Requests High Commissioner to Undertake a Comprehensive Investigation into Alleged Serious Human Rights Violations in Sri Lanka The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted a resolution in which it requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to undertake a…

Adopts 16 Texts, Including on International Cooperation, Justice for Children, Countering Terrorism, and Privacy in the Digital Age The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 16 texts in which it extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and…

The Human Rights Council today discussed reports on Mali, the Central African Republic and Sri Lanka. It held separate interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali and the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic.…

Hears the Introduction of Reports on Afghanistan, Libya, Guinea, Somalia and the Central African Republic The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present reports by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Guatemala,…

Council Decides to Keep the Situation of Cameroon under Review by its Complaints Procedure The Human Rights Council this morning held a high-level dialogue on combatting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in…

The Human Rights Council during its noon meeting heard the presentation of the reports of the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards to strengthen and update international instruments against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in all their…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Côte d’Ivoire, Doudou Diene, and with the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Haiti, Gustavo Gallon. Doudou Diene, the Independent Expert on the human…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Mr. Falk, introducing his final report to the Human Rights Council as mandate holder, called attention…

Holds General Debate on Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council in its midday/afternoon meeting held a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories, as well as a general debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Monaco, the Republic of Congo and Malta. The President noted that out of 81 recommendations, Monaco had accepted 51 and taken note of the rest; out of 171 recommendations made to the Republic of Congo,…