The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Guatemala on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Jorge Luis Borrayo Reyes, President of the Presidential…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Japan and Portugal, and Follow-Up Observations on Mexico The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its fifteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Japan and Portugal, and…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the initial report of Viet Nam on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Quy Vuong Le, Deputy Minister of Public Security of Viet Nam, said…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Peru on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Daniel Sánchez Velásquez, Deputy Minister of Human Rights and…

REV.1 Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning held separate meetings with States, with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and with non-governmental organizations. Suela Janina, Committee Chairperson, in her opening remarks, briefed on the Committee’s activities during…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-fifth session, hearing a statement by Antti Korkeakivi, Chief of the Anti-Torture, Coordination and Funds Section at the Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its follow-up dialogue with Mexico on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Presenting the report, Miguel Ruíz Cabañas, Undersecretary for…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization…