The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of Pakistan under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its initial report under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children.  Committee…

 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of Ghana under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with Committee Experts commending the State party on holding the Children’s Model Summit of the…

 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of Maldives under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with Committee Experts praising the State’s recently adopted child protection and juvenile…

 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its one hundredth session, which is being held in Geneva from 12 to 30 January, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts of Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Spain and Uganda to adhere to…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its forty-first session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Honduras, Indonesia and Mauritania on their implementation of the International…

The Committee on Migrant Workers this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Honduras on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and sixteenth session, during which it reviewed the reports of Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden and Tunisia.  The Committee’s concluding observations for the six country…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held a high-level event to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.The event was opened by Committee Vice-Chair Gay McDougall, who delivered a…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Indonesia on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Mauritania.  Committee Experts commended the State on efforts made to overcome challenges relating to migration, while asking…