The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Turkmenistan, with Committee Experts praising the State’s National Action Plan on Gender Equality, and raising questions about measures to prevent domestic violence and the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its fifteenth informal meeting with States.  Committee Experts discussed the Committee’s draft general comment on realising children’s rights through access to justice and effective remedies, its communication and simplified…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the eighth periodic report of Italy, with Committee Experts commending the State on its robust gender architecture, while asking questions about human trafficking and gender parity in politics. A Committee Expert…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Tajikistan, with Committee Experts commending the State for enacting the new Equality and Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Act, and asking about the treatment of female…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the fifth periodic report of Niger, with Committee Experts praising the State for efforts to remove barriers impeding the rights of women, and raising questions about plans to eradicate the practice of wahaya…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of non-governmental organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Niger, Tajikistan, Italy and Turkmenistan, whose reports the Committee will review this week.In relation to Niger,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-seventh session, hearing a statement from Andrea Ori, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda for the…

Tatiana Valovoya, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today called on the Conference to demonstrate creativity and flexibility to steer the world away from the perilous erosion of disarmament norms and arrangements…

A Committee Expert congratulated the Government for the significant progress made in the area of birth registration.  Could an overview of the programmes for birth registration be provided?  Had they been evaluated? Phillip D. Jaffe, Committee Expert and Coordinator of the Country…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Lithuania, with Committee Experts praising the State’s legislation on violence against children, and raising questions about measures to prevent the abandonment of new-…