The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-sixth regular session from 11 to 29 September 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador…

Geneva, 4 September 2017 (Issued as received) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue to be committed in Burundi since April 2015, according to the Commission’s report published on…

(Issued as received) Geneva - In mid-June, Ms. Carla Del Ponte informed her colleagues, Mr. Paulo Pinheiro and Ms. Karen AbuZayd, of her intention to resign from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic at some point in the near future. Mr. Pinheiro…

Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for justice on the occasion of the third anniversary of ISIL’s attack on the Yazidis (Issued as received) - GENEVA, 3 August 2017 – Three years after the ISIL attack on the Yazidis, the Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls on the international community to…

GENEVA, 27 July 2017 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli (El Salvador), has decided to establish a new composition of the Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar and appoint Mr. Marzuki Darusman (Indonesia) to serve as a member and its Chair. Mr.…

Council Extends Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted two resolutions in which it extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea for a period of one year, and in which it urged…

Council Adopts 11 Resolutions and a Presidential Statement, including on Syria, Ukraine and Côte d’Ivoire, Extends Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 11 resolutions and a Presidential Statement, in which it decided to dispatch a team of…

Decides to Dispatch a Team of International Experts to the Kasaï region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Creates new Mandate on Persons Affected by Leprosy, Renews 10 Mandates including on Eritrea, Belarus and Extrajudicial Executions, and Appoints Four Special Procedures Mandate Holders…

Adopts 10 Resolutions, including on the Role of the Family, Youth and Human Rights, Discrimination against Women and Girls, Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, and Human Rights and Climate Change, among others The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 10 resolutions in which it extended the…

Extends Mandates on Education, Trafficking in Persons, International Solidarity, Persons with Disabilities, Business and Human Rights, and Independence of Judges and Lawyers The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 13 texts in which it created the mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the…