The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Honduras on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Karla Eugenia Cueva Aguilar, Undersecretary of State for Human Rights and…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Kuwait on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Presenting the report, Jamal Alghunaim, Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its fifty-eighth session, hearing a statement by Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth to seventh periodic reports of Trinidad and Tobago on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report via a…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Mali on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Sangaré Oumou…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth to ninth periodic reports of Uruguay on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Ricardo González…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Turkey on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Gülser Ustaoğlu, General Director on the Status of Women…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth periodic report of Albania on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Merita Xhafaj, General Director, Department of Social…

The Human Rights Committee continued this morning its discussion on the draft General Comment to Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life. It adopted, in the first reading, paragraphs 14 to 22, out of the total of 67, and began discussing the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations and the national human rights institutions to hear information on the situations of women in Albania, Turkey, Uruguay, Mali, and Trinidad and Tobago, whose…