The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixtieth session. The week-long session focused on substantive issues, including a discussion day on the draft General Comment on business and human rights. In closing remarks, Virginia Bras Gomes, Chairperson of the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its eighteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 20 to 24 February 2017. At the closing meeting on 24 February, the Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United…

Moshe Neo Kao, the new Permanent Representative of Lesotho to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Kao had been working as an independent consultant in…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-fourth regular session from 27 February to 24 March 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address the opening session, along…

43rd meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian version On 22 February 2017, the 43rd meeting of the Gali joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place under the chairmanship of the United Nations. The atmosphere during the discussions was positive…

Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo, the new Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Farani Azevedo had been serving as Consul…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological…

The eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 20 to 24 February 2017 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will continue its discussions on thematic studies requested by the Council, including on…

THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILGeneva, Switzerland, 27 February-24 March 2017Media accreditation Media accreditations for the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council are now officially open. Important: journalists who attended previous sessions of the Human Rights…