The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the document presented by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on how the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are being implemented in Kosovo which…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the meeting which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the initial report of Kenya on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Martha Karua, Minister of Justice and Constitutional…

The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the fourth periodic reports of China, including the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, on efforts to give effect to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Myanmar, Portugal, Slovenia and Uruguay The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its forty-second session and issued its concluding…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Kazakhstan to questions raised by Committee Experts on the second periodic report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the fifth periodic report of Sweden on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Marianne Jenryd, Director General, Legal and Administrative Affairs, Ministry…

The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the second periodic report of Kazakhstan 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 report,…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Serbia to questions raised by Committee Experts on the initial report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the combined second to fourth periodic report of Nicaragua on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Carlos Robelo Raffone, Permanent Representative of…