Committee Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Malawi, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Egypt, Botswana and Panama The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning concluded its forty-fifth session, adopting concluding observations and…

Sixteen Countries to Have their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the seventh session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group to be held in Geneva from 8 to 19 February. These countries are Qatar…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women urged the international community, United Nations agencies and all humanitarian relief agencies to actively involve women at all stages of emergency management programmes, in both the planning and…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its third session during which it adopted six recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council. The recommendations included texts on the draft set of principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined initial to third periodic report of Botswana on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report,…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Mongolia, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Estonia, Cameroon, Tajikistan, Ecuador, Israel, El Salvador, Norway and Liechtenstein The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-third session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available a total of $674,206,389 to the Government of the State of Kuwait for distribution to 10 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 5 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 5…

The Human Rights Council today concluded its Special Session, on “The Support of the Human Rights Council to the Recovery Process in Haiti after the Earthquake of January 12, 2010: a Human Rights Approach”. The resolution adopted by the Council called upon the international community to continue to…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on “The Support of the Human Rights Council to the Recovery Process in Haiti after the Earthquake of January 12, 2010: a Human Rights Approach” on Wednesday, 27 January, starting at 10 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The holding of the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its fourth session from 25 to 29 January 2010 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The Committee, which is composed of 18 independent experts who serve as a think tank to the Human Rights Council, will focus its work on four of the requests…