The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity. Kishore Singh, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, introducing his…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon meeting began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice. Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises and with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Pavel…

Concludes Dialogue on the Effects of Foreign Debt and on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and with the Special Rapporteur on the human…

The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting today began an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises and with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on the role of the United Nations system in advancing the business and human rights agenda through embedding the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the post-2015 framework and related United Nations strategies, policies…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its Universal Periodic Review. Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, Vice President of the Human Rights Council and moderator of the panel discussion,…

The Human Rights Council today held an urgent debate on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Syria and adopted a resolution in which it strongly condemned the widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities and the Government-…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, and with…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on the right to health and on the human rights of migrants. Anand Grover, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental…