The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, and with the Special Rapporteur on the human…

Rosemary McCarney, the new Permanent Representative of Canada 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. McCarney had been serving as President and Chief…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, TV and Radio 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, United Nations…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive clustered dialogue with Seong-Phil Hong, Chairperson of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and Urmila Bhoola, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery. In his concluding remarks, Mr. Hong agreed with those who raised…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a meeting in which it heard from Karel von Oosterom, Chairman-designate of the First Committee, as well as the representatives of Cuba, Russian Federation, China, United States, Finland, United Kingdom, India, Syria and Egypt. Karel von Oosterom,…

The Human Rights Council started during its noon meeting a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo De Greiff, and the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of the United Arab Emirates on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Hussain Saeed Al Shaikh, Assistant Undersecretary of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual panel discussion on integrating a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms, with a focus on gender parity. Joachim Rücker, President of the Human Rights Council, noted that women…

Concludes Dialogue on Hazardous Waste and on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, Hears Address by Commissioner for Human Rights of Mauritania The Human Rights Council this morning began an interactive clustered dialogue with Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Independent Expert on the promotion of a…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventieth session this morning, hearing an address by James Heenan, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Committee also adopted its agenda…