The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden.The concluding observations will be transmitted to the States and made…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of Honduras’s initial report on additional information under article 29 (4) of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.  Committee Experts commended the State’s progress…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-fifth regular session, hearing statements from the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of…

 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the seventh periodic report of Sweden, with Committee Experts commending the State for aiming to become carbon neutral by 2045, while raising questions on the land rights of the Sami people and discrimination…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the second periodic report of Indonesia, with Committee Experts commending the State for its recent successful general elections, while raising questions on the country’s job creation law and religious freedoms.…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Burkina Faso on additional information submitted under article 29 (4) of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.  Committee Experts…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the fifth periodic report of Iraq, with Committee Experts commending the State for the positive plans to increase the number of female judges, while asking questions about anti-homosexuality legislation and ensuring…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Cambodia on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.  Committee Experts commended the State’s cooperation with…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twenty-sixth session, during which it will examine the reports of Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Honduras on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of the Central African Republic, Djibouti, Greece, Italy, Niger, Oman, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.The concluding observations adopted by…