The Human Rights Council this morning began its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child on the theme of the fight against sexual violence against children, holding a panel discussion on manifestations of sexual violence against boys and girls. Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director, Human Rights…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child on the theme of the fight against sexual violence against children by holding a panel discussion called “Protecting boys and girls from sexual violence: prevention and response”. Ibrahim Salama…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention, and the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on the right to truth. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, introducing the panel discussion, said while the right to truth had initially been linked to cases of the missing and disappeared persons, it had…

The Human Rights Council this morning heard presentations from Martin Scheinin, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, and Manfred Nowak, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, of…

Concludes Interactive Debate with Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard presentations from the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, the Chairperson-…

The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting discussed reports presented by Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food and Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities, focusing on the structure and role of national mechanisms in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Navi Pillay, the United…

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wa Kang, this morning presented a series of reports of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Secretary-General to…

High Commissioner Presents Annual Report on the Activities of her Office This morning the Human Rights Council heard a presentation by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, of the annual report of the work of her Office. Following the presentation there was an…