The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held its tenth informal meeting with States, discussing working methods, the simplified reporting procedure, the 2020 review of the treaty body system, resource related matters, and the draft General Comment no. 36 on the right to life. In his opening…

Discusses the Topic of the Next General Comment The Human Rights Committee today adopted its General Comment no. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life, and provisionally decided that the topic of the next General Comment would be article…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from non-governmental organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Mauritius, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, whose reports will be…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Samoa on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Faimalotoa Kika Stowers, Minister of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of the Bahamas on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Frankie Campbell, Minister of Social Services and…

The Human Rights Committee today finished 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, after adopting paragraphs 67 to 71. Yuval Shany, Committee Chairperson and Rapporteur for the draft…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of the Republic of the Congo on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Inès Nefer Bertille Ingani, Minister…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Nepal on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Tham Maya Thapa, Minister for Women, Children and…

The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed an update by the Rapporteur on the Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, and endorsed the document titled “Possible elements of a common aligned procedure for follow-up to concluding observations, decisions and views for all treaty bodies”, which…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of the civil society from Nepal, the Republic of the Congo, the Bahamas, and Samoa, whose reports will be reviewed this week. Speakers from Nepal said that due to the absence of a definition of…