The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, and started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the issue...

MIDDAY The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held separate interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt on human rights and with the Special Rapporteur on...

08 March 2022 The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Iraq on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and...

The Human Rights Committee today expressed extreme concern at the ongoing military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, conducted in breach of the fundamental principles of the United...

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Israel on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

GENEVA (3 March 2022) – The UN Human Rights Committee expressed regret that the Russian Federation delegation could not travel to Geneva to participate in the Committee’s country review, which was...

GENEVA (1 March 2022) - UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Iran to abandon its efforts to enact a new law that would effectively isolate the country from the global internet. The...

Summary The present report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 45/18. In it, the High Commissioner explores the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and...

The Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-fourth session, during which it will examine the reports of Bolivia, Cambodia, Iraq, Israel, Qatar and the Russian Federation...