The Human Rights Council held its seventh Special Session today and adopted a resolution on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices. In the resolution, which was adopted by consensus, the Council…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices", on Thursday, 22 May, in room XIX of the Palais des Nations. The Special Session was called by Cuba…

The second session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 5 to 19 May during which 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this new mechanism. The second group of States to be reviewed under…

First 16 Countries to be Reviewed During Inaugural UPR Session from 7 to 18 April The first session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 7 to 18 April during which 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this…

Wraps Up with General Statements from 23 Speakers on Renewed Mandates, Upcoming Universal Periodic Review, and Defamation of Religions, Among Others The Human Rights Council this morning officially concluded the work of its seventh regular session, adopting its reports to the General Assembly,…

Texts also Adopted on Climate Change, Genocide, Enforced Disappearances, Extreme Poverty, Missing People, Rights of Child and Occupied Syrian Golan The Human Rights Council this morning decided to extend for a period of three years the mandates of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related…

Establishes New Mandate on Access to Safe Drinking Water The Human Rights Council at its seventh regular session adopted 36 resolutions on a wide range of issues, extended the mandates of 13 Special Procedures and established the mandate of an Independent Expert on the issue of human rights…

Texts also Adopted on Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, the Staff of OHCHR, and Enhancement of International Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning decided to extend for three years the mandates of its Independent Experts on the…

Texts also Adopted on Defamation of Religions, Right of Palestinian People to Self-Determination, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Right to Food The Human Rights Council this afternoon decided to extend for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human…