The Committee against Torture today heard a presentation from the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture and discussed ways of assisting victims of torture through the Fund. In his presentation Adam Bodnar, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourteenth and fifteenth periodic report of Guatemala on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Serbia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Radomir Ilic, Secretary of State…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Spain on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Ana Maria Menéndez, Permanent…

The twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 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…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic report of France on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from France, Guatemala and Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead of its review of their country reports this week. On France, representatives of NGOs inquired about…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Luxembourg on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Jean-Marc…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened its eighty-sixth session this morning, hearing an address by Yury Boychenko, Chief of the Anti-Racial Discrimination Section, Research and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The…