GENEVA (14 May 2014) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Wednesday firmly condemned the acts of violence against more than 200 girls who were abducted from their secondary school on 14 April 2014 during a violent raid by Boko Haram in the village of Chibok, Borno…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the combined third to fifth periodic report of El Salvador on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Victoria Marina Valasquez De Aviles, Permanent…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first public plenary of the second part of its 2014 session, hearing statements by its President, Algeria and Kyrgyzstan. Ambassador Toshio Sano of Japan, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said during the previous…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of Uzbekistan on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Akmal Saidov, Director of the National Human Rights Centre of…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in El Salvador and Uzbekistan, whose reports will be…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of the Czech Republic on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Andrea Baršová, Head of the Human Rights Department in the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of China as well as reports of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong and of the Special Administrative Region of Macao on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International…

Geneva, 8 May 2014 -- The Human Rights Council today appointed 19 human rights experts to serve as United Nations Special Procedure mandate holders tasked with reporting on a wide range of human rights themes and country situations. At an organizational meeting of the Council held today, Council…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the combined second to third periodic report of Armenia on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Ashot Hovakimian, Deputy Minister for Foreign…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of Lithuania on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Presenting the report, Gintaras Klimavičius, Vice-Minister of…