The meeting held two days of talks on the situation of Palestinian prisoners The International Meeting on the Question of Palestine closed its two-day session this afternoon, hearing an address by Mr. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations. During the meeting...

Suggest requesting the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on the question of the status of Palestinian prisoners The International Meeting on the Question of Palestine met this morning in plenary to discuss the legal status of Palestinian political prisoners in...

The Committee hears a proposal for the framework for release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons. The International Meeting on the Question of Palestine this afternoon held a thematic meeting on the issue of Palestinian political prisoners and the Israeli-Palestinian political process,...

Focuses on legal and political implications of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People opened the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine this morning at the United Nations...

The United Nations Meeting on the Question of Palestine this afternoon held the first of three thematic discussions set out in its agenda, on humanitarian and legal aspects of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. Speaking about the situation of...

In Three-week Meeting, Examined Compliance with Civil, Political Rights Covenant in Yemen, Dominican Republic, Turkmenistan, Guatemala, Cape Verde The Human Rights Committee concluded its 104th session today, with a discussion about how to transform the “unwieldy” process under which States...

Adopts Report of the Session, Annual Report for the General Assembly and Agenda for the Third Session The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its second session this afternoon after adopting the report of the second session, its annual report for the General Assembly and the agenda for...

The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions gave a press conference this afternoon at the end of the nineteenth round of the Discussions. PHILIPPE LEFORT, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the crisis in Georgia, reading out the joint press communiqué,...

The question of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention facilities: legal and political implications The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine on 3...

Appoints Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment; Extends Mandates on Syria, Iran, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Myanmar and Haiti, Decides to Dispatch a Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements The Human Rights Council concluded its nineteenth regular session this...