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

The Human Rights Committee today continued its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of everybody to liberty and security of person. The Committee agreed that egregious examples of arbitrary detention…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the Central African Republic, Georgia, India, Lithuania, Mauritania, Peru, Swaziland and Syria on how they implement the…

The Human Rights Committee today started its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of everybody to liberty and security of person. Committee Member Gerald Neuman said that comments on the draft General…

The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Japan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Takashi Okada, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Spokeperson for the United Nations…

The First Preparatory Committee for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction this morning, on its second day of meetings, continued its discussion on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. In the discussion speakers highlighted both national and regional measures taken on…

The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Ireland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Justice and Equality of Ireland, stated…

The First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction concluded its work this afternoon after discussing the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction during two days of meetings. In concluding remarks, Margareta Wahlstrom,…

The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed its methods of work, focusing on the outcome of the General Assembly resolution 68/268 on the treaty body strengthening process. Opening the discussion, Nigel Rodley, Chairperson of the Committee, informed the Committee members about the twenty-…