The Human Rights Council this morning held separate general debates on human rights bodies and mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review. In the general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms, speakers stressed the importance of the Special Procedures system - an indispensable…

    Special Procedures Are Ready to Contribute to Make the Call to Action for Human Rights a Reality, Chairperson of Coordination Committee of Special Procedures Tells Human Rights Council   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes…

  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Committee Experts noted that people with restricted legal capacity had been…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Bulgaria were China, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Russian Federation, Sudan,…

    The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Panama, Mongolia, Maldives, Andorra and Honduras. The following civil society organizations took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Panama: Centre for International…

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 World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Office for the…

  Begins Consideration of Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Panama   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Belarus, Libya and Malawi. It also began its consideration of the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Panama. Speaking on…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, who echoed the words of the Secretary-General that the world faces a veritable tsunami of hatred and xenophobia. He said a treaty was needed to regulate hate…

    Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a achevé, ce matin, le débat général sur les situations des droits de l’homme qui requièrent son attention, qu’il avait commencé vendredi dernier. Ce matin, de très nombreuses délégations* ont fait part de leurs préoccupations face à des situations…

  Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar: International Community Must Act Together to Let the Myanmar Junta Know there are Consequences for its Crimes   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a debate on the midterm review of the International Decade of…