The Committee against Torture today discussed reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Committee Rapporteur on follow-up to…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of El Salvador, with Committee Experts praising the State’s domestic violence legislation and raising questions about the state of emergency and torture complaints. Ana Racu, Committee Vice Chairperson and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighth to fourteenth periodic report of Bahrain, with Committee Experts commending the State on efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccination for all, and asking questions on the practice of…

Les inégalités raciales ont été fondamentales dans la composition de l’État et de la société brésiliens, qui ont été bâtis sur « la conquête des peuples autochtones » et sur « la réduction en esclavage de cinq millions d’Africains ». Les institutions du Brésil ont « tendance à exclure » et il…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Australia, with Committee Experts praising the delegation for its comprehensive responses and high-quality statistical data, and raising questions about the country’s high imprisonment rates, and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic report of France, with Committee Experts commending the State on ceasing police checks of members of the Traveller community with French nationality,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and eighth session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, France, Georgia and Jamaica. The Committee heard from the Representative of the…

The Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address “the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran” on Thursday, 24 November. The special session will start at 10 a.m. in room XX at the Palais des Nations. The meeting is open to the media and will be webcast…