The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventieth session, hearing a statement by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the session. Ms. Gilmore described the current period of…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Israel, Lichtenstein, and Serbia. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council, said Israel had informed him that it would not be present in the room for the consideration of the outcome of its…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. In the discussion, speakers underscored that the Universal Periodic Review was the main mechanism of intergovernmental cooperation to examine human rights issues at the national level in all countries,…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Luxembourg, Barbados, Montenegro and the United Arab Emirates. Pierre-Louis Lorenz, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that the Government of Luxembourg…

The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of France, Tonga, Romania, and Mali. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council, in opening remarks, said that the current cycle of the Universal Periodic Review provided the opportunity to…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms. In the general debate, delegations voiced deep concern over ongoing intimidation of civil society actors. Some speakers assured that the functioning of the Human Rights Council relied on the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Botswana, Bahamas and Burundi. Athaliah Lesiba Molokomme, Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations Office at Geneva, noted that Botswana had accepted all recommendations on extending a…

Begins General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard a presentation by the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on the sixth Forum on Business and Human Rights, held from 27…

The Human Rights Council this morning continued to examine human rights situations that require its attention, and held separate interactive dialogues with the Commission on Inquiry on Burundi, and with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. In his oral update to the…