The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning adopted five recommendations to be transmitted to the Human Rights Council on: missing persons, the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights and ways and means to…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its sixth session during which it adopted five recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council. Among these recommendations were texts on missing persons, the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, the enhancement of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined second to fourth periodic report of South Africa on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Lulu…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its sixth informal meeting with States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The meeting focused on follow up on concluding observations, the treaty body reform and harmonisation and the backlog of the Committee in…

Concludes Discussion on Right of Peoples to Peace The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed the review of the Human Rights Council and its impact on the Advisory Committee after concluding its discussion on the right of peoples to peace. Discussing the issue of the…

Sixteen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the tenth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 24 January to 4 February. These countries are (in…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the combined second and third periodic report of Singapore (CRC/C/SGP/Q/2-3) on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the fourth periodic report of Liechtenstein on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Committee also announced the election of…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2011 session on Tuesday, 25 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Canada. The presidency of the Conference…