Discussion Reports

HRC53: High Commissioner Encourages Warring Parties to Respect International Humanitarian Law

During the 33rd meeting of the 53rd session of the HRC, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...

The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty appealed to member states to treat discrimination against people in poverty no less seriously ...

The discussion featured two thematic panels: gender-based violence in public and political life and gender discrimination faced by women and ...

The full enjoyment of human rights depends on the availability of an independent judiciary, declared the Special Rapporteur on the ...

The clash between the human right to freedom of speech and to freedom of religion was the object of debate ...

In 1994, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, was endorsed by the ...

In 2010, the mandate of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls was endorsed by the Human Rights ...

The lack of democratic institutions, the absence of functioning rule of law and the prevalence of impunity exacerbate human rights ...

On the 19th of June 2023, the Human Rights Council opened its 53rd Session. Speaking first, the High Commissioner on ...

36th HRC Special Session: the alarming human rights situation in Sudan leads to the adoption of Resolution on the country ...