The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-fifth regular session from 6 to 23 June 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador,…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Australia on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, John Quinn, Permanent…

Delegations Condemn the 29 May Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first public plenary under the Slovakian Presidency in which numerous delegations condemned the 29 May ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third to fifth periodic report of Cameroon on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Marie-Therese Abena Ondoa, Minister for the Promotion of the Woman and the…

(Issued as received) - Geneva, 30 May 2017 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli (El Salvador), announced today the appointment of Ms. Indira Jaising (India), Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka) and Mr. Christopher Dominic Sidoti (…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second to fourth periodic report of Antigua and Barbuda on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Maureen Hyman, Junior Minister in the Office of the Attorney General of…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its sixty-first session this morning, hearing opening remarks by Carla Edelenbos, Chief of the Petitions and Inquiries Section of the Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations from Australia, Uruguay and the Netherlands, whose reports will be considered by the Committee this week. Non-governmental organizations from Australia highlighted the fact that the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the fifth periodic report of Mongolia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Mungunchimeg Sanjaa, Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia, said that the…