Panayotis Stournaras, the new Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Stournaras had been serving at the Ministry…

Experts also Discuss Hate-driven Speech and the Rise of Extreme Right-wing Parties; Detention of Migrants, including Children; Police Violence against Refugees and Migrants; and the Repatriation of Spouses and Children of Foreign Fighters The Human Rights Committee today concluded its…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Senegal on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Committee Experts discussed, among others, restrictions affecting civic space and the suspension of…

Committee to Review the Reports of Senegal, Belgium, Mexico, Czech Republic, Central African Republic and Cabo Verde The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-seventh session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the…

Holds Two Panels on Pressures on Land and Speculation, and on Protection of Security of Land Tenure, including Gender Dimensions The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning started its day of general discussion on obligations of States under the International Covenant on…

Holds Panel Discussions on Concerns Related to Land by Indigenous Peoples and other Vulnerable Groups, Land Rights and Conflicts, and Land under Changing Environmental Conditions and Climate Change The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded a day of general…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Bolivia and Slovakia The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its seventeenth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bolivia and Slovakia on the implementation…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was a attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the third periodic report of Slovakia on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Committee Experts raised the situation of groups of…