Human Rights Council ROUNDUP 24 September 2008 Adopts 24 Texts, Appoints Four New Special Procedure Mandate Holders and Extends Mandates of Seven Special Procedures The Human Rights Council closed its...

Human Rights Council MORNING 24 September 2008 Council Appoints Four Special Procedure Mandate Holders, Extends Mandates of Five Special Procedures The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 16...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 24 September 2008 Council Concludes Ninth Regular Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted five texts before concluding its ninth regular session. The...

Human Rights Council MORNING 23 September 2008 President Makes Statement on Results of Complaint Procedure The Human Rights Council this morning continued its general debate on racism, racial...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 23 September 2008 Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Situation in Liberia, Somalia and Burundi, concludes General Debates on Racism, Technical Assistance The Human...

Geneva, 23 September 2008 Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, At the outset, please allow me to congratulate the President and the Bureau on their election to...

Human Rights Council MORNING 19 September 2008 Council Discusses Manifestations of Defamation of Religions, Concludes General Debate on Follow-Up to Vienna Declaration and Programme of Work The new...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 19 September 2008 Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Racism, Starts General Debate on Racism and Follow-Up to Durban Declaration and Programme of...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 18 September 2008 Concludes Discussion on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories and on the Universal Periodic Review The Human...

Human Rights Council MORNING 18 September 2008 Starts General Debate on Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this morning discussed the...