The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Australia, with Committee Experts praising the delegation for its comprehensive responses and high-quality statistical data, and raising questions about the country’s high imprisonment rates, and...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic report of France, with Committee Experts commending the State on ceasing police checks of members of the Traveller community with French nationality,...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and eighth session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, France, Georgia and Jamaica. The Committee heard from the Representative of the...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Uganda, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s human rights institutions, and raising questions about unauthorised places of detention and inaction in prosecuting several torture cases....

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the initial report of Somalia on its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture, with Experts commending the State for progress made in rebuilding its State and Government institutions following...

Le Comité des droits de l’homme a clos, ce midi, les travaux de sa cent trente-sixième session, qui s’était ouverte à Genève le 10 octobre dernier et au cours de laquelle il a examiné les rapports soumis au titre du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques par l’Éthiopie, le...

Certaines lacunes législatives persistantes ont une incidence négative sur la prévention de la torture au Malawi. C’est ce qu’a constaté une experte du Comité contre la torture, alors qu’était examiné, hier après-midi et cet après-midi, le rapport initial présenté par le Malawi au titre de la...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Chad, with Committee Experts praising Chad’s contribution to peacekeeping operations and raising questions about public officials’ responses to recent demonstrations and conditions in prisons. One...

Le Comité des droits de l'homme a adopté, ce matin, son rapport de suivi sur les vues (constatations) adoptées par le Comité à l’issue de l’examen des plaintes individuelles (communications) qui lui sont adressées en vertu du premier Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international...

  The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, which is being held in Geneva from 31 October to 25 November, during which it will review efforts by Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi, Somalia and Uganda to implement the provisions of the Convention against...