The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on his report on Myanmar, hearing that Myanmar was being suffocated by an illegitimate military regime, and of stories of horrific war tactics and brutal atrocity crimes.…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-sixth regular session, which will be held from 18 June to 12 July, hearing Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, present his global update on the situation of human rights around the world. Mr. Türk said it pained…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Türkiye, Senegal and Congo.The concluding observations will be available on the webpage…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial periodic report of Congo. The Committee commended the State for helping returning migrants to set up businesses quickly, while asking questions…

The Committee on Migrant Workers today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Senegal, with Committee Experts commending collaboration between Spain and Senegal to dismantle trafficking networks, and asking about support for migrants who had been returned to Senegal and the…

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 Türkiye, with Committee Experts commending the State on work done for Syrian and other migrants in Türkiye, and asking about hate…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today opened its thirty-eighth session, which is being held from 13 to 31 May, during which it will consider reports from the Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Türkiye.The Committee adopted its…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Brazil, Estonia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Rwanda and Singapore.The concluding observations adopted by the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Rwanda, with Committee Experts congratulating the State on its high percentage of female parliamentarians and asking about efforts to support victims of human…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-sixth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Bhutan, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Mali, Namibia and Paraguay, which were reviewed during the session.  The concluding observations will…