Holds General Debate on Follow-Up and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the situation of human rights in Libya, which was followed…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual discussion on women’s human rights with a panel discussion focusing on conflict-related violence against women. Kyun-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, introducing the panel, said conflict situations exacerbated pre-…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Costa Rica on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Manuel B. Dengo, Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on Paraguay which was followed by a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review process. Federico Gonzalez, Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Finland on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Arto Kosonen, Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, highlighted the legislative…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Niger, Mozambique and Estonia. Abdoulaye Djibor, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Niger, said Niger had received 112 recommendations, of which 77 had been accepted, 33 were postponed and 2 were…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue on the report of the International Commission of Inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law in Libya. Presenting the report of the International Commission of Inquiry to investigate…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Myanmar, Australia and Georgia. Tun Shin, Attorney General of Myanmar, said Myanmar had participated actively in the Universal Periodic Review process in the Human Rights Council in January 2011 and was…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe and Namibia. Delano Bart, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations in New York, said that the Universal Periodic Review had…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Cuba on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In presenting the second periodic report of Cuba, Abelardo Moreno, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign…