The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed the eleventh annual report of the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture with the Subcommittee’s Chair Malcolm Evans. Mr. Evans highlighted the key aspects of the annual report, and reminded that about half of the States parties to the…

Merewalesi Falemaka, the new Permanent Observer of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Falemaka had been serving as…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Tajikistan on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Yusuf Rahmon, General Prosecutor of Tajikistan,…

Sally Louise Mansfield, the new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Mansfield had been serving as Chief…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Czech Republic on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Andrea Baršová, Director, Human Rights and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic report of Sweden on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

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

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Qatar on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Ahmed Hassan Al-Hamadi, Secretary General of the Ministry of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventeenth to twenty-third periodic report of Nepal on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…