AFTERNOON Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Burundi GENEVA (29 June 2016) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein...

MORNING GENEVE (28 June 2016) - The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance. The Council started...

GENEVA (28 June 2016) - The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Ecuador on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on...

MIDDAY Hears Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador GENEVE (28 June 2016) - The Human Rights Council held at its midday meeting separate interactive dialogues with Marie-Thérèse Keita...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 28 June 2016 The Human Rights Council today held a panel discussion on the use of sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein...

Human Rights Council EVENING 27 June 2016 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Mutuma Ruteere, the Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia...

GENEVA (28 June 2016) – The UN Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on the countries it examined during its 6 to 24 June session in Geneva: France, Sweden...

GENEVA (28 June 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Leilani Farha, today commended a large media initiative in San Francisco to put a spotlight on what has been...

GENEVA (28 June 2016) – The record of the Philippines’ on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 5 July. The Philippines has...