Japanese Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons Address the Conference, Ambassador of Poland takes the floor as Outgoing President The Conference on Disarmament today heard a number of States respond to the Russian proposals on a draft Convention for the Suppression of Chemical…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Uruguay on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Alejandra Costa, Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from civil society representatives about the situation of racial discrimination in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, ahead of the Committee’s review of the reports of these countries this week. With regard to Sri Lanka, civil…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its sixteenth session, hearing an address by a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, which includes the consideration of seven…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic report of Ukraine on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twenty-second periodic report of Lebanon on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Najla…

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

The Committee against Torture this morning discussed follow-up to concluding observations and to reprisals. Presenting the report on follow-up to Article 19 on concluding observations, Committee Expert and Rapporteur Abdelwahab Hani said that only about 10 per cent were completely satisfactory.…

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

Geneva (8 August 2016) – The United Nations Committee against Torture has voiced grave concern about reported reprisals against four Burundian lawyers who provided information to it for a special review of Burundi. The Committee has sent a letter to the Burundian ambassador to the United Nations…