5 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS THIRTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION FROM 13 JUNE TO 1 JULY 2016
08 June 2016
Press Release
The Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-second regular session from 13 June to 1 July 2016 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The three-week session will include a high-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council with the participation of former Council presidents. Panels will also take place on the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, on the use of sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all, and…
5 years 2 months ago
UN INQUIRY FINDS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN ERITREA
08 June 2016
Press Release
Arabic version
Geneva (Issued as received) – Crimes against humanity have been committed in a widespread and systematic manner in Eritrean detention facilities, military training camps and other locations across the country over the past 25 years, according to a new report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, released Wednesday.
Crimes of enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, persecution, rape, murder and other inhumane acts have been committed as part of a campaign to instil fear in, deter opposition from and ultimately to control the Eritrean…
5 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION
03 June 2016
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Eight States and General Comment on Public Budgets to Realize the Rights of the Child
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-second session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Samoa, Nepal, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Gabon, Pakistan, Bulgaria and Luxembourg under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its
Optional Protocols.
The concluding observations and recommendations on the reports will be made available on the Committee’s webpage…
5 years 2 months ago
Media statement by the UN Special Envoy for Syria following the question on resumption of Intra-Syrian Talks
26 May 2016
Press Release
Following the joint press stake-out earlier today in Geneva between the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland, the Special Envoy briefed the Security Council on the current situation in Syria. This was his first briefing to the Council since the conclusion of the latest round of talks in Geneva and since the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) met in Vienna on 17 May.
Mr. de Mistura re-iterated the need to see progress on the ground – particularly in reference to the cessation of…
5 years 2 months ago
Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Syria
25 May 2016
Press Release
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Jableh and Tartous, Syria, on 23 May, for which Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh) claimed responsibility, during which more than a hundred people were killed and injured. They expressed their deep sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the people of the Syrian Arab Republic. They also wished a speedy recovery to those injured.
The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their grave concern that ISIL (Da’esh), foreign terrorist…
5 years 2 months ago
INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST SYRIAN CIVILIANS IN TARTOUS AND JABLEH
24 May 2016
Press Release
Geneva (Issued as received) – The United Nations mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic expresses outrage at yesterday’s terrorist attacks in the cities of Tartous and Jableh that have reportedly killed scores of civilians. The terrorist group, the so-called ISIS, has claimed responsibility.
These assaults, utilising both suicide attackers and vehicle-born improvised explosive devices, were carried out in areas known to be peaceful and civilian. In Tartous, the primary…
5 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURUNDI: UN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMPLETES ON-THE-GROUND DEPLOYMENT
24 May 2016
Press Release
GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Independent Investigation in Burundi, which was set up to investigate human rights violations in the country since April 2015, has completed the deployment of a team of human rights monitors on the ground.
The UN Human Rights Council established the United Nations Independent Investigation on Burundi (UNIIB) in December 2015 to investigate violations and abuses of human rights in Burundi, make recommendations on the improvement of the human rights situation, and to engage in a dialogue with the authorities and…
5 years 3 months ago
Statement of the International Syria Support Group
17 May 2016
Press Release
Meeting in Vienna on May 17, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, The Netherlands, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the United States reaffirmed the ISSG’s determination to strengthen the Cessation of Hostilities, to ensure full and sustained humanitarian access in Syria, and to ensure progress toward a peaceful political…
5 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION
13 May 2016
Press Release
The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its fifty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Philippines and Israel on their implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations on the reviewed country reports will be available shortly at the Committee’s session webpage. They will also be presented at a press conference which will take place in…
5 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION
13 May 2016
Press Release
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Spain, Oman, Rwanda, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Namibia on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations on the six country reports are available on the Committee session’s webpage.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Committee Rapporteur Alexei Avtonomov…
