Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN…

  The Committee on Human Rights today completed its review of the seventh periodic report of Germany on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, inquiring about the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rules around preventive detention, and…

  The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its eighty-eighth session on 13 October 2021. The Council will elect a President and a Vice-President during the opening plenary meeting. Delegations from Iraq, including representatives from Iraq’s Committee of…

  Council Appoints Special Rapporteurs on Afghanistan, Burundi and on Human Rights and Climate Change, Renews Mandates on Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Cambodia and Libya, and Appoints Three Mandate Holders   The Human Rights Council today…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a clos ce matin les travaux de sa quarante-huitième session en adoptant huit résolutions, dont l’une – au titre du racisme, de discrimination raciale, de la xénophobie et de l’intolérance qui y est associée – a fait l’objet d’un vote. Au terme de la session…

  Le Comité des droits de l'homme a ouvert ce matin les travaux de sa cent trente-troisième session, qui se tient jusqu’au 5 novembre au Palais Wilson à Genève. Le Comité est chargé de surveiller l'application des dispositions du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques…

  Par 42 voix pour, une contre et 4 abstentions, le Conseil des droits de l’homme a décidé cet après-midi de nommer, pour une période de trois ans, un rapporteur spécial ou une rapporteuse spéciale sur la promotion et la protection des droits de l’homme dans le contexte des changements…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today asked Nicaragua about the situation of vulnerable groups, re-establishing a dialogue at the national level, and strengthening cooperation with international and regional human rights mechanisms for the protection of human rights.…

  The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon closed its thirty-third hybrid session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Rwanda and Azerbaijan on their implementation of the International Convention…

  The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted four resolutions on the right to development, human rights and indigenous peoples, the human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, and the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The…