The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this morning considered Belize’s implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families in the absence of a report and…

The Conference on Disarmament today heard an update by its President and statements by Kazakhstan, Cuba on behalf of the Group of 21 and India on the issue of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The President of the Conference, Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, said it was clear to him…

Requests the Mission to Investigate Alleged Violations and Abuses Committed by ISIL and Associated Terrorist Groups The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on the human rights situation in Iraq in the light of abuses committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq…

The Committee on the Protection of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families opened its twenty-first session this morning, hearing an address by June Ray, Chief of the Civil Society Section at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of…

Discusses Human Rights Abuses Committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Associated Groups The Human Rights Council today opened its twenty-second Special Session on the human rights situation in Iraq in light of abuses committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (…

Bangladesh, Switzerland, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Russia, United States and Pakistan Take the Floor The Conference on Disarmament today heard statements by 10 States and its President, including on its draft annual report to the General Assembly, farewell speeches, general…

The 2014 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 25 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of nine weeks. Diplomats from the following 25 Member…

CERD Calls on Human Rights Council to Convene a Special Session on the Human Rights Situation in Iraq GENEVA (25 August 2014) - The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), currently meeting in Geneva, has issued a statement requesting that the Human Rights…

Geneva, 25 August 2014 -- The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon), today announced the appointment of Mary McGowan Davis as an additional member of the Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating human rights violations in the Occupied…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Anne-…