Human Rights Council MORNING 17 March 2015 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Commission...

17 March 2015 The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Russia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and...

Human Rights Council MIDDAY / AFTERNOON 17 March 2015 The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, during which speakers raised...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location : Geneva Date : 17 March 2015 Subject : The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia We are deeply concerned about the...

United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva, 17 March 2015 M. le Président Excellences, As the violence in Syria has mutated from civil unrest into civil war, it has grown ever more brutal. The public...

Item 4 Geneva, 16 March 2015 Mr. President, I thank you for this opportunity to address the Human Rights Council for the first time, at a pivotal time in the reform process in Myanmar. Before I start...

COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN ERITREA Geneva, 16 March 2015 President, High Commissioner, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, On 27 June...

GENEVA (16 March 2015) -- An interim UN report into the human rights situation in Eritrea has found “very clear patterns” of violations. The oral report, delivered to the Human Rights Council, follows...

GENEVA (16 March 2015) – Older persons with dementia must have their dignity, beliefs, needs and privacy respected at all stages of the disease, United Nations expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte has said...