Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Costa Rica, Ukraine, San Marino, Belgium and Paraguay The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its thirty-ninth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports presented…

The Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture issued the following statement on Tuesday, 20 November: “In accordance with Article 10, paragraph 3 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the historic first meeting of the members of the Committee against Torture and the…

The Committee against Torture this morning held its first joint meeting with the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and shared information and ideas of cooperation between the two bodies in order for them to pursue their common goal. At the end of the meeting, the two bodies issued a joint…

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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Group of Earth Observers, the…

The Committee against Torture today discussed the issue of follow-up to individual communications as well as letters received from civil society on how the Committee could improve its working methods. Presenting the report on follow-up to individual communications, Committee Expert Fernando Mariño…

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

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's activities, the human rights situations in Myanmar and Pakistan, the effects of Super Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and the upcoming release of…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the responses of Portugal to questions posed by the Committee on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Responding to questions raised by…

The Committee against Torture this morning started its examination of the second periodic report of Benin on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Gustave Anani Cassa, Minister of Justice and…

The Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), chaired by Ambassador Fransiscos Verros of Greece, concluded on 13…