Many Delegations Condemn the 14 May Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened the second part of its 2017 session, hearing many speakers condemn the 14 May Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Ambassador...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of the United States under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and the combined third...

Renate Winter Elected as New Chairperson of the Committee The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-fifth session this morning, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee swore...

The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations and recommendations, follow-up to individual communications, and reprisals. Presenting the report on follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention, Abdelwahab Hani,...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concluded this morning its consideration of the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic report of Bulgaria on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial...

The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard a presentation by Malcom Evans, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, who presented the Subcommittee’s 2016 annual report. Malcom Evans, Chairperson of...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-third and twenty-fourth periodic report of Cyprus on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of the Republic of Korea on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Kwon Jeong Hoon,...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning concluded its review of the combined fifth to seventh periodic report of Kenya on the progress made in the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning met with representatives of civil society organizations from Kenya to discuss the situation of racial discrimination in this country, which the Committee will review later this week. The Committee will also consider...