The Human Rights Council this morning began its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women with a panel discussion on accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women by engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls. Kate Gilmore,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive dialogue with David Kaye, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Mr. Kaye recalled that human rights law protected everyone’s right to seek, receive and impart information…

The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Diego Garcia-Sayan, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and with Dubravka Simonovic, Special Rapporteur on violence against women. Presenting his first report, Mr.…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. In the discussion, several delegations commented on the issue of voluntary standards for businesses, with…

The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with Alda Facio, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice, and began an interactive dialogue with Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Michael K. Addo, Chair of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and with François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights, hearing an opening statement by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The moderator of the panel was Peggy Hicks, Director…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Michael K. Addo, Chair of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and with François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on realizing the right to health by enhancing capacity building in public health, hearing keynote statements by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and with Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In the discussion…