Sixteen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the eleventh session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May. These countries are (in order of…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 29 April on “the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic”. The session will start at 11 a.m. in Salle XX of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Special Session was requested by the United States on behalf of 16 Member…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Secretariat of the United Nations…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Initial Report of Tunisia The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its one-week fifth session after reviewing the initial report of Tunisia on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of…

Alessandra Vellucci, the Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the…

GENEVA – A UN expert committee on migrants’ rights has expressed deep concern about the victimization of migrant workers and their families in Libya, in particular those from sub-Saharan Africa. The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families also…

Yvette Morris, the Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the…

Geneva – The President of Human Rights Council today appointed three high-level experts as members of the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the allegations of serious abuses and violations of human rights committed in Côte d’Ivoire following the presidential elections of 28 November 2010, as…

Esen Aydogdyev, the new Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Aydogdyev had been serving since 2008 as…