Designates Two Members to Participate in Human Rights Council Panel Discussion on Right to Health of Older Persons The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon continued its discussion under agenda item three by taking up its agenda and annual programme of work, including new…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed two studies on the right to food prepared by its drafting group on the right to food. The first study presented today looked at discrimination in the context of the right to food and the second looked at the rights of peasants and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the combined third and fourth periodic report of New Zealand on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Sue Mackwell, Deputy Chief Executive of the Ministry of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the seventh periodic report of Kenya on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Naomi Shaban, Minister for…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon continued its consideration of requests to the Committee by the Human Rights Council by taking up the issues of the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights, international solidarity and by continuing its…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food…

Concludes Discussion on Missing Persons The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning started to look at the issue of a draft declaration on the right of peoples to peace after concluding its discussion on best practices in the matter of missing persons. Mona Zulficar, Advisory…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Israel on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Aharon Leshno Yaar, Permanent…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the initial report of Afghanistan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Mohammad Qasim Hashimzai, Deputy Minister of Justice of Afghanistan, said Afghanistan…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its fifty-sixth session, hearing an address by Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session. Ms. Pillay said that in response to her 2009…