The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on Rights of the Child. Introducing the report Saliha Duderija, Assistant Minister of Human Rights…

Council Hears Address by Minister of Human Rights of Iraq The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on Morocco, Indonesia and Finland. The Minister of Human Rights of Iraq also addressed the Council. Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani, the Minister of…

Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situations Requiring the Council’s Attention The Human Rights Council this morning started a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples, James Anaya, and the Chairperson of the Expert Mechanism on the rights of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

The Human Rights Council today held a panel discussion on the access of indigenous peoples to justice. Mona Rishmawi, Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an opening statement on behalf of High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, said access to justice…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Liberia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Juliette Duncan Cassel, Minister of Gender and…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The Human Rights Council this afternoon started an interactive dialogue with the Vice-Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee after…

Choi Seokyoung, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Choi had been serving as…

Ousman Badjie, the new Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Badjie was the Ambassador to France…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its sixty-first session, in which it adopted its agenda and heard an address by Gianni Magazzeni, the Chief of Branch of the Americas, Europe and Central Asia Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division at the…