The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held its seventh informal meeting with States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. In the dialogue, States parties and Committee Experts discussed, among…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale a tenu ce matin une réunion informelle avec les États parties à la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale. La Présidente du Comité, Mme Verene Shepherd, a rappelé à cette occasion…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial report of São Tomé and Príncipe, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s efforts to hold the dialogue, and asking about whether the country…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Viet Nam, with Committee Experts commending the State on the representation of ethnic minorities in its National Assembly, and asking about…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Kyrgyzstan, with Committee Experts commending Kyrgyzstan on the significant progress made on trafficking legislation, and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-third to twenty-fifth periodic report of Bulgaria, with Committee Experts commending the State on its National Ombudsman being officially accredited with “A” status, and raising…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Uruguay, with Committee Experts commending Uruguay on its migratory policy, while asking questions about the voting rights of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined ninth to eleventh periodic report of South Africa, with Committee Experts commending the State on the adjustment of apartheid-era laws, and asking questions on attacks by political groups…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions about the situation of migrant workers in Uruguay, Mexico and Chile. The…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today opened its thirty-seventh session, during which it will consider reports from Kyrgyzstan, Sao Tome and Principe and Uruguay. Andreas Ori, Chief, Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights…