The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Uruguay on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Ricardo Gonzalez, General Director for Political Affairs in the…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its first reading of a 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 focused on clarifying language dealing with the…

GENEVA (23 October 2013) – States that have ratified the UN Women’s Rights Convention are obliged to uphold women’s rights before, during and after conflict when they are directly involved in fighting, are providing peacekeeping troops or donor assistance for conflict prevention, humanitarian aid…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Mozambique on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Maria Benvinda Levi, Minister of Justice, said that the Government was…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Committee of the Red Cross, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugees Agency, International Organization for Migration, Office…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Mauritania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Khattra, Human Rights Commissioner for…

The Human Rights Committee yesterday and today continued the first reading of its draft General Comment No. 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on liberty and security of person. The previous reading took place in July 2013, when the first 31 paragraphs were…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Republic of Moldova, Colombia, Benin, Andorra, Cambodia, Tajikistan and Seychelles The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-sixth session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The seventeenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 21 October to 1 November during which 15 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the…