Council Concludes General Debate on Update by High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of reports by the Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty and the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Independent Experts on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty and the Effect of Foreign Debt on Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present a number of reports by the High Commissioner and the…

The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual full-day discussion on women’s human rights entitled equality before the law: concrete steps to further women’s equality. The discussion focused on non-discrimination in the law, with a view to identifying concrete steps to further women’s…

Council Hears Statements from Concerned Countries; Starts General Debate on High Commissioner’s Update; Minister of Justice of Kenya Addresses Council United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay this afternoon updated the Human Rights Council on human rights themes and…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and the Special Rapporteur on the right of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the reports of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, hearing presentations of their reports and then holding an interactive…

Council Opens Eleventh Regular Session The Human Rights Council this morning opened its eleventh session by adopting its agenda and holding an interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business…

Council Hears from the Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights of Sri Lanka; Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Transnational Corporations, Education and Migrants The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Special…

The Human Rights Council will hold its eleventh regular session from 2 to 18 June 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Under its agenda item on the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) and the…

Divisions Remain on Approach to Take in Dealing with the Crisis The Human Rights Council this morning continued its eleventh Special Session on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka, with speakers again expressing divergent views on the approach which should be taken towards Sri Lanka in the…