Hears a Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on the oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, which she presented on Monday, 10 September. The summary of the oral update can…

Hears Countries Speak in Right of Reply in Response to Statements made during the General Debate on the Oral Update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from a number of delegations on the British investigations into the use of a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury and Amesbury and the report by the technical secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. In her…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, Independent Expert on the rights of older persons, and with Léo Heller, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. Ms. Kornfeld-Matte informed the Council…

Hears from New High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-ninth regular session, hearing from Michelle Bachelet, the newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Urmila Bhoola, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, and Livingstone Sewanyana, the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order. Presenting her reports, Ms…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Poland on measures taken to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Krzysztof Michałkiewicz, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family, Labour and…

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…

Focuses on the Need to Promote the Ratification of the Convention The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States, during which participants discussed the ratification of the Convention,…