The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-fourth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In his opening statement, Mr. Salama noted that the new High...

Il est notamment rappelé que, contrairement à ce qui se fait pour les autres organes conventionnels, les membres de ce Comité sont élus par l’ECOSOC The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a meeting with States, exchanging views on the simplified reporting...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the initial report of Cabo Verde on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Janine Tatiana Santos Lelis, Minister of...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the initial report of South Africa on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, John Jeffery, Deputy Minister of Justice...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the second periodic report of Turkmenistan on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the country. Introducing the report, Vepa Hajiyev,...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the measures Saudi Arabia takes to implement its obligations under the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning heard from civil society organizations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Turkmenistan, Cabo Verde, and South Africa, whose reports the Committee will review this week....

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted eight texts in which it extended the mandates of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan,...

Extends the Mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, Voices Deep Concern about Sexual Violence in Syria, and Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas The Human Rights Council this morning adopted five resolutions in which it...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held a Day of General Discussion on the theme of “Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders”, in which 50 children human rights defenders, members of the Children’s Advisory Team, from all over the world participated. Opening the Day...