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…

Geneva, 21 December 2015 (Issued as received) - The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council Resolution 2254 on 18 December endorsing a road map for peace in Syria. The resolution calls for both a Syrian-lead…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on the human rights situation in Burundi after requesting the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently organize and dispatch an expert mission to Burundi to swiftly investigate violations and abuses of human…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-fourth Special Session on the human rights situation in Burundi on Thursday, 17 December. The request for the Special Session, supported by 43 States, was delivered by the United States on Friday, 11 December. In order for a Special Session to be…

KINSHASA/GENEVA, 8 December 2015: A United Nations report published Tuesday highlights a worrying clampdown on opposition, media and civil society in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the beginning of the year and stresses the need to guarantee political and civil rights ahead of key…