Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Forty-Second Session, Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Ecuador, France, Greece, Iceland, Pakistan and Türkiye
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and forty-second session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Ecuador, France, Greece, Iceland, Pakistan and Türkiye.
Ms. Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Committee Chairperson, said that during the intense and productive session, the Committee had held constructive dialogues with the delegations of each of the six States Parties reviewed. In all reviews, the Committee had noted positive developments, identified concerns and made recommendations. The six concluding observations would be posted on the website for the session today.
The Committee had also adopted lists of issues on Latvia, Benin, Cameroon, Monaco, Poland, Slovenia and South Africa. In addition, it had considered 19 drafts prepared under the simplified procedure concerning 308 individual communications. Of those, 287 were decided on the merits, 10 were declared inadmissible and 11 communications were discontinued. Regarding the cases decided on the merits, the Committee found violations in all 287 of them. This year, thanks to the measures taken by the Committee’s petitions unit to address the high number of communications before it, it was able to adopt decisions on 446 cases. Further, the Committee had adopted the progress report on follow-up to Views on individual communications concerning Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, Greece, New Zealand, Sweden, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
Ms. Abdo Rocholl also reported that during the Committee’s one hundred and forty-third session, scheduled to be held from 3 to 28 March 2025, it would adopt lists of issues prior to reporting on Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mauritius, New Zealand and Samoa. Further, the Committee would consider a large number of communications under the Optional Protocol.
Ms. Abdo Rocholl said that throughout the session, the Committee had fully discharged its duties. She thanked the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for supporting the Committee to hold all its sessions this year and the sessions of the pre-sessional working group, despite the difficult financial situation. Committee Experts had fulfilled their duties professionally, with resolve and wisdom. Ms. Abdo Rocholl thanked them for their support and guidance. She also thanked the United Nations agencies, human rights institutions and civil society organisations that had supported the Committee’s work to promote human rights, particularly the Centre for Civil and Political Rights. Further, she expressed gratitude to the technical staff who made the Committee’s work possible.
The Chair extended special thanks to outgoing Committee Experts Marcia V. J. Kran (Canada), Kobauyah Tchamdja Kpatcha (Togo), José Manuel Santos Pais (Portugal) and Carlos Gómez Martínez (Spain).
In turn, several Experts thanked the Chair and the parting Experts for their work, guidance and support, while the parting Experts expressed messages of farewell and thanks to the Committee and its supporters, and of hope for the future work of the Committee and for the protection of human rights globally in the face of mounting challenges.
All the documents relating to the Committee’s work, including reports submitted by States parties, can be found on the session’s webpage. Meeting summary releases can be found here. The webcast of the Committee’s public meetings can be accessed via the UN Web TV webpage.
The Committee will hold its one hundred and forty-third session from 3 to 28 March 2025. In the session, the Committee will review the reports of Albania, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mongolia, Montenegro and Zimbabwe.
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