The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate under its agenda items on the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General, and on the promotion and protection of all human rights,…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights. It…

Hears Statements by Ministers from Myanmar and Democratic Republic of the Congo The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy. It also heard statements by the…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity and the Chairperson Rapporteur of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples…

President of Maldives: Recent Events across North Africa and the Middle East Represent a Defining Geopolitical Moment, Similar to the Fall of the Berlin Wall The President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, this afternoon told the Human Rights Council that recent events across North Africa and the…

High-Level Dignitaries from Uruguay, Sri Lanka and Benin Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its eighteenth regular session, hearing statements by the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, the Minister of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka, the Minister of Justice for Benin,…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Laura Dupuy Lasserre today appointed three high-level experts as members of the Commission of Inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic, as mandated by the Human Rights…

President of Council Appoints Members of the Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Alleged Violations of Human Rights Law in Syria The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate and heard an address by Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on…

The Human Rights Council will hold its eighteenth regular session from 12 to 30 September at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the morning of Monday, 12 September, the Council will hear an update by Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to be followed by a general…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and decided to dispatch an independent international commission of inquiry. The passage of the resolution comes at the end of a Special Session held at the request of the…