Concludes the Interactive Debate on Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-recurrence and on Contemporary Forms of Slavery The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of reports by the Working Group on the right to development, the United Nations Secretary-General and the High…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Burkina Faso and Morocco; and Annual Report to the General Assembly The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its nineteenth session after adopting its…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its tenth session, and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Austria, Australia…

Hears from Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and Minister of Law, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights of Lesotho The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural…

Focuses on Civil Society’s Contribution to the Integration of a Gender Perspective in the Work of the Council and its Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Council, with a focus on civil society’s…

Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted its annual report to the General Assembly and heard a statement from Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Myanmar. In his statement, Mr. Lwin reiterated…

The Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, concluded its 2013 session in a public plenary today. The session officially ends tomorrow, Friday 13 September. In a message to the Conference on 22 January - read out by the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences. Pablo de Greiff,…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed. Flavia Pansieri, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an opening statement, said that the topic of the rights of children of…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today completed its consideration of the initial report of Morocco on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.…