The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its thirteenth informal meeting with States, discussing the Committee’s backlog in reviewing reports caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of a predictable review calendar, among others. Mikiko Otani, Chair of the…

  The Conference on Disarmament today continued to discuss a non-paper presented by the P-6 on a draft programme of work for 2022. At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Li Song of China (Disarmament), President of the Conference on Disarmament, said they would use the time of this…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the eighth periodic report of Panama, with its Experts commending Panama on its noteworthy frameworks for women established since the last review, and asking about gender parity in politics and…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the seventh periodic report of Gabon, with Expert congratulating Gabon on measures taken to deal with school dropout rates for girls, and asking about human trafficking in the country and the…

  The Conference on Disarmament today discussed a non-paper presented by the P-6 on a draft programme of work for 2022. Ambassador Li Song of China (Disarmament), President of the Conference on Disarmament, introducing the non-paper distributed last Friday by the P-6 on a draft programme of…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution on the situation of women’s rights in Panama, Uganda and Senegal. The report of Gabon will also be reviewed…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-first session, hearing a statement from Orest Nowosad, Chief, Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Madagascar under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Commending Madagascar’s project to digitise the birth register, Committee Experts asked about child marriage and…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning approved requests by non-member States to participate in its work as observers during it 2022 session. It also heard statements by Iran, New Zealand, Germany on behalf of the Stockholm Initiative, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Mexico and Algeria…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Commending the Kingdom’s family reunification policy, Committee Experts asked about…