Continues General Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan and Hungary. It also continued its general debate on human rights…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Argentina, Chile and Guatemala The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its fifteenth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on the Universal Periodic Review and its general debate on human rights situations which require the Council’s attention. During the general debate on the Universal Periodic Review, delegations noted that…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its concluding observations and recommendations on the report of Spain today after concluding its one-week sixth session on 23 September 2011. The Committee commended the State party for the written…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the third and fourth combined reports of Iceland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Halla Gunnarsdottir, Head of the delegation and political advisor to…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Latvia, Sierra Leone and Singapore. Raimonds Jansons, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said Latvia had received 122 recommendations out of which 71 were accepted…

Starts General Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention The Human Rights Council, in a midday meeting today, concluded its interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and started its…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Suriname, Greece and Samoa. Martin P. Misiedjan, Minister of Justice and Police of Suriname, said the Universal Periodic Review had prompted an in-depth analysis of the national human rights situation…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the third and fourth combined reports of the Syrian Arab Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Insaf Hamad, Chairperson of the Syrian Commission…