Adopts annual report to the United Nations General Assembly The Conference on Disarmament adopted its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly and concluded its 2014 session in a public plenary today. The session officially ends on Friday 12 September. Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Belize and Ghana The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its twenty-first session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on Belize and Ghana.…

GENEVA (4 September 2014) – How children use, benefit from and can also be harmed by digital media will be the focus of discussions organised by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on Friday 12 September. The Day of General Discussion on “Digital media and children’s…

Council to hear presentation of latest report from Commission of Inquiry on Syria, updates on the situations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Iraq, and hold ten panel discussions on a variety of issues The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-seventh regular session from 8 to 26…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of El Salvador, United States, Peru, Cameron, Iraq, Japan and Estonia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-second Special Session on Monday, 1 September, entitled “the human rights situation in Iraq in light of abuses committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated groups.” The President of the Human Rights Council received a letter on…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its thirteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 11 to 15 August 2014. The Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, adopted…

Geneva, 12 August 2014 -- Further to resolution S-21/1 of the Human Rights Council adopted on 23 July 2014, the President of the Human Rights Council, Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon), was requested to appoint a “commission of inquiry to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon), announced today the appointment of Amal Alamuddin, Doudou Diène and William Schabas to serve as members of the independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate all violations of international…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its thirteenth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 11 to 15 August 2014. During the session, the Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, will work on requests…