The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the initial report of Serbia 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, Svetozar…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard Lithuania’s response 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 Punishment.…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon began its consideration of the second periodic report of Lithuania 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,…

Hears Statement from Representative of United Nations Secretary-General The Committee against Torture this morning opened its forty-first session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by a representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and adopting its agenda and programme of…

Hears Address from Representative of Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its forty-first session, hearing an address from a Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and adopting its…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard statements from a series of non governmental organizations (NGOs) on the situation of economic, social and cultural rights in Nicaragua, Sweden, Kenya and the Philippines. In advance of the Committee’s review of the periodic…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined second and third periodic report of Myanmar on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Wunna Maung Lwin,…

Le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport du Portugal sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour se conformer aux dispositions de la Convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes. Le Comité…

Negotiations to Focus on New Instrument on Cluster Munitions Negotiations on a new instrument on cluster munitions by a Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be…