Geneva, 25 August 2026In a joint appeal today, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, renew their call for States to urgently adopt new international rules on autonomous weapons systems.…

The Human Rights Council today concluded its sixty-second regular session after adopting 28 resolutions, in which, among other things, the Council voted to extend eight country-specific and thematic mandates. Following an urgent debate, the Council adopted, without a vote, a resolution which…

Senior representatives of key United Nations oversight bodies gathered for a high-level panel discussion on “Independent Oversight Mechanisms in the United Nations System”, organized by the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) as part of its 60th anniversary commemorations.The event, held in Geneva on 11…

 Le Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies tiendra sa soixante-deuxième session ordinaire du 15 juin au 7 juillet 2026 dans la Salle des Assemblées du Palais des Nations à Genève.La session s’ouvrira le lundi 15 juin à 10 heures sous la présidence de l’Ambassadeur Sidharto Reza…

 On 20 December 2026, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance turns 20.  Before the celebrations begin, here’s a refresher on enforced disappearances, the legacy of the Convention and the Committee that oversees its…

 Le Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies tiendra sa soixante et unième session ordinaire à Genève du 23 février au 31 mars 2026, dans la Salle des Assemblées du Palais des Nations.La session s’ouvrira le lundi 23 février à 9 heures, sous la présidence de l’Ambassadeur Sidharto Reza…

 The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, will hold the first public plenary of its 2026 session on Tuesday, 20 January in the Tempus building of the Palais des Nations.  The meeting will start at 10 a.m. under the Presidency of…

 The Winter Session meeting of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) on 3 December 2025 elected Inspector Conrod C. Hunte (Antigua and Barbuda) and Inspector Mohanad Al-Musawi (Iraq) as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively for 2026. Chair Hunte brings to the JIU nearly four decades of…

The Endorsing Organizations of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (DoP) held their Twentieth (20th) Anniversary Implementation Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on December 10 to 12, 2025 to deliberate on and reaffirm their commitment to supporting genuine…

 The United Nations will host the twentieth Annual Implementation Meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (Declaration) from 10-12 December 2025, in Rooms X and XI at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.The meeting will bring together 54…