The Human Rights Committee this morning resumed its discussion of the draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted paragraphs 14 and 15 from the General Remarks section; paragraph 16, 17, 19, 20,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization.Joint Bangladesh/…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held an enhanced interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the report of the High Commissioner on the findings of the team of international experts on the situation in the Kasai regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Kate Gilmore, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, on an oral update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Ukraine. Presenting the High Commissioner’s oral update, Ms.…

Concludes General Debate on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Forms of Intolerance The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, after he presented his report on the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today examined the eighth periodic report of Australia on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Patricia Bergin, First Assistant Secretary, Office…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with E. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, who presented two thematic reports to the Council. The annual thematic report, she said, focused on the issue of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance. During the debate, speakers expressed concern about rising intolerance, extremism and hate crimes, targeting mostly migrants and refugees, as well as…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. During the debate, speakers underlined that the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action was an…