Council Hears Statement by its President Responding to the United States’ Decision to Withdraw its Membership from the Council, and Addresses by the President of Slovenia and the Attorney General of Afghanistan The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of reports by Ivana Radačić, Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, and by Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons. Ms. Radačić said…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and Felipe González Morales, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants. Ms. Šimonović said that the…

Hears a Statement on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary, in which it heard a statement by the Group of 21 on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Hussam Edin Aala, Permanent Representative of Syria and…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the oral update of Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The High Commissioner addressed the opening of the Council’s thirty-eighth session yesterday and a summary of his statement can be found…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of reports by Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Ms. Callamard…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, and Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education. The Council heard the presentation of reports by Mr.…

David Fernandez Puyana, the new Permanent Observer of the University for Peace to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Fernandez Puyana, a Spanish…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of reports by Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, and by Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education. Mr. Okafor stated that since its establishment in 2005, the…