The Human Rights Committee this morning completed its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Dominican Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Rhadys Abreu De Polanco, Director General for…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Honduras, Mongolia, Madagascar, Pakistan and Swaziland The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twentieth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on…

The Human Rights Committee this morning continued to discuss a draft General Comment on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. Committee Experts examined the last four paragraphs of the fourth part of the General Comment concerning the…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Bangladesh, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Italy, Thailand, and Bosnia and Herzegovina The Human Rights Committee this morning held a public meeting in which it discussed its methods of work, after which the Committee closed its one hundred and…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Argentina, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ecuador, Ghana, Kazakhstan and Kuwait, Also Discusses Reparations and Remedies The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and seventeenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Argentina…

GENEVA (21 April 2016) – United Nations experts have called on Kyrgyzstan to immediately release jailed political activist and journalist Azimjan Askarov, after finding that he had been arbitrarily detained, held in inhumane conditions, tortured and mistreated, and prevented from adequately…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and sixteenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Costa Rica and Rwanda. The concluding observations and recommendations on the seven country reports…

GENEVA (30 April 2015) – Australia violated the right to family life of an Iranian man who had to leave the country after 16 years because he was considered a threat to national security but was never told why, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has found. Iranian national Mansour Leghaei…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon published its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Russia, Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Croatia and Monaco, agreed on the agenda for the future discussions on its working methods, including lists of issues prior to reporting and…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the reports of Sri Lanka, Burundi, Haiti, Malta, Montenegro and Israel The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twelfth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Sri…