Summary:

The Human Rights Council will be holding a special session on Syria on 1 June in light of recent events in the country.

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The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on "the deteriorating human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the recent killings in El-Houleh" on Friday 1 June 2012,  at 11 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations.

Further Information

• Read about the recent atrocities in Syria
• Visit CRIN's page on Syria

Previous Members news items

• 24/05/2012: MALDIVES: Entrenching the culture of violence among children in paradise
• 21/05/2012: EGYPT: Widespread Military Torture of Protesters Arrested in May (Arabic)
• 21/05/2012: BAHRAIN: Human Rights Body Should Target Repression (Arabic)
• 21/05/2012: OPT: UN relief official voices concern over plight of Palestinians affected by occupation (Arabic)
• 21/05/2012: OPT: Seam Zone keeps Palestinian children in limbo, disrupting education (Arabic)

Organisation Contact Details:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Civil Society Section
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais Wilson, Office 2-031
Geneva, Switzerland


Tel: Tel. +41-(0)22-917-9230
Email: Email: civilsociety@ohchr.org
Website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/CivilSociety.aspx

Last updated 01/06/2012 16:47:12

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