Le Mali indique ne pas être en mesure de présenter son rapport au cours de la présente session The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations from Argentina, Mali and Germany, whose reports the Committee will consider this week. On…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Update on the Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for…

Adopts General Comment N°7 on the participation of persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention, and the Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Seven States The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded…

Hears Presentation of a Report by the Inter-Governmental Working Group on a Declaration on the Rights of Peasants The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting heard the presentation of a report by the Intergovernmental Working Group on a United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to sixth periodic reports of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Minister to the Prime…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. In the general debate, speakers noted that the Universal Periodic Review was a bridge for sharing experiences and cooperation. It was a truly cooperative mechanism with potential to make long-term…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Canada, Cuba and the Russian Federation. Rosemary McCarney, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Canada viewed the Universal Periodic Review as an important tool…

Michael Ungern-Sternberg, the new Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ungern-Sternberg had been serving as…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Cameroon, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan. Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, informed that out of 196 recommendations, Cameroon had accepted 135 and rejected 38. The accepted ones…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Turkmenistan, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, and Germany. Ahmetyar Kulov, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to United Nations Office at Geneva, said that most of the 191 recommendations…