The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its high-level segment and heard addresses from 13 dignitaries who underlined the need to address the crisis in Syria, welcomed the positive developments in Myanmar and outlined some of the efforts their countries and organizations were undertaking…

Hears Address by Joachim Gauck, President of Germany The Human Rights Council this morning opened its regular twenty-second session and started its high-level segment, hearing keynote statements from the President of the Council, the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations High…

The Human Rights Council held today a high-level panel discussion to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, hearing a video address by Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General. The discussion focused on the implementation of the Declaration and…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements from 18 dignitaries who spoke about their concerns regarding the situations in Syria, Mali, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and outlined some of the efforts their countries were undertaking…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-second regular at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 25 February to 22 March, starting with a four-day high-level segment in which over 80 ministers and other senior dignitaries will address the Council on human rights matters of national interest…

The fifteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group will be held in Geneva from 21 January to 1 February 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…

Remigiusz A. Henczel of Poland Elected as President-elect The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an organizational meeting to elect a new President and four Vice-Presidents for 2013. Remigiusz A. Henczel of Poland was elected as President-elect. Cheikh Ahmed Ould Zahaf of Mauritania,…

The fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 22 October to 5 November during which the next group of 14 States will have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…

Adopts Texts on the Human Rights of Older Persons and Indigenous Peoples and on the Situation in Mali and in South Sudan The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions in which it extended the mandate of the independent international Commission of Inquiry on Syria and renewed the…

Adopts Draft Report on the Session Ad Referendum, Suspends Twenty-First Session The Human Rights Council suspended its twenty-first regular session this afternoon after adopting five texts on activities of private military and security companies, international complementary standards to the…