The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held a high-level interactive dialogue on the evolution of the human rights situation in the Central African Republic. Nazhat Shameem Khan, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, said the high-level interactive dialogue would assess the evolution of…

AFTERNOONHears Presentation of Country Reports on Colombia, Cyprus, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran and on the Human Rights Situation of Rohingya and other Minorities in Myanmar, as well as Oral Updates on Venezuela and YemenGENEVA (20 March 2019) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in Ukraine The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka. It also concluded an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine. Michelle Bachelet,…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a progress report on follow-up to views. The report, presented by Photini Pazartzis, Committee Vice-Chair and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to views on 19 March, concerned 17 communications from 12 States parties to the International Covenant…

The Human Rights Committee this morning held a half-day general discussion in preparation for a general comment on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly. Introducing the general comment, Christof Heyns, Committee Expert and…

Hears Statement by the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance La Conférence du désarmement a entendu ce matin une déclaration de M. Sergueï Viktorovitch Lavrov, Ministre des affaires étrangères de la Fédération de Russie. Plusieurs délégations…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial report of Senegal on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Martin Pascal Tine, Director of Legal and…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, based on the report of the High Commissioner on the developments of the human rights situation in the Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of…

Hears Statement by the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first plenary under the presidency of the United States, hearing from its President on the activities planned during the next four…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of…