The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the...

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 3/103 and Council resolutions 6/21 and 10/30. The report is a summary of the proceedings of the eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards and the substantive discussions that took place during the session.

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Italy, with Committee Experts welcoming Italy’s guaranteed minimum income scheme and...

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms, and held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. Among the issues raised by...

GENEVA (30 September 2022) – Ahead of the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October, Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, said States should...

GENEVA (30 September 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will visit Paraguay from 3 to 14 October 2022 to assess the country’s human rights situation in...

GENEVA (30 September 2022) – Activism led by people of African descent, joined by many others, has resulted in increased recognition of the systemic nature of racism, yielding concrete initiatives in...

AFTERNOON The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, and started a general debate on follow-up to and...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its general debate under agenda item five on human rights bodies and mechanisms. It also concluded its interactive dialogue on the report of the...