The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third and fourth consolidated periodic reports of Romania on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Ileana Savu, Secretary of State of the National Authority…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Independent Experts on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty and the Effect of Foreign Debt on Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present a number of reports by the High Commissioner and the…

United States Under Secretary of State for Arms Control Reiterates Support for Conference in Moving Ahead The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security of the United States, who underscored the…

The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual full-day discussion on women’s human rights entitled equality before the law: concrete steps to further women’s equality. The discussion focused on non-discrimination in the law, with a view to identifying concrete steps to further women’s…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Niger on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Barry Bibata Gnandou, Minister of Women and Child Protection of Niger, said that the…

Council Hears Statements from Concerned Countries; Starts General Debate on High Commissioner’s Update; Minister of Justice of Kenya Addresses Council United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay this afternoon updated the Human Rights Council on human rights themes and…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and the Special Rapporteur on the right of…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the reports of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, hearing presentations of their reports and then holding an interactive…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Bangladesh on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Rokeya Sultana, Secretary of the Ministry of Women and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for…