The Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue during its midday meeting today with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. Juan Ernesto Mendes, Special Rapporteur…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Chair/Rapporteur on the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. Jeremy Sarkin, Chair-Rapporteur on the Working Group on enforced or involuntary…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today considered the combined sixteenth to eighteenth periodic reports of Italy on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report, Diego…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the meeting which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

United States Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Addresses the Plenary The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on her annual report. It was also addressed by the Under-Secretary of State…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined thirteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Jordan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report, Rajab M.…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Congo, Grenada, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Algeria, and Jordan The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on 2 March concluded its fifty-first session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on her annual report. In her closing remarks, Ms. Pillay assured countries and non-governmental organizations that her Office would remain vigilant of…

Strongly Condemns the Widespread Violations of Human Rights by the Syrian Authorities and Calls for Urgent Addressing of Humanitarian Needs The Human Rights Council today concluded its urgent debate on the human rights and humanitarian situation in Syria and adopted a resolution on the escalating…

The Human Rights Council today held its annual discussion on the human rights of persons with disabilities. Opening the discussion, Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that since its adoption in December 2006, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…