The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Margaret Sekaggya, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. Margaret Sekaggya, Special Rapporteur on the situation of…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights Defenders and on Freedom of Religion or Belief The Human Rights Council this afternoon opened its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded a clustered interactive dialogue with Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, and Najat Maalla M’Jid, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. In…

Holds Panel Discussion on Root Causes and Factors Leading Children to Live or Work in the Street The Human Rights Council this morning opened its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child and held a panel discussion on a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual day of discussion on the rights of the child with a panel focusing on prevention strategies and responses to the conditions of children living and or working in the street. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with Olivier de Schutter, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and Raquel Rolnik, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, and Najat Maalla M’Jid, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.…

High Commissioner for Human Rights Commemorates International Women’s Day The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Jeremy Sarkin, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, El Hadji Malick Sow, Chairperson…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Martin Scheinin, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and Juan Ernesto Mendez, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Jeremy Sarkin, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, El Hadji Malick Sow, Chairperson of the Working Group on arbitrary detention, and Chaloka Beyani, Special…