This paper sets out an account of developments and the work plan executed by the UN Special Envoy during the round of UN facilitated Intra-Syrian Talks held in Geneva between 13-27 April 2016.Agenda The work plan for this round of Talks was based upon the agenda as set by Security Council…

The Committee against Torture this morning heard from Malcolm Evans, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, who presented the 2015 annual report of the Subcommittee and engaged in an interactive discussion with Committee Members.Mr. Evans, presenting the Subcommittee’s ninth…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning concluded its consideration of the combined second to fifth periodic report of Oman on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of the Philippines on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Peter Irving Corvera, Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government…

The twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report of Spain on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Turkey on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Presenting the report, Mehmet Ferden Çarikçi, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United…

Arabic Version Geneva (27 April 2016) - The Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has just briefed the Security Council via video conference on the conclusion earlier today of this round of Intra-Syrian Talks convened on the basis of Security Council resolution 2254. These Talks ran from 13…

GENEVA (26 April 2016) – The rights of two deaf people in Australia were violated when they were called up for jury service but then told they could not have the support they needed, in the form of sign language interpretation and real-time captioning, to participate in the proceedings, United…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from civil society representatives about the situation in Spain and Rwanda, ahead of the Committee’s review of the reports of these countries this week. Oman will also have its report considered by the Committee this week…