The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its fourth session, which was primarily devoted to the discussion of its procedures and working methods. The Committee met at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 October 2010. At the opening of its session...

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Guatemala, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka and Sudan The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-fifth session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding...

The Human Rights Council closed its fifteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting 34 texts which included establishing the mandates of a Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, a Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law...

Adopts Presidential Statement on Haiti which Extends Mission of Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti until September 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 12 texts in which it, among other things extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on adequate...

The Human Rights Council will hold its fifteenth regular session from 13 September to 1 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the morning of Monday, 13 September, the Council will hear an update by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, to be followed by a...

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Iran, Morocco, Slovenia, Romania and Uzbekistan The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its seventy-seventh session and released its concluding...

Experts Consider Responses in the Case of Alleged Use of Biological Weapons The 2010 Meeting of Experts from States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was held in Geneva from 23 to 27 August 2010. The Meeting was held to discuss and promote common understanding and effective...

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning concluded its fifth session during which it adopted four recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council. Among these recommendations were texts on the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, principles and guidelines for...

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today: I am delighted that the Convention on Cluster Munitions enters into force on 1August2010. This new instrument is a major advance for the global disarmament and humanitarian agendas, and will help us to counter the...

Adopts Recommendations on the Reports of Cameroon, Colombia, Estonia and Israel The Human Rights Committee concluded its ninety-ninth session today, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by Cameroon, Colombia, Estonia and...