Hears Presentations of Thematic Reports by the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General and of a Report by the Joint Inspection Unit The Human Rights Council this morning heard presentations of thematic reports by the High Commissioner and the United Nations Secretary-General and of a report…

Yvette Morris, Chief of Radio and Television Section at the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the…

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 stressed the importance of maintaining the…

Panel Discusses Overview of Key Aspects and Challenges in Planning, Mobilizing, Allocating and Spending Public Resources to Realize Children’s Rights The Human Rights Council this morning opened its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child, whose theme this year is “towards better…

The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, Leila…

Panel Focuses on Applying a Rights-Based Approach to Investment in Children and Strengthening Accountability The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day discussion on the rights of the child, whose theme this year was “towards better investment in the rights of the child…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, and with Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Special Rapporteur on the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais, and with Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, Leila Zerrougui. Ms.…

Also hears address from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed the issue of negative security assurances. It heard an address, possibly for the last time, by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom on the occasion…

Concludes Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on Human Rights Defenders The Human Rights Council today started its interactive dialogue with Heiner Bielefeldt, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. It also concluded its clustered…