The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion, begun earlier this session, of draft revised guidelines for reports to be submitted by States parties under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. At the beginning of the meeting, it also discussed the possible…

The Human Rights Committee this morning heard presentations of progress reports by Committee members on the status of follow-up to the Committee’s concluding observations and on follow-up to Views. Following the presentations on action taken by States parties to implement concluding observations…

Luvsantseren Orgil, the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia 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. Orgil had been serving as Foreign…

Laura Dupuy Lasserre, the new Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, since October 2008, Ms. Dupuy Lasserre…

Federico Alberto Gonzalez Franco, the new Permanent Representative of Paraguay 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. Gonzalez Franco had…

The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its first reading – begun in an open meeting on Friday, 23 October – of a draft General Comment on States parties' obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, setting out the rights to hold an opinion…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Economic…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion – begun on Thursday, 22 October – of draft revised guidelines for reports to be submitted by States parties under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. At the Thursday meeting, Committee Expert Helen Keller had…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its second session, during which it adopted its Reporting Guidelines and held a day of general discussion on Article 12 of the Convention on the right to equal recognition before the law. During the session, which was held…