AFTERNOON 29 September 2023 Council Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of France...

GENEVA (29 September 2023) – Colombia must guarantee the right of victims to truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence in its peace and transitional justice agenda in compliance with international...

MORNING 29 September 2023 Council Begins General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms and Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Secretary-General’s Report on Cooperation with the United Nations...

The arrest, detention, and sentencing of human rights defenders in Viet Nam who advocate for the environment and the country’s transition to clean-energy use raises serious concerns not only with...

GENEVA (29 September 2023) – States must pledge to uphold the human rights of older persons as enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR), UN independent expert on the enjoyment of...

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, 75 years ago, States adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Shaken by two world wars, by genocide, by the nuclear threat, and by the Great Depression...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations on the periodic reports of Mauritania and Nigeria, and on reports...

GENEVA (29 September 2023) - The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) will undertake a visit to Australia from 1 to 10 October 2023. The purpose of the visit is...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Advisory Committee, and started an interactive dialogue on the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation with the...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today hosted an event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to launch its first general comment on enforced disappearances in the context of migration. Opening...