Committee Begins Discussion on Integrating the Rights Of Persons With Disabilities in its Work The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed how it will engage in a study on best practices on the question of missing persons as mandated by Human Rights Council resolution 7/28…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning reviewed the initial report of Tunisia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Presenting the report, Ridha…

The Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women has considered the combined initial to seventh reports of Haiti on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, Minister on Women's Affairs…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon discussed the issue of draft guidelines on methods to operationalize gender mainstreaming, including action-oriented mechanisms that would facilitate the implementation of the Committee’s mandates, and the promotion of a democratic and…

Committee Observes Minute of Silence for Thousands of People Affected by Violence The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning opened its second session by hearing statements by the Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for…

Angelino Garzón, the new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Garzón is a Colombian journalist and politician and former union leader.…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Maldives on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women this afternoon held informal discussions with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Cameroon, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti and Rwanda, whose reports will be considered by the Committee during this session. On Cameroon, speakers said…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…