"TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT"

Press briefing by Christine Schraner Burgener, Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Myanmar, on the situation in Myanmar.

Joint Stakeout by Security Council Members immediately following the Security Council Consultations.

This high-level event brings together UN officials, civil society representatives, academics, journalists, as well as representatives of affected communities in order to exchange information on and raise awareness about the human rights situation in Xinjiang. Participants wll discuss how the UN system, member states and civil society can support and advocate for the human rights of members of ethnic Turkic communities in Xinjiang.

High-level panel discussion to brief on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic - Informal meeting of the plenary, 75th session.

Joint Press Statement read by Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, on behalf of Germany, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, the UK, USA and Japan on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Despite new ceasefire in Libya, justice for atrocity crime victims thwarted by failure to arrest fugitives, International Criminal Court prosecutor warns Security Council.

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

Press Conference featuring Jens Modvig, Chair of the Committee Against Torture, Malcolm Evans, Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, and Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on Torture told reporters that he visited Julian Assange at Belmarsh Prison in London on 9 May with two medical experts and have concluded that Assange “has been exposed to psychological torture for a prolonged period of time.” UNIFEED

Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq and Stef Blok, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, brief reporters at the Security Council Stakeout.