The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined sixteenth through nineteenth periodic reports of Romania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the United…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning concluded its fifth session after adopting four recommendations to be transmitted to the Human Rights Council on: the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning concluded its fifth session during which it adopted four recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council. Among these recommendations were texts on the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, principles and guidelines for…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Uzbekistan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Akmal…

Concludes Discussion on Elimination of Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning took up the issues of the right to peace, the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights and international solidarity and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined eighteenth and nineteenth periodic reports of Iran on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Gholan…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning took up the issues of the right to food and human rights education and training, both of which come under item three of its agenda, namely requests to the Advisory Committee by the Human Rights Council. Jean Ziegler, Committee Expert,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fourteenth and fifteenth periodic reports of El Salvador on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon continued its work on the elaboration of draft guidelines and principles on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and members of their families, under item three of its agenda, namely requests to the Advisory…