The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of India on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the initial reports of India on how the country is implementing the Optional...

Conference Hears Reports from Bodies Dealing with Outer Space, Fissile Material, Nuclear Disarmament and Autonomous Weapons The Conference on Disarmament today heard a statement by its Acting Secretary-General, Michael Møller, as well as presentations by Russia on the work of the Group of...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning considered the initial report of the United Kingdom on how the country implements the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. John O’...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Kudaibergen Bazarbaev, Minister of Social Development of Kyrgyzstan,...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by Ambassador Mukhtar Tileuberdi of Kazakhstan, the incoming President of the Conference, Pakistan and Switzerland. Ambassador Tileuberdi said it was an honour for him and for Kazakhstan to preside the Conference on Disarmament for the...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the initial reports of Jordan on how the country is implementing the...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its sixty-sixth session this morning, hearing an address by Nathalie Prouvez, Chief of the Rule of Law and Democracy Section, Research and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also...

Committee Expresses Empathy with Flooding Victims in Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia, Shock at Use of Access to Drinking Water as Weapon in Aleppo, Syria The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today exchanged views with Member States on the Committee’s General Comments, the...

The four-day meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems held under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) concluded today. This was the very first step by States, United Nations organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of Serbia on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Suzana Paunovic, Director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights...