The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Guatemala on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Ana Leticia Aguilar…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Australia, Jordan, Mauritius, Cameroon and Romania The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twenty-first session after adopting concluding…

A Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), which was established in 2016 by the Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), will meet for the first time from 13 to 17 November. The GGE…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial to third periodic reports of Monaco on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Carole…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Cameroon on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Presenting the report, Anatole Fabien Nkou…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Presenting the report,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second to fourth periodic reports of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the ninth periodic report of Norway on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Solveig Horne, Minister of Children and Equality of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…