The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined ninth to eleventh periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Predrag Jović,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourteenth and fifteenth periodic report of Guatemala on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Serbia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Radomir Ilic, Secretary of State…

The Committee against Torture today heard a presentation from the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture and discussed ways of assisting victims of torture through the Fund. In his presentation Adam Bodnar, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic report of France on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Spain on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Ana Maria Menéndez, Permanent…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from France, Guatemala and Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead of its review of their country reports this week. On France, representatives of NGOs inquired about…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Luxembourg on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Jean-Marc…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened its eighty-sixth session this morning, hearing an address by Yury Boychenko, Chief of the Anti-Racial Discrimination Section, Research and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The…

The Committee against Torture met with non-governmental organizations and civil society representatives this morning to discuss their contribution to the realization of the goals laid down in the Convention against Torture and working methods in general. Claudio Grossman, Chairperson of the…