Presidents of Bulgaria and of the Marshall Islands, and Dignitaries from Armenia, Somalia, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, and Norway Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-first regular session, hearing an update by Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-first regular session from 24 June to 12 July 2019 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the…

Extends Eight Country Mandates including on Myanmar, Islamic Republic of Iran, South Sudan, and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Renews Mandates on the Right to Food, Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Human Rights while Countering Terrorism; and Appoints Members of the Expert Mechanism on…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fortieth regular session from 25 February to 22 March 2019 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, 25 February under the presidency of Ambassador Coly…

Decides to Establish an Ongoing Independent Mechanism on the Most Serious International Crimes and Violations of International Law Committed in Myanmar since 2011; Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas; Extends Mandates on Yemen,…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-ninth regular session from 10 to 28 September 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. At the opening of the session at 9 a.m. on Monday, 10 September, the Council will hear an…

Extends Country Mandates on Belarus and Eritrea; Decides to Dispatch Two International Human Rights Experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Calls on All Parties in Syria to Work Towards a Genuine Political Transition; and Appoints Five Special Procedure Mandate Holders The Human Rights…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-eighth regular session from 18 June to 6 July 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, by adopting a resolution in which it decided to dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry to…

The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on “the deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem” on Friday, 18 May. The special session is being convened following an official request submitted on 15 May by Palestine and the United…