Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the…

The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, during which speakers raised allegations of human rights violations in countries and regions around the world and reiterated the Council’s responsibility to address all situations…

The Human Rights Council this evening held an interactive dialogue with Rita Izsák, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. In her presentation, Ms. Izsák noted that discrimination based on caste was a global phenomenon that affected over a quarter of a billion people in Asia, Africa, the Middle…

On 11 March 2016, Bahrain joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons, Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War. Bahrain is now the 122nd State Party to the CCW. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan…

Hears Address from Minister of Justice of New Zealand The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Marzuki Darusman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and with Sheila Keetharuth, Special Rapporteur on the…

The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed the draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life. During the previous session, draft paragraphs 1-5 had been adopted. The focus of today’s session was on three of the remaining…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and with Yanghee Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. In his presentation, Mr. Shaheed identified…

Arabic versionAfter five years of a brutal and senseless conflict over a quarter of a million Syrians have been killed and over half the population forced from their homes out of fear and want. Some 4.6 million people are barely existing in places that few can leave and aid cannot reach. A…

Hears Right of Reply Statements in Response to the Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on his Annual Report The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the progress in and challenges of addressing human rights issues in the context of efforts to end the HIV/AIDS…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee…