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UN Geneva Press Briefing: UNHCR, IFRC, WHO - 14.02.25
🎦 Situation in eastern DRC 🎦 Three years of the Russia-Ukraine conflict 🎦 Mpox updates
International Mother Language Day celebrations
2025 marks the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day. With this Silver Jubilee celebrations, let us demonstrate our commitment and efforts to cultivating a multilingual workforce and preserve linguistic diversity.
1st World Congress on Enforced Disappearances
The first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances was held in Geneva on 15-16 January 2025. It provided a platform to share experiences, challenges, and best practices. This crucial step in shaping a collective path toward justice, truth, reparation, and the prevention of future disappearances, showed once again the urgency that all States ratify the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearances
OHCHR - Press Conference: Fact-finding report on Bangladesh protests - 12.02.25
Speakers: ℹ️ Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ℹ️ Rory Mungoven, Chief of the Asia-Pacific Region of OHCHR
Happening at UN Geneva
International Mother Language Day celebrations
As part of its celebrations of this year’s upcoming International Mother Language Day, the Division of Conference Management is happy to announce the return of its Multilingual Photobooth!
Starting Monday, 17 February, join us at the entrance of the Serpent Bar in Building E; you will be able to take photos at the Photobooth, showcasing all the languages you speak! Don’t forget to share your photos on social media, tagging @UNGeneva, using #IAmMultilingual.
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its State parties. The Covenant enshrines economic, social and cultural rights such as the rights to adequate food, adequate housing, education, health, social security, water and sanitation, and work.
The Committee seeks to develop a constructive dialogue with State parties, determine whether the Covenant's norms are being applied, and assess how the implementation and enforcement of the Covenant could be improved so all people can enjoy these rights in full.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The CEDAW Committee consists of 23 experts on women's rights from around the world.
The CEDAW treaty is a tool that helps women around the world to bring about change in their daily life. In countries that have ratified the treaty, CEDAW has proved invaluable in opposing the effects of discrimination, which include violence, poverty, and lack of legal protections, along with the denial of inheritance, property rights, and access to credit.
