Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available a total of $650,000,000 to the Government of the State of Kuwait for distribution to nine successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 5 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 4…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its fifth session from 2 to 6 August 2010 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The Committee, which is composed of 18 independent experts who serve as a think tank to the Human Rights Council, will further its work in relation to requests…

The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ambassador Sihasak Phuangketkeow, has appointed three preeminent experts to an independent international fact-finding mission to “investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law,…

Appoints Eight Special Procedure Mandate Holders and Member of Council’s Advisory Committee, Extends Mandates on Internally Displaced Persons and Freedom of Religion or Belief, Decides to Dispatch Mission to Investigate Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Flotilla The Human Rights Council closed its…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Argentina, Belgium, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Grenada, Japan, Nigeria, Tunisia, Colombia and Serbia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-fourth session after issuing its concluding observations and…

The Human Rights Council will hold its fourteenth regular session from 31 May to 18 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the morning of Monday, 31 May, the Council will hear an update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to be followed by a general debate. Under this…

Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Colombia, Algeria, Mauritius, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has concluded its forty-fourth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of France, Cameroon, Jordan, Switzerland, Syria, Liechtenstein and Austria and Finalizes Conclusions on Yemen The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-fourth session today, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined second to fourth periodic report of Mauritius (E./C.12/MUS/4) on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report of Mauritius,…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Initial Report of Algeria The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon concluded its twelfth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the…