Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Research Institute for Social Development, the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the…

Suspends Eighteenth Session after Adopting Texts on Burundi, Right to Development, Funding of High Commissioner’s Office, Unilateral Measures and Racism The Human Rights Council this afternoon suspended its eighteenth session after adopting a series of texts in which it, among others, extended…

Creates Two New Mandates on Promotion of a Democratic International Order and on Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence The Human Rights Council concluded its eighteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting more than 30 resolutions and decisions and two…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held a Day of General Discussion with regard to children of incarcerated parents. It held two workshops on babies and children living with or visiting a parent in prison, and on children left “outside” when their parent was incarcerated. The…

Also Adopts Texts on Minorities, Mercenaries, International Solidarity, Indigenous Peoples, and Cooperation with the United Nations in Field of Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning adopted seven texts, which included establishing new mandates for an Independent Expert on the…

Seventeen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Seventeen States will have their human rights records examined during the twelfth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 October. These countries are (in…

Recommends that General Assembly Lifts Suspension of Libya’s Membership Rights in the Human Rights Council, Extends Mandate of Rapporteur on Hazardous Wastes The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions including on technical assistance and capacity building for Sudan, South…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights through tolerance and reconciliation in commemoration of Nelson Mandela day. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, opened the panel discussion on the promotion and…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the second, third and fourth combined reports of Seychelles on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Bernard Shamlaye, Minister of Social Development and…