Also Hears Questions and Comments on Sale of Children The Human Rights Council today heard the presentation of reports on the effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights; the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations…

Concludes Debate on Reports on Incitement to Racial and Religious Hatred and Promotion of Tolerance The Human Rights Council this morning discussed the reports of its Special Rapporteurs on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third periodic report of Jordan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Mousa Burayzat, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations Office at…

Special Rapporteur on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Presents Report The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its debate on the reports of the Special Rapporteurs on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné, aujourd'hui, les rapports initiaux du Viet Nam sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour se conformer aux dispositions des deux Protocoles facultatifs de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant concernant, d'une part, la participation des enfants aux…

Concludes Discussion on Torture, Arbitrary Detention and Independence of Lawyers and Judges The Human Rights Council this morning heard presentations on the reports by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and…

Holds Debate on Reports on Incitement to Racial and Religious Hatred and the Promotion of Tolerance The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed a joint report on the situation of detainees in Guantanamo Bay prepared by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention,…

Concludes Discussion on Extrajudicial Executions and Internally Displaced Persons The Human Rights Council this morning heard presentations by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and from the Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims…

Concludes Debate on Violence Against Women and Trafficking in Persons The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the reports of its Special Procedures on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary detention, and the independence of judges and lawyers…