Adopts Twenty-Eight Resolutions and Three Decisions, Names Experts on Cultural Rights and on Sudan, Extends Mandates of Special Procedures on Cambodia and Somalia The Human Rights Council today closed its twelfth regular session, adopting texts on a wide range of issues, including on…

The Human Rights Council this morning started its consideration of its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity-building, hearing presentations of reports by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia and the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in…

The Human Rights Council today heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present reports by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Liberia and Burundi, and a report by the United Nations Secretary-General on Cambodia, and then held a general debate on its agenda item on technical…

Texts Concern Review of Work of Council, Independence of Judiciary, Human Rights Education, Human Rights of Migrants, Right to Food and Situation in Honduras The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 15 resolutions and two decisions on a wide variety of subjects, including on the…

The Human Rights Council this morning held general debates on the human rights situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories, on human rights bodies and mechanisms, and on follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. In the general debate on the human…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance present his report and held an interactive dialogue with him. The Council then held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination,…

The Human Rights Council this morning discussed the report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, hearing a presentation by the head of the Mission, statements by Israel and Palestine as concerned countries, and then holding an interactive dialogue with the Mission. Richard Goldstone,…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Fact-Finding Mission on Gaza Conflict The Human Rights Council this afternoon listened to a presentation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on her first periodic report on the implementation of the Council resolution on the grave…

The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in its work. Mona Rishmawi, Officer-in-Charge of the Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking on behalf of the High Commissioner…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard presentations of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, and of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which were followed by an interactive dialogue with…