Committee Hears Address by High Commissioner for Human Rights, Adopts Agenda The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its forty-fifth session, hearing an address by Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda. Ms.…

Director of Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division of Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights Briefs Committee on New Developments The Committee against Torture this morning opened its forty-fifth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by and holding a…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard statements from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the situation of economic, social and cultural rights in the Netherlands and Switzerland, whose reports will be considered this session. NGO representatives from the…

Focuses on the Achievements of the Committee as well as Challenges and Future Priorities The Human Rights Committee today commemorated the anniversary of its 100th session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva with a full day of discussion on the achievements of the Committee, constraints and…

Adopts Recommendations on the Reports of Belgium, El Salvador, Hungary, Jordan and Poland The Human Rights Committee concluded its one hundredth session today, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by Belgium, El Salvador,…

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

Sixteen Countries will have their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the ninth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 1 to 12 November. These countries are (in order of…

Ljubisa Perovic, the new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Perovic had been serving as the head…

Remigiusz Achilles Henczel, the new Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Henczel had been serving as…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund,…