Council Continues General Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on cyberbullying against children and continued the general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today held an informal meeting with States.  Olivier de Frouville, Chair of the Committee, expressed gratefulness to the States parties that had dedicated time to participating in the exchange.  Speaking in the discussion were Iraq, Argentina,…

  Le Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels a examiné, hier après-midi et cet après-midi, le rapport du Tchad au titre du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels. Au cours de cet examen, les progrès normatifs et institutionnels accomplis par…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today held an informal meeting with national human rights institutions.  Olivier de Frouville, Chair of the Committee, welcomed the contributions of national human rights institutes to the work of the Committee, saying that the Committee supported…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on its agenda item four on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, hearing about violations of human rights in many countries and territories around the world. Some speakers recalled the human struggle…

The Human Rights Council this morning held the biennial panel discussion on youth and human rights, under the theme of young people’s engagement with climate change and global environmental decision-making processes, followed by an interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner…

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and concluded an…

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms.  The Council also…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-fourth session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi and started an interactive dialogue on the oral update of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020…