The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its eightieth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing from Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it will…

Addresses Treaty Body Strengthening, Implementation of the Committee’s Recommendations, and the Resurgence of Extremism The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held its sixth informal meeting with States parties, during which it addressed the 2020 review of the human…

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

The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Abdelwahab Hani, Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined ninth to twelfth periodic report of Albania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventeenth to nineteenth periodic report of the Republic of Korea on its 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 held an informal meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations with respect to the Republic of Korea and Norway, whose reports on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fifth periodic report of Iraq on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth to eighth periodic report of Honduras on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the initial report of Maldives on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Ahmed Naseem, Minister at the…