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, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme…

Human Rights Council Appoints Independent Experts on Haiti and Mali, Concludes Twenty-Third Regular Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon closed its twenty-third regular session after adopting a resolution on the deterioration of the situation of human rights in Syria in which it…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Armenia, Rwanda, Israel, Uzbekistan, Slovenia and Guinea-Bissau The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports presented…

The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-third regular session this afternoon after adopting 26 resolutions, a Presidential Statement and a decision, on a wide range of issues. During the session, the Council extended the mandates of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against…

Adopts 16 Resolutions, including on Corruption and Albinism, among others The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 16 resolutions in which it extended the mandates of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, of the Special Rapporteur on the human…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted two resolutions under its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building, on the Central African Republic and on national policies and human rights. The Council called on the transitional authorities in the Central African Republic to take…

Hears Reports on Technical Assistance Efforts of the Office of the High Commissioner, South Sudan, Mali and the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation The Human Rights Council this morning heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present reports on best practices, lessons learned and…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on technical assistance and capacity-building, including the reports which were presented this morning on best practices, lessons learned and challenges in technical assistance and capacity-building efforts of the Office of the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations…

Holds Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, General Debate on Racism and Implementation of the Durban Declaration The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination,…