Special Procedures Are Ready to Contribute to Make the Call to Action for Human Rights a Reality, Chairperson of Coordination Committee of Special Procedures Tells Human Rights Council   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Bulgaria were China, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Russian Federation, Sudan,…

    The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Panama, Mongolia, Maldives, Andorra and Honduras. The following civil society organizations took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Panama: Centre for International…

  Begins Consideration of Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Panama   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Belarus, Libya and Malawi. It also began its consideration of the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Panama. Speaking on…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, who echoed the words of the Secretary-General that the world faces a veritable tsunami of hatred and xenophobia. He said a treaty was needed to regulate hate…

  Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar: International Community Must Act Together to Let the Myanmar Junta Know there are Consequences for its Crimes   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a debate on the midterm review of the International Decade of…

  Le Sous-Secrétaire général Mohamed Khaled Khiari lance un appel à tous pour s’unir dans la condamnation de la tentative de coup d’Etat au Myanmar   L'analyse menée par le Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l’homme continue de confirmer qu'il existe des « motifs raisonnables » de…

  Special Rapporteur Says Myanmar is Controlled by a Murderous, Illegal Regime and Urges States not to Recognise it   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, and…

  Commission of Inquiry on Burundi tells the Council that Serious Human Rights Violations Continue to be Committed and Omnipresence of Imbonerakure in Public Sphere Must be Restricted   Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Says Current Violence is the Worst since the Onset of the…

  Fact-finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Identifies more than 200 Killings by Police Forces since the Start of the Year   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…