The eleventh Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Sri Lanka concluded this afternoon after adopting a resolution on assistance to Sri Lanka in the promotion and protection of human rights in which the Council urged the Government to continue strengthening its activities to ensure that…

The Human Rights Council concluded its eleventh Special Session today after adopting a resolution on assistance to Sri Lanka in the promotion and protection of human rights in which it encouraged the Government to continue to pursue its existing cooperation with relevant United Nations…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon opened its eleventh Special Session on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that there were strong reasons to believe that both the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam had grossly…

The Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address the human rights situation in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, 26 May starting 3 p.m. in Room XX, the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The special session is being convened following the…

The Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address the human rights situation in Sri Lanka following a request submitted today from Council members to convene the meeting. The session was requested to take place on Monday, 25 May in Room XX, the Human Rights and Alliance of…

The fifth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 February during which the next group of 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this new mechanism. The fifth group of States to be reviewed under the…

Ambassador Uhomoibhi Meets with President Lula Brasilia - - The President of the Human Rights Council, Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (Nigeria), kicked off an official visit to Brazil on 27 April by meeting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Amazon city of Manaus. The visit of the Council…

Three Additional Members of Fact-Finding Mission Appointed The Human Rights Council today announced the appointment of Richard J. Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and current Spinoza Fellow at the Netherlands Institute…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, issued the following statement today on the announcement by the United States to run for election to the Human Rights Council. “I am very encouraged by the news of the decision of the U.S. to run for a seat in the…

Adopts Texts on Torture, Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and Forensic Genetics The Human Rights Council this morning adopted four resolutions on torture and other inhuman, cruel, and degrading treatment: the role and responsibility of medical and other health personnel; discrimination…