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La RDC appelle à soutenir la commission d'enquête indépendante de l'ONU sur le Sud-Kivu et Nord-Kivu
La RDC appelle à soutenir la commission d'enquête indépendante de l'ONU sur le Sud-Kivu et Nord-Kivu
Le 29 juin 2026, le Ministre des droits humains de la République démocratique du Congo, Samuel Mbemba Kabuya, a participé à Genève à un dialogue interactif renforcé du Conseil des droits de l'homme...
RDC : l'épidémie d'Ebola a exacerbé une situation déja diffile dans l'est du pays, souligne l'ONU
RDC : l'épidémie d'Ebola a exacerbé une situation déja diffile dans l'est du pays, souligne l'ONU
Le 29 juin 2026, Abdoul Aziz Thioye, Directeur adjoint de la Division des opérations mondiales au Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme (HCDH), a participé à Genève à un dialogu...
Lebanon: civilians are not collateral damage, Deputy Prime Minister tells UN
Lebanon: civilians are not collateral damage, Deputy Prime Minister tells UN
On 29 June 2026, the Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon, Tarek Mitri, addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council during its 62nd session in Geneva. #HRC62
Sudan: Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
Sudan: Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
Over three years into the conflict in Sudan, conflict-related sexual violence has been used as a tactic to terrorise civilians — reaching nearly every corner of the country, with cases verified acr...
Luis Alfonso de Alba, first Human Rights Council President: "We were creating a genuinely new body"
Luis Alfonso de Alba, first Human Rights Council President: "We were creating a genuinely new body"
The @unitednations Human Rights Council marks its 20th anniversary this year. Its first President, Luis Alfonso de Alba, returned to Geneva to take part in a commemorative event and told @UNGeneva...
Children’s rights: why free education must go beyond primary school
Children’s rights: why free education must go beyond primary school
On 26 June 2026, Samuel Housman Buggie Saffa, Chair rapporteur of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, addressed the ...
Venezuela: UN rights chief calls for trust, justice and accountability
Venezuela: UN rights chief calls for trust, justice and accountability
On 26 June 2026, Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Human Rights Council on the situation in Venezuela. Speaking at the Council's 62nd session in Geneva, Mr...
Human rights in practice: seven UN reports to the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Human rights in practice: seven UN reports to the Human Rights Council in Geneva
On 26 June 2026, Peggy Hicks, Director, Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented s...
Internal displacement: when civilians have no choice but to flee
Internal displacement: when civilians have no choice but to flee
On 25 June 2026, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, presented her most recent reports to the UN Human Rights Council ...
Women in leadership: from firsts to the new normal - Caroline Ziadeh, Lebanon’s UN envoy, Geneva
Women in leadership: from firsts to the new normal - Caroline Ziadeh, Lebanon’s UN envoy, Geneva
On 24 June 2026, Ambassador Caroline Ziadeh, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations Office at Geneva, spoke at a panel on women's rights held by the Human Rights Council during i...
Women in leadership: parity as legitimacy - Sofia Calltorp, UN Women
Women in leadership: parity as legitimacy - Sofia Calltorp, UN Women
On 24 June 2026, Sofia Calltorp, Director of UN Women Geneva and Chief of Humanitarian Action, spoke at a panel on women's rights held by the Human Rights Council during its 62nd session in Geneva....
Anti-personnel mines: the lasting human rights impact on civilians and communities
Anti-personnel mines: the lasting human rights impact on civilians and communities
On 26 June 2026, Peggy Hicks, Director, Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressed the Human Rights Counc...
On 20th anniversary, first President of the Human Rights Council looks back
On 20th anniversary, first President of the Human Rights Council looks back
The Human Rights Council’s first meeting on 19 June 2006 grew out of a broader effort by the United Nations to reform its human rights system. In March 2006, the UN General Assembly created the Cou...