The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its one hundred and thirty-ninth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Iran, Kuwait, the Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Committee…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Costa Rica, with Committee Experts praising the State’s legal and institutional safeguards against torture and raising questions about prison overcrowding and attacks on indigenous human rights…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a report on follow-up to views concerning Colombia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Paraguay and Tajikistan. José Manuel Santos Pais, Committee Vice Chairperson and Special Rapporteur for follow-up on views, presented the assessment of…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Burundi on its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, with Committee Experts commending the…

The Human Rights Committee this morning adopted a report on follow-up to concluding observations on Belgium, Czechia, Mauritania and Nigeria. Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-eighth session, which is being held in Geneva from 30 October to 24 November, during which it will review efforts by Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia to implement the provisions of the Convention against…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Albania, Bhutan, France, Guatemala, Jamaica, Malawi, Philippines and Uruguay, and provisional concluding observations on the report…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined seventh to tenth periodic report of Nicaragua in the absence of a delegation.  Committee Experts raised questions on the treatment of women human rights defenders in Nicaragua, and the lack…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Uruguay, with Committee Experts commending the State’s commitment to implementing the Convention, while asking about women’s access to justice and actions being…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of the Republic of Korea on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending the State’s support for defectors…