The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices", on Thursday, 22 May, in room XIX of the Palais des Nations. The Special Session was called by Cuba…

The second session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 5 to 19 May during which 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this new mechanism. The second group of States to be reviewed under…

First 16 Countries to be Reviewed During Inaugural UPR Session from 7 to 18 April The first session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 7 to 18 April during which 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this…

Wraps Up with General Statements from 23 Speakers on Renewed Mandates, Upcoming Universal Periodic Review, and Defamation of Religions, Among Others The Human Rights Council this morning officially concluded the work of its seventh regular session, adopting its reports to the General Assembly,…

Establishes New Mandate on Access to Safe Drinking Water The Human Rights Council at its seventh regular session adopted 36 resolutions on a wide range of issues, extended the mandates of 13 Special Procedures and established the mandate of an Independent Expert on the issue of human rights…

The Human Rights Council will hold its seventh regular session from 3 to 28 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. This shall be followed, from 3 to 5 March, by a high-level segment when dozens of senior…

The Human Rights Council today demanded that Israel lift immediately the siege it had imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip, restore continued supply of fuel, food and medicine and reopen the border crossings. In a resolution adopted by a roll-call vote of 30 in favour, one against and 15 abstentions…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Wednesday, 23 January at the request of the Group of Arab States and the Group of the Organization of Islamic Conference to consider and take action on “human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied…