Delegations Outline Measures in Response to the 4 March Attack in Salisbury, Demonstrating Confidence in the United Kingdom’s Assessment of Russia’s Responsibility The Conference on Disarmament today adopted a decision in which it appointed five coordinators of subsidiary bodies established by…

The Human Rights Committee today discussed an update by the Rapporteur on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations and by the Rapporteur on Follow-up to Views ad interim. Mauro Politi, Committee Expert and Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, presented the Committee’s assessments of…

Extends Mandate of the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Mali, Adopts Five Texts under its Agenda Item on the Situation of Human Rights in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 10 resolutions in which it extended the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the consideration of the fourth periodic report of New Zealand on measures taken to guarantee the enjoyment of rights as prescribed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report,…

Extends Six Country Mandates including on Syria and South Sudan; Renews Mandates on the Right to Privacy, on Human Rights and the Environment, on Cultural Rights, and on People with Albinism; and Decides to Hold a High-Level Panel on the Legacy of Nelson Mandela on 27 April 2018 The Human Rights…

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

Asks Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercive Measures to Present a Set of Elements to be Considered in the Preparation of a Draft Declaration on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 10 resolutions, including texts requesting the…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted five resolutions in which it extended the mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Iran, South Sudan and Myanmar. The Council adopted resolutions to extend by a period of one year the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General. The Council started the general debate on Wednesday, 21 March after hearing…

Hears Presentation of Reports on Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti and Yemen The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building, after hearing the presentation of reports on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Cambodia,…