23 August 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and decided to dispatch an independent international commission of...

23 August 2011 Adopts resolution that requires the dispatch of a commission of inquiry The Human Rights Council concluded its seventeenth Special Session, which was convened yesterday and was devoted...

22 August 2011 Madame President, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I commend the initiative of this Council to hold another special session on the...

22 August 2011 The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a Special Session concerning the “situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic”. The session was convened after the Council...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 19 August 2011 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its consideration of the eighth and ninth periodic reports...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 18 August 2011 The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "The situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic” on Monday, 22 August starting...

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 12 August 2011 Recommendations Deal with Traditional Values, International Solidarity, Right to Peace, Right to Food and International Cooperation The Human...

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee ROUNDUP 12 August 2011 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its seventh session during which it adopted five recommendations to the Human...

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 11 August 2011 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today discussed its agenda item on the annual programme of work, including new priorities. Latif...

10 August 2011 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today continued to discuss requests addressed to the Advisory Committee stemming from the Human Rights Council resolutions and took up the...