The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its seventh session from 8 to 12 August 2011 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The Committee, which is composed of 18 independent experts who serve as a think tank to the Human Rights Council, will further its work in relation to requests…

The United Nations committee tasked with ensuring compliance with the global treaty to end discrimination against women today noted that there has been progress towards improving the lot of women in some countries, but discriminatory practices continued to limit their human rights. During its 49th…

Adopts Recommendations on the Reports of Ethiopia, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan Adopts General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Expression The Human Rights Committee concluded its one-hundredth second session today, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations…

GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Committee has issued an authoritative new commentary* on one of the most challenged and sensitive topics in international human rights law – the extent to which the freedom of opinion and expression can be restricted by a State. The General Comment by the…

GENEVA – Belarus has violated its international obligations by executing two death row inmates whose cases were being reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, despite requests to the Government to await the results of the review, the Committee said today, expressing dismay at the…

GENEVA – A United Nations expert committee on migrants’ rights has welcomed the recent adoption by the International Labor Organization (ILO) of the International Convention on Domestic Workers, a landmark legal instrument aimed at protecting the rights and improving the conditions of life of…

Committee reviewed the reports of Bahrain, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt and Finland The Committee on the Rights of the Child on 17 June concluded its three-week fifty-seventh session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on 9 reports…

Adopts 29 Resolutions, Creates Mandate on Côte d'Ivoire, Adopts the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure and Extends Mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Libya and Appoints New Special Procedures Mandates Holders The Human Rights Council…

La Commission d'enquête internationale indépendante sur la Côte d'Ivoire* chargée d'enquêter sur les faits et les circonstances relatifs aux allégations de violations graves des droits de l'homme en Côte d'Ivoire à la suite de l'élection présidentielle du 28 novembre 2010, a soumis son rapport…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Kuwait, Mauritius, Monaco, Slovenia and Turkmenistan The Committee against Torture issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Kuwait, Mauritius, Monaco, Slovenia and…