started during its noon meeting a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo De Greiff, and the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual panel discussion on integrating a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms, with a focus on gender parity. Joachim Rücker, President of the Human Rights Council, noted that women…

Concludes Dialogue on Hazardous Waste and on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, Hears Address by Commissioner for Human Rights of Mauritania The Human Rights Council this morning began an interactive clustered dialogue with Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Independent Expert on the promotion of a…

High-level Dignitaries from Sri Lanka, Mexico and the United Kingdom Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirtieth 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…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive clustered dialogue with Seong-Phil Hong, Chairperson of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and Urmila Bhoola, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery. Mr. Hong, presenting the Working Group’s reports, underlined the…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirtieth regular session from 14 September to 2 October in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will open…

The twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 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 reviewed…

Speakers Pay Tribute to Ambassador Yusuf Bari-Bari of Somalia, Killed in a Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu The Human Rights Council today opened its twenty-third Special Session in light of terrorist attacks and human rights abuses and violations committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The…

Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Prepare a Report on Violations and Abuses of Human Rights and Atrocities Committed by Boko Haram The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on Boko Haram after condemning gross abuses perpetrated by Boko Haram, calling…

Council Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to document human rights violations and atrocities committed by Boko Haram, with view towards accountability The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on atrocities committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram…