Hears Address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Adopts Agenda and Discusses Organizational and Other Matters The Committee against Torture this morning opened its fiftieth session, hearing an address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay,…

The Danish Institute for Human Rights and Non-governmental Organizations Brief Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Denmark and Rwanda The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning heard a statement from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi…

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, World Trade Organization, International Telecommunications Union, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the third periodic report of Azerbaijan on the country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Foreign Affairs…

States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) today concluded the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, chaired by Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania. The Committee conducted its work amid expectations for the achievement…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Australia, today concluded its seventy-fifth session. Delegations from Iraq, including the Head and members of Iraq’s Committee of Financial Experts, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia addressed the fifteen-…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Jamaica on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Wayne McCook, Permanent…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of Iran on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh, Deputy Foreign Minister…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the World Food Programme, the Office of…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the third periodic report of Japan on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report of Japan, Hideaki Ueda, Ambassador in charge of Human…