The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "The situation of human rights in Côte d'Ivoire since the elections on 28 November 2010" on Thursday 23 December, starting at 10 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The holding of the Special Session comes at the request of Nigeria on…

Sixteen Countries will have their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the ninth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 1 to 12 November. These countries are (in order of…

Decides to Hold Panel on Human Rights in the Context of Action Taken to Address Terrorist Hostage-Taking and the Responsibility of States The Human Rights Council this morning adopted a resolution in which it established for a period of three years a Working Group on the issue of discrimination…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Guinea-Bissau and Kiribati. Cletche Sanha, Legal Counsel with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guinea-Bissau, said the real problem affecting the country was its difficulties and limitations, but it had…

Council Adopts Eight Texts and Closes Fifteenth Regular Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon decided to establish a Working Group to elaborate a legally binding instrument on the regulation of the impact of the activities of private military and security companies on the enjoyment of…

The Human Rights Council closed its fifteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting 34 texts which included establishing the mandates of a Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, a Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law…

Council Adopts Statement on Religious Intolerance The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted resolutions in which it established the mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and extended the mandates of the Working Group on arbitrary…

Adopts Presidential Statement on Haiti which Extends Mission of Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti until September 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 12 texts in which it, among other things extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on adequate…

The Human Rights Council today focused on the situation of human rights in Somalia as it took up its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building. It first held a stand-alone interactive dialogue on assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights, which was then followed by an…

Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Slavery, Endorses Nomination of Special Rapporteurs on Internally Displaced Persons and on Torture The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted six resolutions on follow-up to the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the…