Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food Programme,…

Holds general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance The Human Rights Council at midday held an interactive dialogue with the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, including on its missions to Panama and the United Kingdom. The…

Begins Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a stand-alone high-level interactive dialogue on assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights. The Council also began an interactive dialogue with…

Holds General Debate on Universal Periodic Review The Human Rights Council this morning heard the introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, followed by a general debate on the human rights…

Hears Address by Commissioner for Human Rights, Humanitarian Action and Relations with Civil Society of Mauritania The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories. It also heard an address by…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child last night completed its consideration of the combined third to fourth periodic report of Lithuania on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.Presenting the report, Audrius Bitinas, Deputy Minister of Social…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, World Trade Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh and Azerbaijan. Abdul Hannan, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said it was encouraging to see that significant strides being made in Bangladesh had…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered, via videolink, the initial report of Tuvalu on how the country was implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report via videolink, Esealota Apinelu, Minister of Education, said that Tuvalu had…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of the Russian Federation, Cameroon and Cuba. Georgy Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights and Deputy Minister of Justice, said that a total of 231…