GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent today expressed alarm over reports of violence toward people of African descent in Colombia, and called on the authorities to take concrete and urgent measures to protect the Afro-Colombian…

The Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-second regular session from 13 June to 1 July 2016 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The three-week session will include a high-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of…

Arabic version Geneva (Issued as received) – Crimes against humanity have been committed in a widespread and systematic manner in Eritrean detention facilities, military training camps and other locations across the country over the past 25 years, according to a new report by the UN Commission of…

Geneva (Issued as received) – The United Nations mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic expresses outrage at yesterday’s terrorist attacks in the cities of Tartous and Jableh that have reportedly killed scores of civilians. The terrorist group, the so-…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Independent Investigation in Burundi, which was set up to investigate human rights violations in the country since April 2015, has completed the deployment of a team of human rights monitors on the ground. The UN Human Rights Council established the…

The twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by…

The Human Rights Council concluded its thirty-first regular session this evening after adopting 40 texts – 37 resolutions, two decisions and one Presidential Statement – on a wide range of issues, as well as its report for the session. The Council also adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-first regular session from 29 February to 24 March in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will address the…

31st SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILGeneva, Switzerland, 29 February -24 March 2016Media accreditation Representatives of the media will need to be accredited for the coverage of the session. All journalists applying for accreditation must submit proof that they represent a bona fide media…

The twenty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 18 to 29 January during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…