The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Colombia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Presenting the report, Beatriz Londoño Soto,…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the fifth periodic report of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Han Tae Song, Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It also heard a presentation by a member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. In the debate, some speakers said the Council should tackle human rights issues in a constructive and non-conflictual approach, with respect for national sovereignty…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Stela Grigoras,…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi. Fatsah Ouguergouz, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, reminded that serious and wide-ranging human rights abuses had been committed in Burundi since April 2015,…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar after it had heard an oral update by Marzuki Darusman, Chairperson of the Fact-Finding Mission. In his presentation, Mr. Darusman noted that the events in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its sixty-second session this morning, hearing a statement by Simon Walker, Chief of Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in South Sudan. Taking part in the dialogue were Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the Commission on Human…