The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Colombia, with a Committee Expert welcoming the prohibition of amnesty for public officials accountable for past abuses, and raising questions about reports of law enforcement officials’ use of…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (CERD) a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport périodique présenté par le Portugal au titre de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale. Les questions liées au passé…

 Rina Yessenia Lozano Gallegos, the new Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ambassador Lozano…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport présenté par l’Argentine au titre de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale. Un expert membre du Comité a d’emblée relayé des…

  The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-sixth session, which is being held in Geneva from 17 April to 12 May, during which it will review efforts by Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Slovakia to implement the provisions of the Convention against…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Meteorological Organization. Looming ration cuts for…

  De nombreux rapports indiquent que l’esclavage basé sur l’ascendance est toujours prévalant au Niger bien qu’il soit interdit depuis 2002 en vertu du Code pénal. Le phénomène persisterait encore chez certaines populations du Niger, notamment chez les Arabes, les Peuls, les Toubous et les…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation, with a Committee Expert expressing serious concern that incidents in the context of the armed conflict in…

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…