The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Costa Rica on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Ms. Alejandra Mora Mora,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Romania on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the reports, Aurelia…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Honduras on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Rolando Argueta Perez, President of the Supreme Court of Justice of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Thailand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Napa Setthakorn, Deputy Permanent…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Liechtenstein on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Peter Matt, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Switzerland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Martin Dumermuth, Director of the Federal Office of Justice at the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Italy on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Maurizio Enrico Serra, Permanent Representative of Italy…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution to hear information on the situation of women in Italy, Thailand, Romania and Costa Rica, whose reports will be…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its sixty-seventh session, hearing a statement by Orest Nowosad, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…