Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic. The Council also heard an address by…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on the human rights of internally displaced persons, in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. In his opening statement, Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Human Rights Council and…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Sheila Keetharuth, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea. In her presentation, Ms. Keetharuth regretted that she was unable to report tangible improvements in the human rights situation in Eritrea. The…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Anita Ramasastry, Chair of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and with Diego García-Sayán, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges…

Deputy High Commissioner Presents 14 Thematic Reports by the Secretary-General, and by the High Commissioner for Human Rights and his Office The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting heard United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore present thematic reports by the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Miklós Haraszti, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, after he presented his report. Mr. Haraszti said that in the past six years, Belarus had failed to bring any substantive change; heavy…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons. The Council also heard a statement by…

The Human Rights Council this morning held the second part of its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women with a panel focusing on advancing women’s rights in the economic sphere through access and participation in information and communication technologies. The first part of the…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Ivana Radačić, Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, and with Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons. The Council…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held the first part of its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, focusing on the impact of violence against women human rights defenders and women’s organizations in digital spaces. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner…