The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today discussed the efforts of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to implement the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in the…

Committee Elects New Bureau, with Ahmadou Tall as the Chairperson The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Algeria on its implementation of the International Convention on…

Swears in New Members of the Committee, Holds Informal Meeting with Civil Society The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this morning opened its twenty-eighth session, hearing an address by Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division of the Office…

The Human Rights Committee this morning continued the second reading of the 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 introductory paragraphs on new weapons and on weapons of mass destruction,…

Adopts Introductory Paragraphs on Euthanasia and Suicide, and Private Security Companies The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its second reading of the draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life,…

Adopts Introductory Paragraph on Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy The Human Rights Committee this morning continued the second reading of the 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…

Delegations Outline Measures in Response to the 4 March Attack in Salisbury, Demonstrating Confidence in the United Kingdom’s Assessment of Russia’s Responsibility The Conference on Disarmament today adopted a decision in which it appointed five coordinators of subsidiary bodies established by…

Chairperson Regrets General Assembly’s Decision Not to Grant Resources to Treaty Bodies, while States Call for More Coordination among Committees The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning held an informal meeting with States, exchanging views on the simplified reporting…

The Human Rights Committee today discussed an update by the Rapporteur on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations and by the Rapporteur on Follow-up to Views ad interim. Mauro Politi, Committee Expert and Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, presented the Committee’s assessments of…

Extends Mandate of the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Mali, Adopts Five Texts under its Agenda Item on the Situation of Human Rights in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 10 resolutions in which it extended the…