The Human Rights Committee this morning resumed its discussion on the draft General Comment No. 36 on Article 6 on the right to life of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The first reading of the draft General Comment had been adopted at the Committee’s one hundred and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Paraguay on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Ana Maria Baiardi, Minister of Women’s Affairs…

The Human Rights Committee this morning completed the consideration of the fifth periodic report of Romania on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Catrinel Brumar, Government Agent for the European Court…

Monsieur le président [François Delattre, France], dear friends, ambassadors, Let me update you on developments and lay out some of the plans that we have for the next round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, and then brief you on some of the other potential initiatives. We are seeing very…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fifth periodic report of Singapore on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Muhammad Faishal Bin…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded the review of the fifth periodic report of Cameroon on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Anatole Fabien Nkou, Permanent Representative of Cameroon to…

50th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian version On 25 October 2017, the 50th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations with the participation of Georgian, Russian,…

The Human Rights Committee this morning completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Mauritius on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Israhyananda Dhalladoo, Permanent Representative of…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Burkina Faso on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Laure Zongo Hien,…