The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, and with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Idriss Jazairy. Mr.…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial report of Malta on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Olaph Terribile, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta to the…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Situation in Mozambique and Madagascar The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded this afternoon its twenty-ninth session after adopting the concluding observations and…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances and the Working Group on arbitrary detention. Introducing the report, Bernard Duhaime, Chair of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances,…

Hears Address by Panama’s Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of…

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 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluded today its consideration of the initial report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Dušan Tomšić, Special Counsellor…

Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations…

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…