The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements from 24 dignitaries who spoke about national efforts to promote and protect human rights, the review of the work of the Human Rights Council, the results of last week’s Special Session on the situation…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened a Special Session on “The situation of human rights in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya”. Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that Muammar Al-Qadhafi must stop the violence now. Libya was a member of the Human Rights Council and as such…

Delegation of Libya addresses the Council, saying the will of the people is invincible The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Libya. Resolution S-15/L.1, adopted by consensus without a vote, calls on the Libyan government to, among other…

Resolution Calls for the Council to Dispatch Commission of Inquiry to Libya to Investigate all Alleged Violations of International Human Rights Law The Human Rights Council this afternoon closed its Special Session on the human rights situation in Libya after adopting a resolution in which it…

The Human Rights Council will hold its sixteenth regular session from 28 February to 25 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Council will begin its session by holding a High-Level Segment from Monday, 28 February to Wednesday, 2 March in which dignitaries will address the Council on…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "The situation of human rights in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya” on Friday, 25 February, starting at 10 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.The holding of the Special Session comes at the request of Hungary, on behalf of the…

Ban Ki-moon Says Special Procedures Allow Human Rights Council to Shine Light on Abuses Everywhere United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the Human Rights Council this afternoon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, saying that for the Council to fulfil its mandate it had to be…

Sixteen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the tenth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 24 January to 4 February. These countries are (in…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened a Special Session on “The situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire since the elections on 28 November 2010”. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking on behalf of High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, reiterated the…

The Human Rights Council concluded its fourteenth Special Session today after adopting a resolution in which it strongly condemned human rights violations that had taken place in Côte d’Ivoire, including abductions, enforced or involuntary disappearances, arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial,…