The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic report of China on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

GENEVA (10 August 2018) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its twenty-first session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 6 to 10 August 2018 At the opening of the session, Eduardo Eguiguren, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, addressed the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Mauritania, Russian Federation, Seychelles, and Chile The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mauritania,…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth to twelfth periodic report of Latvia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to sixth periodic report of Montenegro on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Committee against Torture on 7 August discussed follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Presenting the report on follow-up to article 19 of the Convention,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations with respect to Latvia and China, whose reports on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first public plenary meeting of the third and last part of its 2018 session, hearing from Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, and listening to statements…