Adopts 33 Resolutions, Extends Mandates of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria and the Independent Expert on Sudan, Adopts Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, and Decides to Establish a Working Group on the Rights of Peasants The Human Rights Council suspended its twenty-first…

Adopts Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Asks Advisory Committee to Finalize Study on Traditional Values and Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 10 resolutions in which it adopted Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights and asked the…

Establishes a Working Group to Draft a United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 11 resolutions in which it, among other things, decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental Working Group to…

The Human Rights Council this morning held interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia and the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan. Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, said that the…

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Reports on South Sudan, Cambodia, Somalia and Yemen 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 South Sudan,…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Verene Shepherd, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. Verene Shepherd, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, introducing the reports of the Working Group…

Hears Presentation of Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards The Human Rights Council today heard the presentation of a report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards, and then held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. Surya Prasad Subedi, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, presenting his reports to the Human Rights Council, said that he had…

The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of the report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict and then started its general debate…

Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its general debate on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action after concluding its general debate on the…