30 April 2020, 15.00 (Geneva time) Good afternoon. A very warm welcome to all of you at this virtual session, which is a first informal conversation on the work of the Council’s so-called Special...

Thursday, 9 April 2020 Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to today’s World Premiere of a virtual informal conversation with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle...

​Human Rights Council HRC/20/27 10 March 2020 High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Oral Updates on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and on Venezuela, Council Starts General Debate on...

6 March 2020 The Human Rights Council this morning continued its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including...

2 March 2020 President of the Council Announces Measures in Response to COVID-19 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent...

Human Rights Council HRC/20/5 24 February 2020 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, focusing on advancing the...

Armenian GENEVA (20 January 2020) – Armenia's human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Thursday, 23...

Tri-lingual version (English, French, Spanish) Monsieur le Président, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me start by expressing my sincere gratitude to all the members of the Human...

Spanish GENEVA, 2 December 2019 – The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Coly Seck (Senegal), announced today the appointment of Marta Valiñas (Portugal), Francisco Cox Vial (Chile) and...

Opening remarks by His Excellency Mr. Coly Seck, President of the Human Rights Council, at the LDCs/SIDS Trust Fund Workshop for the Pacific Region “Engaging with the UN Human Rights Council through...