Russian GENEVA / ASTANA (23 March 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Baskut Tuncak will visit Kazakhstan from 26 March to 8 April 2015 to assess the country’s human rights record regarding the...

MORNING 23 March 2015 Hears Update from the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict, Holds Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Holds General Debate...

MIDDAY 23 March 2015 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on the follow-up to and the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. In the general...

AFTERNOON 23 March 2014 Chairperson of Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards Presents Report The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its general debate on racism...

GENEVA (20 March 2015) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* took note with relief of the last-minute decision by the Pakistani authorities to postpone for 72 hours the execution of a...

Human Rights Council MORNING 20 March 2015 Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Council’s Subsidiary Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the...