The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions on a range of issues, including the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, the promotion on the right of peoples to…

Adopts Text on Complaints Mechanism for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Names 13 New Special Procedures Mandate Holders and Extends Eight Mandates The Human Rights Council closed its eighth regular session this afternoon, adopting 14 resolutions and a Presidential statement on a wide range…

Ends Discussion on Follow-up and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance and on follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, followed by a general debate on technical assistance and capacity-building. Louis Joinet, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, said…

Council Holds Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur, then General Debate on Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, and the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the…

Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the follow up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action after concluding a general debate on the human…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Sri Lanka, France and Tonga. Rajiva Wijesingha, the Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights of Sri Lanka, said that Sri Lanka had voluntarily and in a…

Holds General Debate on Universal Periodic Review The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Romania and Mali and held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. Ghergohe Magheru, Director General at the Ministry…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Peru, Benin, Switzerland and the Republic of Korea. José Eduardo Ponce Vivanco, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that the first two…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Pakistan, Zambia, Japan and Ukraine. Masood Khan, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Pakistan endorsed the view that the…