Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Report of Mexico, Issues Statement on Situation of Migrant Workers in Libya The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its fourteenth session after adopting its…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Reinhard Schweppe (Germany), today concluded its seventy-first session. At this session, the Council elected Germany as President to replace Austria, which held the presidency of the Governing…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) will hold its seventy-first session from 5 to 7 April 2011. At the opening plenary, the Council will elect a new president to replace Austria, whose term concluded in December 2010. Brazil currently holds the vice-…

Monitoring Body for Covenant on Civil, Political Rights Concludes Session, after Considering Reports from Togo, Slovakia, Serbia, Mongolia The United Nations expert body monitoring worldwide implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights concluded its 101stsession at…

Adopts 40 Resolutions, Creates Mandate on Iran, Decides to Dispatch Commission to Côte d’Ivoire, and Extends Mandates of Special Procedures on Human Rights Defenders, Violence against Women, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar and others The Human Rights Council closed its…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Armenia, Bolivia, Cuba, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Rwanda, Serbia, Spain, Uruguay and Yemen The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its four-week seventy-eighth session and released its concluding…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged Côte d’Ivoire to immediately halt inter-ethnic violence and clashes. It also called for immediate action to investigate and punish the perpetrators of ethnic violence and provide redress to the victims in line…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on the international community and the UN system to seek urgent measures to protect non-citizens, migrant populations, migrant workers, refugees and other minority groups in Libya. In a statement*…

Resolution Calls for the Council to Dispatch Commission of Inquiry to Libya to Investigate all Alleged Violations of International Human Rights Law The Human Rights Council this afternoon closed its Special Session on the human rights situation in Libya after adopting a resolution in which it…

The Human Rights Council will hold its sixteenth regular session from 28 February to 25 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Council will begin its session by holding a High-Level Segment from Monday, 28 February to Wednesday, 2 March in which dignitaries will address the Council on…