Human Rights Council

Nineteenth session

Agenda item 3

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Mission to Rwanda

Summary

Human Rights Council
Nineteenth session
Agenda items 2 and 3
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development

Summary

Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Summary

The present report is the first to be presented to the Human Rights Council by the newly appointed independent expert on minority issues, Ms. Rita Izsák, who was appointed by the Council and assumed her functions as mandate holder on 1 August 2011.

Human Rights Council
MORNING

7 June 2011

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on Nauru, Rwanda and Nepal.

Conseil des droits de l’homme Dix-septième session Point 6 de l’ordre du jour Examen périodique universel

Introduction

Advance Unedited Version

Human Rights Council

Sixteenth session

Agenda item 10

Technical assistance and capacity-building

Summary

This report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 13/22.

The experts reiterate their deep concern at the serious human rights situation in the country, which has reportedly not improved since their initial report.

While acknowledging with appreciation the state of the willingness of the Congolese authorities to improve its cooperation with the international community in the field of human rights,

GENEVA (28 January 2011) - United Nations Independent Expert Gay McDougall will visit Rwanda from 31 January to 07 February 2011 to examine the situation of different population groups reflecting the ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity in the country. This will be the first mission to the country by an independent expert mandated by the UN Human Rights Council.

"I am visiting Rwanda to learn about its efforts and initiatives to ensure a future of equality, acceptance, and peaceful co-existence and to offer the assistance of my UN mandate

Conseil des droits de l'homme

Seizième session

Points 2 et 10 de l'ordre du jour

Rapport annuel du Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme et rapports du Haut-Commissariat et du Secrétaire général

Assistance technique et renforcement des capacités

Résumé

Dans sa résolution 13/22, le Conseil des droits de l'homme a invité le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies à lui rendre compte, à sa seizième session, de l'évolution de la situation des droits de l'homme en République démocratique du Congo et des activités menées dans le pays par son Bureau.

Conseil des droits de l'homme

Seizième session

Point 3 de l'ordre du jour

Promotion et protection de tous les droits de l'homme, civils, politiques, économiques, sociaux et culturels, y compris le droit au développement

Résumé

Le présent rapport, soumis en application de la résolution 6/27 du Conseil des droits de l'homme, met en exergue l'importance de prendre en compte les normes relatives aux droits de l'homme, et en particulier le droit à un logement convenable, dans les processus de reconstruction après les catastrophes et après les conflits. Tout en