The Human Rights Council held today a high-level panel discussion to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, hearing a video address by Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General. The discussion focused on the implementation of the Declaration and…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements from 18 dignitaries who spoke about their concerns regarding the situations in Syria, Mali, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and outlined some of the efforts their countries were undertaking…

Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Rodríguez Camejo had been…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning adopted two action points on new mandates and on human rights and issues related to hostage-taking, and adopted the report of its tenth session to the Human Rights Council ad referendum before concluding the session. The Advisory Committee…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of New Zealand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its tenth session after adopting two action points addressed to the Human Rights Council on human rights and issues related to hostage-taking and on new mandates. The Committee also adopted ad referendum the report of its tenth session to…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission on Europe, the Human Rights…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined fifteenth to nineteenth periodic report of Mauritius on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report…

Also Discusses Proposal on Citizens, Safety and Human Rights The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today discussed a proposal for a study it could recommend to the Human Rights Council on human rights and humanitarian action; a proposal of a model law on equal opportunities and non-…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against…