The Committee on Migrant Workers today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Azerbaijan on measures taken to implement the International Convention on the Protection of the Right of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, asking about irregular migration as…

  Council Concludes General Debate on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Forms of Intolerance, Follow-up to and Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action   The Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights this morning told the Human Rights…

  Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on Racism and Racial Discrimination and Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon met with national human rights institutions and civil society organizations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Bolivia and in Nicaragua, whose reports will be…

  Council Holds General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action   People of African descent in all parts of the world face environmental racism in the siting of landfills, toxic waste dispensaries, extractive industries, industrial and mining areas, factories and…

  The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this morning met with the National Human Rights Institution of Azerbaijan and with one non-governmental organisation, which briefed the Committee on the implementation in Azerbaijan of the International Convention on the Protection of the…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held general debates on the Universal Periodic Review and on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. The Council also heard the presentation of a report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the allocation…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today completed its review of the third periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, inquiring about equitable distribution of social…

  The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting today adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Seychelles, Latvia, Singapore and Sierra Leone. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Seychelles were Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Libya, Malawi,…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today completed its review of the fourth periodic report of Azerbaijan on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, inquiring about discrimination against sexual minorities, and about…