The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion aimed at examining the human rights dimensions of preventing and countering violent extremism, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 30/15. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in a video message, said that…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms after hearing a presentation of the annual report of the Forum on Minority Issues by Rita Izsak, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, and a presentation of the report of the Annual Meeting of Special…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Slovenia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The report was presented by Tina Brecelj, Deputy Minister of Justice, who said that some of the…

The Human Rights Council today adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Micronesia, Lebanon, Mauritania and Nauru. Jane J. Chigiyal, Permanent Representative of Micronesia to the United Nations, said that the Government of Micronesia had accepted 63 out of 95 recommendations,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Rwanda, Nepal, and Austria. Johnston Busingye, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Rwanda, said that the Universal Periodic Review process presented an opportunity for Rwanda to conduct a self-…

The announcement by President Putin on the very day of the beginning of this round of Intra-Syrian Talks in Geneva is a significant development, which we hope will have a positive impact on the progress of the negotiations in Geneva aimed at achieving a political solution of the Syrian conflict and…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of New Zealand on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The report was presented by Amy Adams, Minister of Justice, who said that New Zealand was a…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria. At the beginning of the meeting, Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, said that on this day exactly 10 years ago,…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed merits of the four proposals on a draft programme of work, which had been put forward by the United States, the United Kingdom, Nigeria and the Russian Federation. Algeria pleaded with nuclear weapons States to uphold their commitments towards…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – A Russian woman who was denied employment at the helm of a boat because the job was on a list of banned occupations for women in the Russian Federation suffered gender-based discrimination, UN experts have found. The experts, from the Committee on the Elimination of…