The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, focusing on the state of play in the fight against racism and discrimination 20 years after the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action, and the exacerbating…

  The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting continued its high-level segment, hearing addresses from 31 dignitaries. Some speakers noted that the pandemic was not only a health and economic crisis, but also a crisis for human rights. Vaccines had to be available to all with no…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon continued its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from the United States, Canada, Austria, Cuba, Iraq, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Malaysia, Venezuela, Panama, and Slovenia. Speaking were Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of…

  En ce début de journée, les défis pour les droits de l’homme que constituent les crises sanitaire et environnementale actuelles ont été au cœur des interventions prononcées devant le Conseil des droits de l’homme, qui ouvre ce matin son débat de haut niveau. C’est précisément en se fondant…

  Hears From Sweden, Germany, India, Ireland, Egypt, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Japan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, and Estonia.   The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Sweden, Germany, India, Ireland,…

  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-sixth regular session, hearing from Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Council; Volkan Bozkir, President of the General Assembly; António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General; Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Human Rights Council…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its review of the seventh periodic report of Finland on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, Committee…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and of national human rights institutions on the situation of women’s rights in Denmark, whose report on the implementation of the Convention on the…

  The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-sixth regular session from 22 February to 23 March 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Council's main annual session will start off with a high-level segment from 22 to 24 February, when dignitaries representing more than…