The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Senegal on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Coly Seck, Permanent Representative of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion to exchange views on good practices and key challenges relevant to access to medicines as one of the fundamental elements of the right to health. Opening the panel discussion, Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with John Knox, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, and Hilal Elver, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Mr. Knox, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the…

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Rights to Privacy and on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography The Human Rights Council this morning heard Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, present his annual report. The Council also…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Serbia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report of Serbia, Suzana Paunović, Acting Director of the Office for Human…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Marta Santos Pais, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, and with Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Cuba on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Deputy General Director of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of reports by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to privacy Joseph Cannataci, and by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography Maud de Boer-Buiquicchio. In his…

Delegations Welcome the Draft Proposal of the Programme of Work Presented by the Russian Federation The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting in which numerous delegations strongly condemned the previous day’s launch of four ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bangladesh on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report of Bangladesh, Anisul Huq, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs…