Adopts resolution on Syria, appoints experts on human rights of older persons and human rights in the Central African Republic The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-fourth regular session this evening after adopting 40 texts on a wide range of issues and its report for the session. The…

The conflict in Syria is resulting in persons with disabilities facing gross violations of their rights on a daily basis and they need to be afforded much greater protection, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has said. “Living in the midst of conflict…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Burkina Faso and Morocco; and Annual Report to the General Assembly The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its nineteenth session after adopting its…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its tenth session, and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Austria, Australia…

The Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, concluded its 2013 session in a public plenary today. The session officially ends tomorrow, Friday 13 September. In a message to the Conference on 22 January - read out by the…

Commission of Inquiry on Syria to Present Latest Report, Commission of Inquiry on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Present Oral Update The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-fourth regular session from 9 to 27 September 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Chile, Chad, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Belarus, Jamaica, Sweden and Cyprus The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…

The 2013 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…

Australia’s indefinite detention of 46 recognized refugees on security grounds amounted to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, inflicting serious psychological harm on them, a United Nations Committee has found after examining their cases. The Geneva-based Human Rights Committee said Australia…

Took decisions on three studies on post-disaster situations, the impact of corruption, and international cooperation in human rights The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its eleventh session, from 12 to 16 August, during which it adopted three action points on studies…