The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in its work. Mona Rishmawi, Officer-in-Charge of the Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking on behalf of the High Commissioner…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Pakistan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Imtiaz Kazi, Secretary of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard presentations of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, and of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which were followed by an interactive dialogue with…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Vanuatu, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Comoros. Roline Lesines, Vice-Chair-Person of the Vanuatu Universal Periodic Review Committee, Labour Department of Vanuatu, said the Government…

Yvette Morris, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

Adopts Outcome of Universal Periodic Review on Slovakia The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review mechanism. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on Slovakia. Speakers in the general…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on New Zealand, Afghanistan and Chile. Dell Higgie, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said when the institutions of the new Human Rights Council were being…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Chad, Viet Nam, Uruguay and Yemen. Abderaman Djasnabaille, Minister in Charge of Human Rights and the Promotion of Freedom of Chad, said Chad was doing everything it could to promote and protect human…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on the Central African Republic, Monaco and Belize. Leopold Ismael Samba, Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations at Geneva, said that the texts, conventions, protocols and…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on the Republic of Congo and Malta. Rosalie Kama Niamayoua, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education in charge of Literacy of the Republic of Congo, said that the Congo underwent the Universal Periodic…