The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Finland under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its initial report under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions about the situation of women’s rights in Spain, Slovakia and Venezuela, whose reports the Committee will review…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic reports of China, of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, and of the Macao Special Administrative Region of China.  Committee Experts…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth and sixth combined periodic report of Sao Tome and Principe, with Committee Experts praising measures to increase school attendance and raising questions about birth certificates and sexual abuse of…

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Slovakia on their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of Germany, with Committee Experts commending Germany on its reception of Ukrainian refugees, and questioning the State on discrimination against Muslim…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its thirty-sixth special session on the human rights impact of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, adopting a resolution in which it decided that the mandate of the designated Expert of the High Commissioner on human rights in Sudan should…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened a special session on the human rights impact of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, hearing the High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemn the wanton violence taking place in the country in which both sides had trampled international…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Jordan, with Committee Experts praising the adoption of legislation on child rights and raising questions about child marriage and discrimination against refugee and migrant…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the combined initial to fifth periodic report of Sao Tome and Principe, with Committee Experts commending the State on the high rate of birth registration, and asking questions about gender…