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

Hears from Dignitaries from Bulgaria, Iraq, Sweden and Venezuela The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded the high-level segment of its 2017 session after hearing addresses from dignitaries from Bulgaria, Iraq, Sweden and Venezuela. Lubomir Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs…

Aleppo aerial campaign deliberately targeted hospitals and humanitarian convoy amounting to war crimes, while armed groups’ indiscriminate shelling terrorised civilians – UN Commission GENEVA, 1 March 2017 – The brutal tactics used by the parties to the conflict in Syria as they engaged in the…

Council Holds its General Segment The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its high-level segment after hearing statements from 19 States and four organizations, and then heard statements from States and civil society organizations in its general segment. Srdjan Darmanović, Minister for…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting heard the presentation of reports by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its biennial high-level panel discussion on the death penalty, focusing on human rights violations related to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading…

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

The Human Rights Council this morning continued its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from 19 States, who spoke about human rights concerns in a number of countries and regions around the world, national efforts to promote and protect human rights, and the importance of enhanced…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Kazakhstan, Latvia, Argentina, Greece, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Japan, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Nigeria and Italy. Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs…

The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting continued with its high-level segment, hearing addresses from dignitaries from 15 countries and one organization. Péter Szijjártó, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, said that human rights were too…