Linked to the Beirut Declaration are 18 commitments on “Faith for Rights”, with corresponding follow-up actions. These include the commitments: to prevent the use of the notion of “State religion” to...

27 June 2018 Mr President, distinguished representatives, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to once again address this Council to present my oral progress report pursuant to the HRC resolution 37/32...

Korean GENEVA / SEOUL (27 June 2018) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Tomás Ojea Quintana, will visit Seoul...

GENEVA (27 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* are urging Saudi Arabia to immediately release a number of women’s human rights defenders arrested in a nationwide crackdown by the authorities, as the...

GENEVA (27 June 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has urged the Human Rights Council to support efforts to investigate and prosecute at the...

French 27 June 2018 Mr President, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, we have the honour to speak for a second time on behalf of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi whose mandate was renewed by...

MORNING GENEVE (27 June 2018) - The Human Rights Council this morning continued to examine human rights situations that require its attention, and held separate interactive dialogues with the...

MIDDAY GENEVA (27 June 2018) - The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held its general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. In the general debate, speakers...