Calls on All Parties to End Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a decision on Darfur, noting with concern the seriousness of the human rights and humanitarian situation in Darfur and calling on all parties to put an…

Adopts Three Resolutions and Seven Decisions The Human Rights Council this morning opened its resumed second session, adopting three resolutions and seven decisions, including on the review of the mandates of the Council, access to water, extreme poverty, human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted five texts on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in the Occupied Syrian Golan; human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality; persons deprived of liberty in the context of counter-terrorism…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of the Netherlands, El Salvador, Tajikistan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its three-week autumn session by adopting its concluding observations on the reports…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Tajikistan, Mexico, Burundi, Russian Federation, South Africa, Guyana and Hungary The Committee against Torture today concluded its three-week fall session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Tajikistan, Mexico,…

The Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction continued with its general debate this afternoon, hearing statements from Saudi Arabia…

The Human Rights Council will resume its suspended second session on Monday, 27 November to take action on deferred draft proposals, after which it will immediately begin its scheduled third session. From 22 September to 6 October, the Council heard reports from most of its thematic and country…

Paul Mahwera, the new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Mahwera had been a journalist in Germany,…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon considered the issue of follow-up to individual communications and to concluding observations, hearing oral presentations by Committee Members on each topic. Presenting the report on follow-up to individual communications, Committee Expert Fernando…