Adopts Final Conclusions and Recommendations on Reports of Denmark, Monaco, Japan, Nicaragua and Spain The Human Rights Committee concluded today its ninety-fourth session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by Denmark,…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the seventh periodic report of El Salvador on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Zoila de Innocenti, Executive Director of…

Le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport de Madagascar 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. La Ministre…

The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed the role of national human rights institutions with Gianni Magazzeni, Coordinator of the National Institutions Unit of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Mr. Magazzeni said that national human rights institutions were the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the combined initial and second periodic reports of Bahrain on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Shaikha Mariam bint…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $888,656,729 to three Governments for distribution to 16 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 6 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 10 claims in…

The Human Rights Committee this morning considered reports presented by its Special Rapporteurs on follow-up on concluding observations and on the follow-up progress report on individual communications. Nigel Rodley, introducing the report for follow-up on concluding observations, informed the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the UN Refugee Agency, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations, the World Health Organization, the Office for the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with non governmental organizations (NGOs) from Bahrain, El Salvador, Myanmar and Portugal, whose reports will be considered by the Committee this week and next Monday. It also met with a representative of the…