The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism and with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. The Council…

Pays tribute to a long-time Committee Member and the “founding father of human rights,” Nigel Rodley The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and nineteenth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held the second part of its annual meeting on the rights of the child, with a panel discussion on challenges and opportunities to reinforce children’s rights through the implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda. Peter…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International…

The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual debate on the rights of persons with disabilities with regard to the standards set in article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on equality and non-discrimination, and the policies and practices developed under its…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Human Rights Defenders and on Torture The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and Ikponwosa Ero, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Ukraine, Ireland, Jordan, El Salvador, Germany, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Micronesia The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations and…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on climate change and the rights of the child, highlighting the wide-ranging effects of climate change and its disproportionately adverse impact on children’s health, education and development. Amr Ramadan, Vice-President…

The Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign…