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M2 PRESSWIRE-January 19, 2024-: CS to attend UN meetings (C)1994-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:18012024 Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki will depart tomorrow for Geneva, Switzerland, to attend meetings of the Universal Periodic [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-January 17, 2024-: Human rights records of 14 States to be examined by Universal Periodic Review mechanism (C)1994-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:17012024 Fourteen States will have their human rights records [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Virginia Senator Tim Kaine: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a [...]

Rabat, January 10 (QNA) - Morocco won the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the year 2024 after a vote that took place today in Geneva. [...]

Rabat -- The kingdom of Morocco has been remarkably elected to the Presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council for 2024, during a vote held on Wednesday in Geneva. [...]

Brussels: European Union External Action Service has issued the following news release: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL intersessional meeting to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention [...]

Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) released the code of conduct aimed at promoting peace, inter-sect harmony, and tolerance throughout the country during the month of Muharram-ul-Haram. The code was developed in [...]

Prague/Geneva, July 12 (CTK) - Czechia condemns the burning of religious books but in today's UNHRC vote, there were other issues behind the text of the resolution tabled in this [...]

United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on religious hatred following the Quran desecration incident in Sweden that promoted widespread protests across the world, especially in the Muslim [...]

On the occasion of its participation in the Universal State Review of Germany by the UNHuman Rights Council (Universal Periodic Review, UPR), the Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy [...]

The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, and the Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today [...]

OTTAWA, Ontario -- The following information was released by the Government of Canada: Canada's Participation in UN Universal Periodic Review advances work to promote and protect human rights Department of [...]

Geneva, Switzerland: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued the following press release: Cabo Verde's human rights record will be examined by the United [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: On Monday, November 6, the United Nations Human Rights Council will closely evaluate Turkmenistan's rights record during [...]

BERLIN -- The following information was released by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany: The human rights situation in all United Nations Member States is regularly checked by means of [...]

Geneva, Switzerland: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued the following press release: Fourteen States will have their human rights records examined during the [...]

Geneva, Switzerland: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued the following press release: Turkmenistan's human rights record will be examined by the United Nations [...]

Geneva, Switzerland: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued the following press release: Burkina Faso's human rights record will be examined by the United [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The following information was released by Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA): The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) calls on the Government [...]

BOISE, Idaho -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today [...]

From September 11 to October 13, 2023, the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) was held in Geneva, Switzerland. For five weeks, a wide range of [...]

Doha, October 16 (QNA) - The Doha-based Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI) has called on members of the United Nations Human Rights Council and member states to [...]

The Honourable Mlanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will welcome the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Trk, to Canada from October 16 to [...]

Khartoum -- Sudanese civil society organisations that signed a letter on September 20 to the United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) welcomed the Council's approval to establish an independent international [...]

(JURIST) - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia by one year on Thursday. Mariana [...]

Byline: Chiamaka Okafor After securing only three votes, Nigeria on Tuesday lost an opportunity to join the revered United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). After securing only three votes, Nigeria [...]

CARACAS, October 13, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Venezuela denounced U.S. sanctions as 'extortion and blackmail' at an international forum Thursday, as the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted on [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by Radio Free Asia: Beijing is 'unfit' for membership, more than 80 groups representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers say By Amelia Loi [...]

CARACAS, October 13, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Venezuela's government welcomed a new resolution by the UN Human Rights Council condemning unilateral coercive measures (UCM) against countries. 'We celebrate that [...]

(JURIST) - The United Nations Human Rights Council issued a resolution Wednesday establishing an independent international fact-finding mission in Sudan.The resolution comes in response to nearly six months of armed [...]

CARACAS, October 13, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Venezuela's government welcomed a new resolution by the UN Human Rights Council condemning unilateral coercive measures (UCM) against countries. 'We celebrate that [...]

Geneva -- The United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) adopted a resolution to form a fact-finding committee on crimes and violations in Sudan after the outbreak of war, by a [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-October 10, 2023-: United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council: votes supporting accountability and monitoring mechanisms in Sudan and Russia crucial to end cycles of impunity (C)1994-2023 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:10102023 [...]

Byline: Hilary Power Human Rights Council to Vote on Initiative to Investigate Abuses This week, member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva will vote on creating [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: This week, member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva will vote on creating [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-October 6, 2023-: Ethiopia: Victims Betrayed After States Failed to Continue United Nations (UN) Accountability Mechanism (C)1994-2023 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:06102023 By failing to extend the mandate of the International [...]

Geneva / Khartoum / Port Sudan -- The United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, and the United States of America jointly presented a draft resolution before the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) [...]

October 4, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- ANKARA -- TA 1/4rkiye's military carried out its third cross-border air operation into Iraq on Wednesday, after a suicide bomb attack in the [...]

October 5, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- ANKARA -- TA 1/4rkiye's military carried out its third cross-border air operation into Iraq on Wednesday, after a suicide bomb attack in the [...]

Brussels: European Union External Action Service has issued the following news release: United Nations Human Rights Council 54th Session 11 September - 13 October 2023 EU Statement under Item 4 [...]

On September 15, 2023, Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, made a joint speech on behalf of Egypt, [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of California Rep. Sara Jacobs: Reps. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Brad Sherman (CA-32) called for the State [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ): By Shaheryar Gill Christians are facing increasing persecution and violence in the world's [...]

Reykjavik, Iceland: The Icelandic government has inked a deal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to provide financial assistance to underdeveloped nations in order to promote sustainable fisheries management. The [...]

On September 11, 2023, Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, spoke at the interactive dialogue on the report [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The following information was released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of [...]

Vilnius, Lithuania: From September 11 to October 13, a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council will be held in Geneva, during which various human rights issues will be [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Excellencies, Ahead [...]

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Excellencies, Ahead of the Human Rights Council's 54th regular session (September 11- October 12, 2023), [...]