The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and started an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on foreign debt. Gerard Quinn, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with…

  Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Persons with Albinism Presents Report on Accomplishments by the Mandate as well as Challenges   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, followed by an interactive…

  Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the CITES Secretariat, the United Nations Refugee Agency (…

  The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Mama Fatima Singhateh, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, who said the COVID-19 pandemic had caused a socio-economic crisis that had so far worsened the existing stark inequalities of…

  Concludes General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Oral Update   The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child with a panel discussion on the gaps and barriers affecting children: following up on commitments through the…

  Committee Elects Photini Pazartzis as New Chairperson, also Elects Bureau   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its online one hundred and thirty-first session, hearing from Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of…

  La réalisation des droits de l'enfant est une condition nécessaire pour atteindre les objectifs du développement durable, mais la COVID-19 a aggravé la situation à cet égard et les crises provoquées par la pandémie risquent d'inverser les progrès réalisés jusqu'à présent. Ainsi, en 2020, le…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate on the oral update of Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Bachelet presented her oral update as well as her reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Intellectual Property Organization (…

  High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet this morning presented her global update to the Human Rights Council, as well as her reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council also held a meeting on the role of poverty…