GENEVA/NEW YORK, 20 February 2015 -- Unthinkable crimes continue to occur daily in Syria with victims’ voices in danger of being lost amidst the horrors of a conflict now approaching its fifth year, a group of United Nations experts warned today. In its latest report, the United Nations commission…

The fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 23 to 27 February 2015 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, will work on…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic report of Ecuador on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fifth periodic report of Azerbaijan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the…

Ambassador of Mongolia, as Incoming President of the Conference, Outlines his Plans for Formal Plenary Meetings on the Four Core Issues The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard the plans of its incoming President to hold formal plenary meetings on the four core issues, and an update from…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Gabon on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Marie Francoise Dikoumba, Deputy…

Geneva -- The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea will visit Djibouti and Ethiopia from 16 to 27 February to hold meetings and collect testimonies and accounts on the human rights situation in Eritrea. The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its sixtieth session, hearing a statement from James Heenan, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of Azerbaijan to hear information on the situation of women in Gabon, Azerbaijan, Ecuador…