Hears an Oral Update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-sixth regular session, hearing an oral update by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the situation of human rights...

Afghanistan on 9 August 2017 joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and all of its five Protocols, notably Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments; Amended Protocol II on Mines, booby-traps and other devices; Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons; Protocol IV on Blinding...

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Mexico on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and...

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Indonesia on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Gabon on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Introducing the report, Marianne Odette Bibalou...

Ahmed Uzumco, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament today was addressed by Ahmed Uzumco, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, who spoke on the twentieth...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Lithuania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Introducing the report, Paulius Griciûnas,...

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Ecuador on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its thirteenth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will examine the initial reports of Lithuania and Gabon on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All...

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this morning opened its twenty-seventh session, hearing statements by a representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, members of the Committee, and civil society on...