The Committee on Human Rights today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Qatar on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Experts commending legislative revision efforts and asking about the State’s…

The Human Rights Council this morning began the second day of its high-level segment, hearing from the President of Costa Rica and well as 20 dignitaries from Nigeria, Timor-Leste, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Angola, Syria, Mozambique, Namibia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Russian Federation, Denmark…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Egypt, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Romania, Italy, Bulgaria and South Africa.…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming on the theme of the contribution of universal participation to the mainstreaming of human rights throughout the United Nations system on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon continued its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Zimbabwe, the Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Nigeria, Iraq, India, Chile, Belarus, Venezuela, Belgium and Yemen.…

  The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting continued its high-level segment, hearing statements from 21 dignitaries from Croatia, San Marino, Angola, Andorra, South Africa, Luxembourg, Brazil, France, Iceland, Greece, New Zealand, Canada, Peru, Morocco, Liechtenstein, Pakistan, Sweden,…

  Hears From Colombia, Peru, Indonesia, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Greece, Sweden, Pakistan, Spain, Finland, Canada and Qatar.   The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Colombia, Peru, Indonesia, Argentina,…

  The Human Rights Council this morning started its high-level segment, hearing statements from the Presidents of Tunisia, Lithuania, Colombia, Marshall Islands and Venezuela, as well as from Ministers from 14 other countries. Kaïs Saïed, President of Tunisia, said Tunisia was working to…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-fourth session, during which it will examine the reports of Bolivia, Cambodia, Iraq, Israel, Qatar and the Russian Federation on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and…

  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-ninth regular session, hearing statements from the President of Switzerland, the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Council also decided to hold an…