The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a half-day general discussion on women’s access to justice, in view of receiving inputs and contributions for its General Recommendations on Women and Access to Justice that it would start drafting in 2013. In her…

Elects Wolfgang Stefan Heinz as Chairperson The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning opened its tenth session, electing Wolfgang Stefan Heinz as Chairperson as well as a new bureau and adopting its agenda and programme of work. Remigiusz Henczel, President of the Human Rights…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with non-governmental organizations from Kyrgyzstan and New Zealand. The reports of these two countries will be reviewed by the Committee this week. Representatives of non-governmental organizations in…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss the situation of the rights of women in Greece, Angola and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The reports of the three countries will be reviewed by the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon discussed a draft final report on human rights and issues relating to terrorist hostage-taking. Wolfgang Stefan Heinz, Chairperson of the Advisory Committee and Rapporteur of the drafting group, introducing the draft final report (A/HRC/AC/…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Cyprus on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Leda Koursoumba, Law…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the twentieth to twenty-second periodic report of the Russian Federation on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined fifteenth to nineteenth periodic report of Algeria on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its tenth session from 18 to 22 February 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 requests…