The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its ninth session this afternoon after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Iraq and Montenegro on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will conduct its first visit to Italy from 16 to 22 September 2015 to assess the treatment and conditions of detention of migrants, as well as the safeguards for their protection against torture and ill-…

GENEVA (11 September 2015) - The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child expresses its deep concern at the current migration crisis in Europe, and underscores that the continued shocking images that ricochet around the world do not tell the full extent of the devastating, and at times…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its twenty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the situation in Cabo Verde (in the absence of a report and a delegation), Guinea, Seychelles…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirtieth regular session from 14 September to 2 October in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will open…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its fourteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Kenya, Ukraine, Gabon, Mauritius, Brazil, Qatar and the European Union on how they implement the provisions of the…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the European Union on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In the presentation of the report, Michel Servoz, Director-General for…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Colombia, Costa Rica, Niger, Suriname, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Czech Republic, Norway and the Netherlands The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-seventh session after adopting its…

The 2015 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats and other government officials from 25 Member States of the United Nations. Officials from the following Member States will be participating…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its fifteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 10 to 14 August 2015. During the session, the Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights…