The Human Rights Council will resume its suspended second session on Monday, 27 November to take action on deferred draft proposals, after which it will immediately begin its scheduled third session. From 22 September to 6 October, the Council heard reports from most of its thematic and country…

Speakers Call on Council to Condemn Israel’s Attack on Beit Hanoun and to Send a Fact-finding Mission to the Town The Human Rights Council this morning opened its third special session which is looking at Israeli military incursions in Northern Gaza and the assault on Beit Hanoun, hearing…

Calls for Urgent International Action to End Gross Violationsof Palestinians in Occupied Territory The third special session of the Human Rights Council concluded its work this afternoon after adopting a resolution in which it expressed its shock at the horror of Israeli killing of Palestinian…

The Human Rights Council will hold its third special session on Wednesday, 15 November, to consider and take action on the gross human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent one in Northern Gaza and the assault on…

Adopts Decision on Mechanisms and Mandates The Human Rights Council this morning decided, given the high number of draft proposals submitted for the session, and the insufficient time available in order to guarantee the due and balanced consideration of all proposals, to defer all draft proposals…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon suspended its second session until 27 November when it will take action on all the draft proposals that it could not consider given their high number and the insufficient time available in order to guarantee the due and balanced consideration of all proposals…

Also Debates Report on Human Rights and International Solidarity The Human Rights Council this morning discussed a joint report by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard statements from non-governmental organizations on the two reports of its Special Procedures on their missions to Lebanon and Israel as well as on other issues. Commenting on a joint report by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or…

The Human Rights Council this morning discussed operative paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251, which mandates the Council to review and rationalize the system of Special Procedures, expert advice and a complaint procedure inherited from the former Commission on Human Rights. It heard…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a brief general debate on initiatives, issues, decisions and resolutions affecting its work during which speakers raised a range of subjects. An issue raised by several speakers was to whom the Council’s report should be transmitted, whether to the…