The Committee against Torture this afternoon closed its virtual seventieth session, which was held from 26 to 28 April 2021. Claude Heller, Acting Committee Chairperson, said the Committee had adopted Lists of Issues Prior to Reporting on Belarus, Chile, Czechia, Norway, Qatar, Russian…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon opened its seventieth online session, hearing a statement by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda…

  Applicability of the Convention in Courts, Sentences and Statutes of Limitations among Issues Broached   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its consideration of the initial report of Mongolia on measures taken to implement the International Convention…

  Dialogue also Addresses Education on Racism and Belgium’s Colonial Past   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic reports of Belgium on its implementation of the…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its consideration of a report submitted by Colombia containing additional information under article 29 (4) of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on measures taken to implement its…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its one-hundred and third virtual session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belgium. The Committee heard an address by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty…

  The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon suspended its online thirty-second session after adopting its concluding observations on the second periodic report of Chile. Can Ünver, Committee Chairperson, noting that…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Switzerland on measures taken to implement the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Committee Experts expressed appreciation for…

  The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the…

  New Committee Member Matar Diop from Senegal Makes Solemn Declaration   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon opened its twentieth session online, during which it will examine the initial reports of Mongolia and Switzerland on their implementation of the provisions…