The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Uruguay, with Committee Experts commending Uruguay on its migratory policy, while asking questions about the voting rights of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (CERD) a examiné hier après-midi et ce matin le rapport soumis par l’Afrique du Sud au titre de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale. Tout en se disant conscient des défis…

Le Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille a auditionné cet après-midi l’institution nationale des droits de l’homme de l’Uruguay – pays dont l’examen du rapport se déroulera demain –, ainsi que plusieurs organisations de la société…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today opened its thirty-seventh session, during which it will consider reports from Kyrgyzstan, Sao Tome and Principe and Uruguay. Andreas Ori, Chief, Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights…

A Special Meeting will be held at the Palais des Nations on Wednesday, 29 November to mark the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.  Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, will open the meeting with…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, UNAIDS, the World…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (CERD) a examiné hier après-midi et ce matin le rapport soumis par l’Allemagne au titre de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale. Si la qualité des lois adoptées en Allemagne…

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia on their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic report of Morocco, with Committee Experts welcoming Morocco’s global activities to promote the International Convention on the Elimination of All…