The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its review of the fifth periodic report of Belarus on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Yuri Ambrazevich, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations Office at…

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-fourth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In his opening statement, Mr. Salama noted that the new High…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, and, later, Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Universal Postal Union, the…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Mauritania, El Salvador, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Niger, Benin, and Saudi Arabia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its seventy-ninth session, after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the…

Il est notamment rappelé que, contrairement à ce qui se fait pour les autres organes conventionnels, les membres de ce Comité sont élus par l’ECOSOC The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a meeting with States, exchanging views on the simplified reporting…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the initial report of Cabo Verde on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Janine Tatiana Santos Lelis, Minister of…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the initial report of South Africa on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, John Jeffery, Deputy Minister of Justice…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the second periodic report of Turkmenistan on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the country. Introducing the report, Vepa Hajiyev,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the measures Saudi Arabia takes to implement its obligations under the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in…