The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Burkina Faso on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending electoral quotas promoting women’s representation, while…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD, selon l’acronyme anglais) a achevé ce matin l’examen, entamé mardi dernier, du rapport soumis par les Tuvalu au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.Cet examen s’est déroulé, de manière exceptionnelle, en l’…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD, selon l’acronyme anglais) a examiné aujourd’hui le rapport soumis par la République dominicaine au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts membres du Comité et la…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Montenegro on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  Committee Experts commended the State for its measures preventing violence against women,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a ouvert, ce matin, les travaux de sa trente-deuxième session, qui se tient au Palais des Nations jusqu’au 21 mars et durant laquelle il doit successivement examiner les rapports présentés, au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des…

Committee Elects New Chairperson and Bureau, Five New Members Make Solemn DeclarationThe Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and forty-third session, during which it will examine the reports of Albania, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mongolia, Montenegro and Zimbabwe on their…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventhsession after adopting concluding observationson the reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and the United Kingdom under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights .The…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Trade and…

The JIU Chairperson, Carolina Fernandez Opazo and JIU Executive Secretary, Uren Pillay met with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, 26 February 2025. The Secretary-General expressed his appreciation for the work of the JIU and committed the organization to the…