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

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) met in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 to 27 April 2016 for the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference. The Preparatory Committee meeting marked the beginning of a process during which the 174 States Parties to the BWC will review…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of Rwanda 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 concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of the Philippines on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Peter Irving Corvera, Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government…

The Committee against Torture this morning heard from Malcolm Evans, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, who presented the 2015 annual report of the Subcommittee and engaged in an interactive discussion with Committee Members.Mr. Evans, presenting the Subcommittee’s ninth…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning concluded its consideration of the combined second to fifth periodic report of Oman on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report of Spain 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 concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Turkey on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Presenting the report, Mehmet Ferden Çarikçi, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from civil society representatives about the situation in Spain and Rwanda, ahead of the Committee’s review of the reports of these countries this week. Oman will also have its report considered by the Committee this week…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its eighty-ninth session, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and electing a new Chairperson and Bureau. The Committee…