This afternoon the Human Rights Council held a panel discussion on the issue of human rights of the victims of terrorism with Anne Wu, Political Affairs Officer at the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force Office, Martin Scheinin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Christof Heyns, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational…

Hears address from Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain This morning the Human Rights Council held a clustered interactive dialogue with Joy Ngozi Ezeilo on behalf of Jorge Bustamante, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Kishore Singh, the Special…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Migrants, Right to Education and Cultural Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the…

Council Holds General Debate The Human Rights Council this morning opened its seventeenth regular session, hearing an address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in which she updated the Council on her Office’s activities and then holding a general debate. Navi Pillay, High…

Council Hears Address by Minister of Plantation Industries and Special Envoy of the President of Sri Lanka for Human Rights The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today concluded its general debate after hearing the High Commissioner for Human Rights update the Council on the activities of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Christof Heyns, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations…

The Human Rights Council will hold its seventeenth regular session from 30 May to 17 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the morning of Monday, 30 May, the Council will hear an update by Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to be followed by a general debate.…

The Human Rights Council this morning convened a Special Session concerning the “situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic”. The session was convened after the Council received a request from the United States, backed by 15 other Member States and signed by 21 Observer States. In…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. The resolution, adopted with 26 votes in favour, 9 votes against and 7 abstentions, calls on the government of Syria to, among other things, put an end to all human rights…