The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its follow-up dialogue with Mexico on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Presenting the report, Miguel Ruíz Cabañas, Undersecretary for...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held an informal meeting with States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. In her opening statement, Dalia Leinarte, Committee Chairperson, said that the Committee had...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Portugal on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Presenting the report, José Luís Lopes da Mota, Judge at...

GENEVA (6 November 2018) - The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Japan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Presenting the report,...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its fifteenth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, during which it will examine the initial reports of Japan, Mexico, and Portugal on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic report of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women....

The Human Rights Committee this morning heard the presentation of the report of its working group on lists of issues which reviewed the Committee’s current practices and made recommendations towards improved methodology relating to lists of issues and lists of issues prior to reporting, and better...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report,...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Tajikistan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Yusuf Rahmon, Prosecutor...

Discusses the Topic of the Next General Comment The Human Rights Committee today adopted its General Comment no. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life, and provisionally decided that the topic of the next General Comment would be article...