The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined third to fourth report of China on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the initial report of China on how the country was implementing the Optional Protocol…

Adopts 15 Texts, including on Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, Impact of Arms Transfers on Human Rights and Civil Society The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 15 texts in which it appointed an Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic,…

Adopts resolution on Syria, appoints experts on human rights of older persons and human rights in the Central African Republic The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-fourth regular session this evening after adopting 40 texts on a wide range of issues and its report for the session. The…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity-building. The Council took up its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building on 25 September, and the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights’ introduction of updates and reports on…

Elects Members of Human Rights Council Advisory Committee The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 15 texts in which it extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the initial reports of Paraguay on how the country was implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and the Optional…

The Human Rights Council this morning held interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia, and the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Sudan. In the discussion on…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, after hearing a report based on the observations of a fact-finding mission to the country. Delivering the report, Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present updates and country reports on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen and Cambodia under its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. In the general debate, speakers reaffirmed their commitment to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action on the occasion of its twentieth…