Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a clos, ce matin, les travaux de sa quarante-septième session en adoptant deux textes, dont un par vote, et en nommant sept nouveaux titulaires de mandat au titre des procédures spéciales. Il a en outre adopté ad referendum le rapport de sa quarante-septième…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted nine texts in which it, among other actions, established an international independent expert mechanism on promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and people of African descent against excessive use of…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Ad Interim Rapporteur on follow…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture…

  C’est à l’issue d’un vote de 20 voix pour, 14 contre et 13 abstentions – et après qu’eurent été rejetés par autant de votes quelque seize projets d’amendement au texte – que le Conseil des droits de l’homme a adopté, ce matin, une résolution sur la situation des droits de l’homme dans la…

  Latsamy Keomany, the new Permanent Representative of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Keomany…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions in which it, among other actions, renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea for a further period of one year. Concerning the enhancement of international cooperation in the field…

  Les associations nuisibles et dégradantes de la pigmentation noire avec la criminalité semblent façonner les interactions des personnes d'ascendance africaine avec les forces de l'ordre et la justice pénale ; et les agents des forces de l'ordre sont rarement tenus responsables des…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon opened its seventy-first session online, hearing a statement by Antti Korkeakivi, Chief, Anti-Torture, Coordination and Funds Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also…

  The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual thematic panel discussion on technical assistance and capacity building with a focus on technical cooperation to advance the right to education and ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all. Mahamane…