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UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) - Press conference - 22.07.24
Preparatory Committee for NPT Review Conference 2026 - Live at 1:15 p.m. CET
Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn - 19.07.24
To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation situation created by the conflict, the UN health agency said on Friday.
Geneva Press Briefing: UNHCR, OHCHR, UNICEF, WHO - 19.07.24
The UN Refugee Agency on Flood-hit communities in Afghanistan; The UN Human Rights Agency on Gaza; WHO on 'Improving Access to Medicines for Neurological Disorders'.
‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies - 18.07.24
UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where fresh evacuation orders by the Israeli military have prompted “the largest displacements since October” across the enclave.
Happening at UN Geneva
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its States parties.
The Committee's work promotes the enjoyment of civil and political rights, resulting in numerous changes of law, policy and practice. As such, it has improved the lives of individuals in all parts of the world. It continues to strive to ensure all the civil and political rights guaranteed by the Covenant can be enjoyed in full and without discrimination, by all people.
Committee Against Torture (CAT)
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its States parties.
The Committee against Torture works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this crime.
