The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-first session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting the agenda and programme of work for…

The Human Rights Committee today continued the second reading of its draft General Comment no. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted paragraphs 65 and 66, and began discussing paragraph 67 of the fifth part of the…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Bulgaria on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Yuri Sterk, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its review of the initial report of Belize on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Lois Young, Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations,…

The Human Rights Committee today continued the second reading of its draft General Comment no. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted paragraphs 56-64, and it began discussing paragraph 65 of the fifth part of the…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its methods of work, focusing on possible elements for a common aligned procedure for follow-up on concluding observations, decisions and views for all human rights treaty bodies, as proposed by the treaty body chairs during their last annual…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded the review of the fifth periodic report of Guinea on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Khalifa Gassama Diaby, Minister of National Unity and Citizenship…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Sudan on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Mahmoud Abaker Dugdug, State Minister of Justice of Sudan, said that since the ratification…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its review of the fifth periodic report of Belarus on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Yuri Ambrazevich, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations Office at…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held a day of general discussion on a draft general comment on article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, and other…