The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the sixth and seventh combined periodic report of France, with Committee Experts praising outreach patrols supporting families in street situations, and raising questions about violence against children, including…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Timor-Leste, with Committee Experts commending the State on advancing equality for women and girls, especially in post-conflict work, and asking about…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon was briefed by representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution on the situation of women’s rights in Timor-Leste, Germany, China and Sao Tome and Principe, whose reports the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Committee Rapporteur…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-third session, during which it will review reports on the efforts to adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of Finland, France, Jordan, Sao Tome and Principe, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.  During the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-fifth session, hearing a statement from a representative of the Secretary-General, and adopting its agenda for the session, during which it will review the reports of China, Germany, Iceland, Sao…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Ethiopia, with Committee Experts welcoming constitutional protections for persons deprived of liberty and raising questions about authorities’ alleged human rights violations in Tigray and reported…

  The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Kazakhstan, with Committee Experts commending the State’s enhanced legislation on torture, and asking questions on deaths in custody as a result of the January 2022 events, and complaint…

  The Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture this morning presented the Subcommittee’s sixteenth annual report to the Committee against Torture. Suzanne Jabbour, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, said after being severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic…

  The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Slovakia, with Committee Experts welcoming an apology issued by the State regarding the suffering caused to the Roma community by a 2013 police intervention in Moldava nad Bodvou, and raising…