JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (22 December 2017) – Four years following the start of the current conflict in South Sudan, gross human rights violations continue to be committed in a widespread way by all parties...

GENEVA (27 October 2017) – The people of Eritrea are suffering unending brutal human rights violations, and thousands continue walking for days in a desperate bid to reach the borders with...

GENEVA (13 October 2017) - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador, announced today the appointment of Hanny Megally of Egypt to serve as a...

AFTERNOON Establishes Working Group to Elaborate a Regulatory Framework on Private Military and Security Companies, Extends Mandates on an Equitable International Order, Enforced Disappearances, Truth...

MORNING Adopts Five Resolutions, including on Syria, the Administration of Justice, the Question of the Death Penalty and Conscientious Objection to Military Service GENEVA (29 September 2017) - The...

French GENEVA (29 September 2017) - The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi takes note of the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend its mandate for one year. The Commission calls...

GENEVA (20 September 2017) - The Commission witnessed tens of thousands of South Sudanese women and children arriving in Ethiopia just last week, after walking in some cases for months to reach safety...

established by Human Rights Council resolution 34/22 36th session of the Human Rights Council Geneva Agenda Item 4 19 September 2017 Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Observers, Ladies and...