The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in…

Hears Statements on Outcome of NPT Review Conference, Situation in Korean Peninsula and the Work of the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held the first plenary of the second part of its 2010 session, hearing statements from the Russian Federation and the United States about…

Concludes Interactive Debate on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, Foreign Debt and Human Rights and the Right to Education The Human Rights Council this morning continued its urgent debate on the raid by Israeli Defense Forces on a humanitarian aid flotilla off the coast of Gaza, but…

Holds Dialogue with Experts on Independence of Lawyers and Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, Hears Presentation of Joint Study on Secret Detention The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted a resolution on the attack by Israeli forces against the humanitarian flotilla bound for…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on giving voice to the victims of human trafficking. Opening the discussion, Kyung-Wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said despite the committed endeavors of many, persistent and growing economic disparities,…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné aujourd'hui les rapports qui lui étaient présentés par la Belgique au titre de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant et du Protocole facultatif concernant la vente d'enfants, la prostitution des enfants et la pornographie mettant en scène des…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrant workers. At the beginning of the meeting, the President of the Council, Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen, said that in…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Sections of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Office for the Coordination of…

The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an urgent debate on the raid on a humanitarian aid convoy off the coast of Gaza by Israeli Defence Forces. Kyung Wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, on behalf of the High Commissioner, said the Office of the High Commissioner was…