The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh report of the Republic of Moldova on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial…

45th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism On 25 April 2017, the 45th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the aegis of the United Nations, with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed the consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Argentina on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Claudio Avruj,…

Hasan Kleib, the new Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Kleib had been serving as Deputy…

This afternoon, the Committee against Torture completed the review of the second periodic report of Afghanistan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report,…

The twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 1 to 12 May marking the beginning of the third UPR cycle during which all 193 UN member States will undergo successive reviews spelling out steps they have…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the twenty-third report of Finland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with civil society representatives from Finland, the Republic of Moldova and Armenia, whose reports will be considered this week. In her opening remarks, Anastasia Crickley, Committee Chairperson,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its ninety-second session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Finland, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Kenya, Cyprus and Bulgaria. The Committee heard an address by Simon Walker,…