The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-third special session on Wednesday, 1 April 2015, “in light of the terrorist attacks and human rights abuses and violations committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram”. The special session will start at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 April in Room XX at the…

Council to Hold a Special Session on 1 April in Light of the Terrorist Attacks and Human Rights Abuses Committed by the Terrorist Group Boko Haram The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 10 resolutions, in which it extended the mandate of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the World Health Organization,…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities considered the initial report of Germany on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Labour and…

Examines Preparatory Steps in View of Elaborating a General Comment on the Right to Life The Human Rights Committee discussed its methods of work this afternoon, focusing on preparatory steps in view of elaborating a General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and…

Extends Mandate on Mali, Adopts Texts on Libya, Iraq, Guinea and Haiti, on Prevention of Genocide, and on Violence on the Basis of Religion, and Elects Four Mandate Holders The Human Rights Council this afternoon closed its twenty-eighth session after it adopted eight texts, including on…

Creates new mandates on right to privacy and rights of persons with albinism, also adopts resolutions on Syria, Libya and Iraq The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-eighth regular session this evening after adopting 34 resolutions on a wide range of issues, as well as three Presidential…

Adopts Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of the Gambia The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on technical assistance and capacity building and adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of the Gambia. During the general debate, speakers agreed that…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its meeting on cooperation with other United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, organizations of disabled persons and other competent bodies. Representatives from the civil society spoke about their advocacy efforts to…

Nebojša Kaluđerović, the new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Kaluđerović served as the…