The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the second and third periodic reports of Bahrain on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Abdulla Faisal Aldosari,…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the initial report of Lebanon on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Najla Riachi Assaker,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations…

GENEVA (20 April 2017) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called for accountability for the reprehensible acts being committed against children in Syria. “Yet again, children are bearing the brunt of horrific attacks in Syria,” said Committee Chair Benyam Dawit Mezmur,…

The Committee against Torture completed this afternoon its consideration of the initial report of Pakistan on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Introducing the report, Kamran Michael,…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixtieth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda for the session. In his opening statement, Mr. Salama said that for the…

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

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Situation in Bangladesh, Jamaica and Nigeria The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded this afternoon its twenty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its seventeenth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Cyprus, Honduras, Iran, Jordan and the Republic of Moldova on how they…

On 5 April 2017, Lebanon joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol I on Non-detectable Fragments, Amended Protocol II on Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices, and Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons. Lebanon also joined the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention…