The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed an update by the Rapporteur on the Follow-Up to Concluding Observations. Mauro Politi, Committee Expert and Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, presented the Committee’s assessments of Malta, Cambodia, Canada, Suriname, and…

Adopts Introductory Paragraphs 31 through 44 The Human Rights Committee this morning continued the second reading of the draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted introductory paragraphs 31…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-fourth session, hearing a statement by Carla Edelenbos, Chief of Petitions and Inquiries Section of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the Secretary-General. The…

The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its discussion of the draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted introductory paragraphs 26, 27, 29 and 30, and began the discussion on the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second and third periodic reports of the Cook Islands on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report,…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded the review of the initial report of Lao People’s Democratic Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Bounkeuth Sangsomsak, Minister to the Prime Minister's…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of New Zealand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Heather Janet Logie, Under-…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the initial report of the State of Palestine on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Hayfaa Alaga, Minister for Women’s Affairs of the…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its review of the fourth periodic report of Lithuania on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Neris Germanas, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, said that during the…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded the review of the initial report of Liberia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the country. Presenting the report, Juah Nancy Cassell, Deputy Minister for Administration and Public…