The Human Rights Council this morning held a high-level panel discussion on violations of the human rights of children in Syria. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council, reminded that the Council in its resolution 36/20 had decided to convene a high-level panel discussion on violations…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Mexico on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Miguel Ruiz…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded the review of the fourth periodic report of Guatemala on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Jorge Luis Borrayo Reyes, President of the Presidential Coordination…

The Human Rights Council today held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, noted an upsurge in the Syrian conflict in the past two months. Men,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. Presenting the report, Yasmin Sooka, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, drew the Council’s attention to a staggering 2.4 million children who were displaced…

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 Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Children’s Fund.…

Luis Gallegos, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Gallegos has served twice as Ecuador’s Permanent Representative to the United…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Eritrea. In opening remarks, Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that since the Council’s last deliberations on the human rights situation in Eritrea, the…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, and the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation…

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-second session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing a video message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, and an address by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. The…