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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Sixth Session

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Sixth Session 09 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-sixth session and adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it is scheduled to review the reports of Albania, Cyprus, Honduras, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi and Poland.Opening the session,…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 06 September 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International…

HRC- Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan Press Conference

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home HRC- Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan Press Conference 06 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the Sudan Fact-Finding Mission’s first investigative report. Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding MissionJoy Ngozi Ezeilo, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding MissionMona Rishmawi, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine 05 September 2024 Press Release The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its thirty-first session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Belarus…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Informal Meeting with States Parties

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Informal Meeting with States Parties 05 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held an informal meeting with States parties.In opening remarks, Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Committee Chairperson, said the world was currently at a critical juncture in defining the future post-2030. In the lead-up to the…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Armenia on its Digital Literacy Education for Children, Raise Questions on Corporal Punishment and Children’s Participation in Climate Change Policies

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Armenia on its Digital Literacy Education for Children, Raise Questions on Corporal Punishment and Children’s Participation in Climate Change Policies 05 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Armenia, with Committee Experts commending the State on its…

New Permanent Representative of Somalia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Somalia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 05 September 2024 Presentation of Credentials Khadra Ahmed Dualeh, the new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms.…

HRC Press Conference

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 04 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement 57th session of the Human Rights Council (9 September- 11 October 2024) Ambassador Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Acknowledge Israel’s Efforts for Internally Displaced Children since 7 October, Ask about Mental Health Treatment for Children Traumatised by the War and the Protection of Children in Gaza

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Acknowledge Israel’s Efforts for Internally Displaced Children since 7 October, Ask about Mental Health Treatment for Children Traumatised by the War and the Protection of Children in Gaza 04 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Israel, with Committee Experts…

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 04 September 2024 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-seventh regular session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.   The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 9 September under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening…