The Committee on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning discussed the outcome of yesterday’s day of general discussion on the rights of migrant domestic workers and decided to draft a report on the discussion and to start working on a General Comment on the…

Workshop in Riyadh to Focus on Effective National Implementation of Biological Weapons Convention in Member States of Gulf Cooperation Council The Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (ISU) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will jointly host a…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the second periodic report of Croatia on measures undertaken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Kristian Turkalj, Director General of the Ministry of Justice of Croatia, said that…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon opened its twelfth Special Session on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and East Jerusalem. Addressing the Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said there was strong evidence indicating that all parties to…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the second periodic report of Moldova on measures undertaken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Nicolae Esanu, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, said that he…

The Committee on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today held a day of general discussion on the rights of migrant domestic workers. During the morning meeting, the Committee listened to a number of panellists who discussed the issues linked to the protection of the…

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 World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on the “human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and East Jerusalem” on Thursday, 15 October 2009, starting 3 p.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The holding of the Special Session comes at the request of Palestine.…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the third periodic report of Switzerland on measures undertaken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Michael Leupold, Director of the Federal Office of Justice of Switzerland, said…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has considered the initial report of Sri Lanka on the efforts of that country to give effect to the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of…