The Human Rights Committee held a meeting this morning in which it adopted a follow-up progress report on individual communications adopted by the Committee at its one hundred and ninth session. The Committee also discussed its methods of work. The Committee Member acting as Special Rapporteur on…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its first reading of a draft General Comment on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right of everybody to liberty and security of person. The Committee focused on clarifying language dealing with the…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Uruguay on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Ricardo Gonzalez, General Director for Political Affairs in the…

GENEVA (23 October 2013) – States that have ratified the UN Women’s Rights Convention are obliged to uphold women’s rights before, during and after conflict when they are directly involved in fighting, are providing peacekeeping troops or donor assistance for conflict prevention, humanitarian aid…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Mozambique on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Maria Benvinda Levi, Minister of Justice, said that the Government was…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Mauritania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Khattra, Human Rights Commissioner for…

The Human Rights Committee yesterday and today continued the first reading of its draft General Comment No. 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on liberty and security of person. The previous reading took place in July 2013, when the first 31 paragraphs were…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Djibouti on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Abdi Ismael Hersi, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Justice of Djibouti, stated…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Bolivia on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Cecilia Ayllon Quinteros, Minister of Justice of Bolivia, spoke about the…

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundredth and ninth session with statements by the Committee Chairperson and Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. It also adopted its agenda and programme of…