The Human Rights Council will hold its fifth session from 11 to 18 June at the Palais des Nations to debate the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. At the beginning of the session, the Council will hear from a number of its thematic and country-specific Special Rapporteurs…

Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, told a special meeting of the Human Rights Council today that at this crucial time in the Council’s institution building, it was important to act before fresh tragedies took place, and the systems of Special Procedures and early warning were of key…

The Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, 4 June to hear an address by Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, who will speak about Chile’s position on the importance of strengthening the system of the promotion and protection of human rights. Ms. Bachelet is also expected…

Adopts Eleven Resolutions and Four Decisions, Including on Follow-up to Missions to Darfur and Occupied Palestinian Territory The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its fourth regular session, having considered a large number of reports from its Special Procedures, on the high-level…

The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, issued the following statement today: “Following the recent dismissal of the appeal by Taha Yassin Ramadan against the death sentence imposed by the Iraqi High Tribunal, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of…

The Human Rights Council will hold its fourth session from 12 to 30 March at the Palais des Nations to debate the promotion and protection of human rights around the world.At the beginning of the session, a high-level segment will be held during which dozens of dignitaries will address the…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, today announced that the High-Level Mission to Darfur will be led by Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and co-founder of the Nobel Women's Initiative established in 2006. Sima Samar, Special Rapporteur on the…

Adopts Consensus Decision to Dispatch High-Level Mission to Assess Human Rights Situation in Darfur The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its two-day fourth special session, adopting by consensus a decision to dispatch a high-level mission to assess the human rights situation in…

Decides to Prepare the Durban Review Conference and Establishes Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards in the Fight Against Racism The Human Rights Council today concluded its third regular session, which was held from 29 November to 8 December. During the session, which…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Luis Alfonso De Alba, has appointed Christine Chinkin of the United Kingdom as a member of the high-level fact-finding mission established by the Council at its special session of 15 November in connection with the Israeli military operations in Beit…