Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Algeria, Bahrain, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Liberia, and Lithuania, and on The Gambia in the absence of a report The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its methods of work and concluded its one hundred and…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Mikhail Galperin, Deputy Minister of Justice…

The Human Rights Committee today continued the second reading of its draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted paragraphs 45 to 55 of the fourth part of the draft General Comment on the…

Mr. Kyaw Moe Tun, the new Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Kyaw Moe Tun had been serving as Director-…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Mauritania on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi, Commissioner for Human Rights…

Adopts Introductory Paragraphs 31 through 44 The Human Rights Committee this morning continued the second reading of the draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted introductory paragraphs 31…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director 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 World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed an update by the Rapporteur on the Follow-Up to Concluding Observations. Mauro Politi, Committee Expert and Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, presented the Committee’s assessments of Malta, Cambodia, Canada, Suriname, and…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-fourth session, hearing a statement by Carla Edelenbos, Chief of Petitions and Inquiries Section of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the Secretary-General. The…