Also Hears Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Activities of her Office The Human Rights Council this morning opened its twenty-first regular session, hearing an address by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and an update by High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi…

Minister of Justice of Sudan Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard an address by the Minister of Justice of Sudan and continued the general debate on the annual report of the High Commissioner and reports of her Office and the Secretary-General, which it started this…

Council to Hear Presentations from 19 Independent Human Rights Experts and Bodies; Commission on Inquiry on Syria also to Present Latest Report The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first regular session from 10 to 28 September 2012 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it…

Adopts Resolutions on Syria, Mali, Nelson Mandela International Day and Arbitrary Detention The Human Rights Council this morning appointed a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, extended the mandates of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’…

Adopts 22 Resolutions, Appoints Special Rapporteurs on Belarus and Eritrea, Extends Mandates on Côte d'Ivoire and Somalia, Decides to Establish Working Group to Negotiate a Draft Declaration on the Right to Peace The Human Rights Council concluded its twentieth regular session this afternoon,…

Concludes Twentieth Regular Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon named John Knox as the Independent Expert on human rights and the environment and announced the members of the fact-finding mission on Israeli settlements before closing its twentieth regular session. Laura Dupuy Lasserre…

Decides under Complaint Procedure to Discontinue Review of Religious Minorities in Iraq, Keep under Review Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea The Human Rights Council this morning decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus and adopted 12 other texts on…

Also Adopts Text on National Human Rights Institutions The Human Rights Council this afternoon decided to establish a working group to negotiate a draft declaration on the right to peace and adopted a resolution on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. In a…

Discusses Report on Technical Cooperation on Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan and Concludes Dialogue with Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity-building efforts under which it discussed an overview…

Concludes General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with Mutuma Ruteere, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance. It…