Concludes Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism and General Debate on Racism and Xenophobia The Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights in Haiti. It also concluded an interactive dialogue with the…

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 report, said that Israel continued to refuse to cooperate with the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held general debates under its agenda items on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories and on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. Opening the general debate on the human…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights in a multicultural context, including through combating xenophobia, discrimination and intolerance. Yuri A. Boychenko, Representative of the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held general debates on human rights bodies and mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review. During the debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms, delegations recognized the important contribution that Special Procedures made to the promotion and…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus The Human Rights Council this morning started its general debate on its agenda item on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. It also concluded its…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on human rights situations requiring the Council’s attention. In the general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, speakers raised violations of human rights in a number of countries and regions…

Concludes General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning took up the human rights situation in Syria under its agenda item on human rights situations that re quire the Council’s attention. It heard High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi…

Concludes Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Syria The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on her report on the human rights situation in Belarus. The Council, under the same agenda item on human rights situations that…

The Human Rights Council this morning held the second part of its full-day annual discussion on women’s human rights, focusing on women human rights defenders. Opening the discussion, Laura Lasserre Dupuy, President of the Human Rights Council, said that today’s panel would focus on the…