High Commissioner for Human Rights Provides Oral Update on the Role of his Office, including on the Field-based Structure in Seoul The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with a focus…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its 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…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – Today, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights made public a decision* (Views) in which it found that Spain violated the right to housing of an individual identified as Ms. I.D.G., whose house was subjected to a special mortgage enforcement procedure due…

The Human Rights Council this morning continued its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. The general debate started on 17 September and a summary can be read here. During the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Children’s Fund,…

Lucija Ljubic Lepine, the new Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Ljubic Lepine had been serving…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its ninth session this afternoon after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Iraq and Montenegro on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. In the general debate, speakers raised their concerns about the worsening incidences…

Adopts Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly and concluded its 2015 session today. Ambassador Dell Higgie of New Zealand, President of the Conference on Disarmament,…

The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly and concluded its 2015 session. The report will be uploaded here. The 2015 session of the Conference on Disarmament opened on 20 January with a message by the Secretary-General of the…