Concludes Twentieth Regular Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon named John Knox as the Independent Expert on human rights and the environment and announced the members of the fact-finding mission on Israeli settlements before closing its twentieth regular session. Laura Dupuy Lasserre…

Decides under Complaint Procedure to Discontinue Review of Religious Minorities in Iraq, Keep under Review Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea The Human Rights Council this morning decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus and adopted 12 other texts on…

Also Adopts Text on National Human Rights Institutions The Human Rights Council this afternoon decided to establish a working group to negotiate a draft declaration on the right to peace and adopted a resolution on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights. In a…

Discusses Report on Technical Cooperation on Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan and Concludes Dialogue with Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity-building efforts under which it discussed an overview…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency,…

Concludes General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with Mutuma Ruteere, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance. It…

Concludes Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism and General Debate on Racism and Xenophobia The Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights in Haiti. It also concluded an interactive dialogue with the…

Paivi Kairamo-Hella, the new Permanent Representative of Finland 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. Kairamo-Hella had been serving as…

Bertrand de Crombrugghe de Picquendaele, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium 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. de Crombrugghe…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Mr. Falk, introducing his report, said that Israel continued to refuse to cooperate with the…