The Human Rights Committee concluded today its review of the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Tajikistan. In his opening remarks, Yusuf Rahmon, Prosecutor General of Tajikistan, said the President of Tajikistan and the Government...

Le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes a examiné, aujourd'hui, le rapport présenté par le Mozambique sur les mesures prises par le pays pour mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today examined the second periodic report of Qatar on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Soltan Bin Saad Al-Moraikhi,...

The Human Rights Committee concluded today its review of the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the Netherlands. In his opening remarks, Quincy Girigorie, Minister of Justice of Curaçao, speaking as head of the delegation of the Kingdom...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-third session, hearing a statement by Gianni Magazzeni, Chief, Universal Periodic Review Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of civil society organizations from Qatar, Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire, whose reports will be examined during the first week of the seventy-third session of the Committee. Speakers said Qatari...

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-sixth session, hearing a statement by Albane Prophette-Pallasco, Officer-in-Charge of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted the agenda...

Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament today held a discussion on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. It also...

Hears Address by Undersecretary for Special Concerns of the Philippines The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Cecilia Jimenez, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion women’s rights and climate change: climate action, good practices and lessons learned. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that across the planet, the climate crisis was stripping people of their...