The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to individual communications, concluding observations, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Presenting the report on follow-up to article 19 of the…

President of the Conference on Disarmament Says the Subsidiary Bodies Will Start Meeting in Private this Week The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2018 session and discussed the latest developments on the Korean Peninsula, the 13 and 14…

The Group of Governmental Experts to consider the role of verification in advancing nuclear disarmament began its work today at the United Nations Office at Geneva. “Advancing nuclear disarmament verification is an essential foundation to achieve and maintain a world without nuclear weapons.…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-eighth session this morning, hearing an address by Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Nepal, Peru, Saudi Arabia and Sweden The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its ninety-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed the eleventh annual report of the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture with the Subcommittee’s Chair Malcolm Evans. Mr. Evans highlighted the key aspects of the annual report, and reminded that about half of the States parties to the…

Merewalesi Falemaka, the new Permanent Observer of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Falemaka had been serving as…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Tajikistan on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Yusuf Rahmon, General Prosecutor of Tajikistan,…