Human Rights Council MORNING 30 September 2010 Adopts Presidential Statement on Haiti which Extends Mission of Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti until September 2011 The Human Rights Council...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 30 September 2010 Council Adopts Statement on Religious Intolerance The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted resolutions in which it established the mandate of a...

GENEVA (28 September 2010) – “There has been a disproportionate use of the law regarding defamation and disinformation against journalists, human rights activists and political leaders,” said Surya P...

Human Rights Council MORNING 29 September 2010 The Human Rights Council today focused on the situation of human rights in Somalia as it took up its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 29 September 2010 Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Slavery, Endorses Nomination of Special Rapporteurs on Internally Displaced Persons and on Torture The Human...

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome this important Stand-alone interactive dialogue on Somalia. For the first time in the...

Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be with you today to open this side-event panel discussion on “Health and Human Rights. The case of Maternal and Child...

Geneva, Palais des Nations, 28 September 2010 Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentleman, It is an honour to be here with you for this interactive dialogue during which...

Human Rights Council MORNING 28 September 2010 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to investigate violations of...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 28 September 2010 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial...