Ambassador Uhomoibhi Meets with President Lula Brasilia - - The President of the Human Rights Council, Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (Nigeria), kicked off an official visit to Brazil on 27 April by meeting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Amazon city of Manaus. The visit of the Council…

Marie Heuzé, the Director 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 International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee…

The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the second periodic report of the Philippines on the efforts of that country to give effect to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the…

Discusses Appointment of Country Rapporteurs; Independence of Committee; Handling of Information from Non-Governmental Organizations and Other Key Issues of Concern The Committee against Torture this afternoon held a meeting with States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-seventh session from 28 to 29 April 2009. At the opening plenary meeting, the Governing Council will elect a new president and one of the two vice-presidents of the Council to replace Belgium and Indonesia…

High Commissioner for Human Rights Briefs Committee on New Developments The Committee against Torture this morning opened its forty-second session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and adopting its agenda and…

The Committee on Migrant Workers this morning heard the response of Bosnia and Herzegovina to questions raised by Committee Experts on the initial report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

The Committee on Migrant Workers this afternoon heard the response of the Philippines to questions raised by Committee Experts on the initial report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning began its consideration of the initial report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the efforts of that country to give effect to the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection…