Twelfth Annual Conference of High Contracting Parties to CCW Amended Protocol II to be held on 24 November The Twelfth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to CCW Amended Protocol II will commence its work on 24 November 2010 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The one-day…

Meeting of High Contracting Parties to CCW to be Held on 25 and 26 November The Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (…

Holds Dialogue with Non-Governmental Organizations on Situation in Ecuador and Senegal The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning opened its thirteenth session, during which it will review the reports of Albania, Ecuador and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Uruguay The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its forty-fifth session during which it examined measures taken by the Dominican Republic, the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Mongolia and Turkey The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-fifth session today, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia,…

GENEVA – A key UN human rights committee will adopt a statement* Friday – coinciding with World Toilet Day – which details massive problems relating to sanitation across the globe, and urging States to ensure that “everyone, without discrimination, has physical and affordable access to sanitation…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held a Day of General Discussion to discuss the Committee’s draft General Comment on the right to sexual and reproductive health. The Committee held thematic discussions with distinguished panellists on the concept of the right to sexual…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon considered the issue of follow-up to concluding observations and individual communications, hearing oral presentations by Committee members Felice Gaer, Rapporteur for the follow-up to concluding observations, and Fernando Mariño Menendez, Rapporteur on…