Concludes Clustered Interactive Dialogue on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism and on Cultural Rights The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. Presenting his report, Mr.…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives for the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the United Nations Office, Geneva, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

The Human Rights Council this morning decided to hold an urgent debate on the situation in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta at 3 p.m. today by a vote of 25 in favour, 4 against, with 8 abstentions. Opening the meeting, Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council, said a request for the proposal…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting started its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, and the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the prevention of genocide, Adama…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial to third periodic reports of the Marshall Islands on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the reports…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an urgent debate on the situation in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. In his opening statement, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said for half a decade, the people of Eastern Ghouta had been under siege. They had endured…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha, and with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky. The dialogue…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a clustered interactive dialogue with Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, and with Karima Bennoune, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. Presenting her…

The Conference on Disarmament today heard a proposal by its President concerning next steps in the establishment of the five subsidiary bodies, with a view to progressively advance its substantive work. The decision (CD/WP.605/Rev.2), adopted on 16 February, proposed the establishment of five…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, and with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, Nils Melzer.…