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IN DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL, EXPERTS OF COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS SAY HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS EXTEND TO TERRITORIES UNDER THE COUNTRY’S EFFECTIVE CONTROL

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home IN DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL, EXPERTS OF COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS SAY HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS EXTEND TO TERRITORIES UNDER THE COUNTRY’S EFFECTIVE CONTROL 03 October 2019 Meeting Summaries Il est par ailleurs recommandé à Israël d’expurger ses lois de toute disposition discriminatoire The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the fourth periodic report of…

COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES EXAMINES THE REPORT OF BOLIVIA, HAILS THE SETTING UP OF THE TRUTH COMMISSION

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES EXAMINES THE REPORT OF BOLIVIA, HAILS THE SETTING UP OF THE TRUTH COMMISSION 03 October 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bolivia on measures taken to implement the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Committee Experts welcomed the setting up…

EXPERTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND CHALLENGES POSED BY THE FEDERAL SYSTEM WITH SWITZERLAND

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home EXPERTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND CHALLENGES POSED BY THE FEDERAL SYSTEM WITH SWITZERLAND 02 October 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the fourth periodic report of Switzerland on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 01 October 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Geneva SDG Lab, the World Trade Organization and the…

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA 30 September 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its sixty-sixth session in Geneva, hearing a statement by Antti Korkeakivi, Chief of the Anti-Torture, Coordination and Funds Section of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner…

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES FROM SWITZERLAND, ISRAEL AND ECUADOR

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES FROM SWITZERLAND, ISRAEL AND ECUADOR 30 September 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Switzerland, Israel and Ecuador, whose reports the…

Press release from the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Press release from the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen 30 September 2019 Statements and Speeches The United Nations is today releasing the agreed Terms of Reference and Core Rules of Procedure for a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee to be facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva. ​They can be found here https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/775, in the authoritative English version and in…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 27 September 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CLOSES FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION, ADOPTS 38 TEXTS, ESTABLISHES A FACT-FINDING MISSION ON VENEZUELA AND AN EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CLOSES FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION, ADOPTS 38 TEXTS, ESTABLISHES A FACT-FINDING MISSION ON VENEZUELA AND AN EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT 27 September 2019 Press Release Renews Mandates on Yemen, Burundi, Somalia, Sudan, Central African Republic and Cambodia; Extends Eight Thematic Mandates The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its forty-second regular session held in…

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION

5 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION 27 September 2019 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique, Portugal and the Republic of Korea under the Convention, and the Reports of Georgia and Panama under the Optional Protocols The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its eighty-second session after adopting…