Adopts 10 Resolutions, including on the Role of the Family, Youth and Human Rights, Discrimination against Women and Girls, Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, and Human Rights and Climate Change, among others The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 10 resolutions in which it extended the…

Extends Mandates on Education, Trafficking in Persons, International Solidarity, Persons with Disabilities, Business and Human Rights, and Independence of Judges and Lawyers The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 13 texts in which it created the mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building. In the general debate, delegations recognized the importance of technical assistance and capacity building in enabling countries to build human rights sensitive policies. Some…

The participants in the 40th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) just completed their work. In both working groups, wide-ranging and useful discussions took place. In Working Group I dealing with security issues, the situation on the ground was assessed as relatively calm and stable…

The Human Rights Council this morning heard an oral update by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, which was followed by an interactive dialogue. The Council also heard an oral update on cooperation and assistance to…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual thematic discussion on technical cooperation in the promotion and protection of human rights, focusing on a decade of technical cooperation and capacity building in the Human Rights Council: challenges and the way forward. Zeid Ra’ad Al…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on enhancing capacity building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights. It then heard an oral update by the United Nations High Commissioner for…

Hears the Presentation of the Report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its last plenary under the Slovak Presidency and bid farewell to Ambassador Fedor Rosocha of Slovakia, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations Office at Geneva and President of the Conference on Disarmament, and to Henk Cor…