At its last session, the UN Human Rights Council mandated OHCHR to gather information on the situation in Venezuela and report back to Member States next year.
I am an independent expert who reports to, and advises, the United Nations Human Rights Council and United Nations General Assembly on the realisation of the right to health.
In a report submitted to the UN human rights council, David Kaye said he had identified“significant worrying signals” about Japan's record on freedom of expression.
A joint statement signed by 47 countries at the UN Human Rights Council on 9 September 2013 expressed serious concern about the ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain.
The statement revealed that Myanmar opposed the establishment of the fact-finding mission by the UN human rights council as it was based on unfounded allegations.
While building international consensus and support for an ICC referral, the international community should use the UN Human Rights Council to set up a mechanism to collect and preserve evidence for use in future criminal proceedings.
In particular, three countries have recently been accepted into the UN Human Rights Council despite their poor religious freedom record and legislation restricting freedom of worship and public manifestation of religion.
The report, which was compiled by a panel led by Richard Goldstone, a South African judge, had already been endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council, which sponsored the fact-finding commission.
The UN Human Right Council appoints an investigation committee that takes evidence from 112 eyewitnesses, reviews forensic evidence, including autopsy reports and inspects the Mavi Marmara.
The independent expert will present a report with her findings and recommendations to the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March next year.
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