The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations with respect to Nepal, Mauritania and Sweden, whose reports on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Belarus on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Yuri Ambrazevich,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United…

55th meeting of the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian version55th meeting of the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism On 25 April 2018, the 55th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) chaired by the United Nations was…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to ninth periodic report of Saudi Arabia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Nasser Al-…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic report of Peru on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Miguel…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Senegal on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Permanent Representative of Senegal to the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the eighth periodic report of Norway on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Thor Kleppen Sættem,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighth to tenth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with civil society representatives from Kyrgyzstan, Peru and Saudi Arabia, whose reports will be considered by the Committee this week. In his opening remarks, Noureddine Amir, Committee Chairperson,…