GENEVA (26 September 2014) – UN Human Rights Council concludes its 27th session with adoption of 32 resolutions - including on civil society space, the right to equal participation in political and public affairs, the safety of journalists, and sexual orientation and gender identity - and four presidential statements - including on the Ebola Epidemic and the Convention on the Rights of the Child".
The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-seventh regular session this evening after adopting 32 texts on a wide range of issues, as well as its report for the session. A new mandate was created, of a Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights. The Council also adopted resolutions on sexual orientation and gender identity, on the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Syria, on civil society space, and on foreign debt. Read the news release in English.