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COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES ITS THIRTY-FIRST SESSION
11 September 2019
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Colombia
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon closed its thirty-first session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Colombia on their implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Ahmadou Tall,…
1 year 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF THE ARMED CONFLICT ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN IRAQ
11 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Iraq on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. At the heart of the interactive dialogue were the challenges and consequences of the 18 years of war, armed conflict and terrorism that had ravaged Iraq and that had had a disproportionate impact on persons with disabilities.
Iraq had one of the largest populations of persons with disabilities in the…
1 year 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD SAYS THAT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA NEEDS TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE LAW ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
11 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
Committee Concludes its Consideration of the Combined Fifth and Sixth Periodic Report of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Committee Experts stressed the need to adopt a comprehensive law on children, and noted that corporal punishment was detrimental to children and should be prohibited by law.
Committee Experts reiterated that corporal punishment should be…
1 year 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES EXAMINES THE INITIAL REPORT OF KUWAIT
10 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
Experts Denounce the Medical Approach and Charity-based View of Disability and the Absence of Full Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Kuwait on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
During the dialogue, Committee Experts commended Kuwait for its robust social protection system for persons with disabilities and the implementation of the Kuwait Vision 2035 for persons with…
1 year 11 months ago
LES PROBLÈMES DE VIOLENCE CONTRE LES ENFANTS ET DE DÉTENTION DES ENFANTS – EN PARTICULIER POUR CE QUI EST DES ENFANTS ABORIGÈNES ET INSULAIRES DU DÉTROIT DE TORRES – SONT AU CŒUR DE L’EXAMEN DU RAPPORT DE L’AUSTRALIE PAR LE COMITÉ DES DROITS DE L'ENFANT
10 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
La situation générale des enfants aborigènes et insulaires du détroit de Torres, en particulier au regard des problèmes de violence contre les enfants et de détention des enfants, était au cœur des préoccupations des membres du Comité des droits de l'enfant alors qu’était examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport soumis par l’Australie au titre de la Convention relative…
1 year 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 September 2019
Bi-Weekly 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 Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council had opened on…
1 year 11 months ago
UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
09 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
(Embargoed until 10 September at 5 p.m. GMT)Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD Mahmoud Elkhafif, Coordinator of the Assistance to the Palestinian People, UNCTAD
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Presentation of the 2019 Report on UNCTAD assistance to the…
1 year 11 months ago
WHO Press conference
09 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
We will also be releasing a guide for pesticide registrars and regulators. Pesticide poisoning is one of the commonest methods of suicide in certain parts of the world.Dr Alexandra Fleischmann, Scientist, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse , WHO
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For this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day, on 10 September, WHO…
1 year 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
09 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its eighty-second session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva.The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it will review the reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea and Portugal under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the report of Georgia under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; as well as the reports of Georgia and Panama under the Optional Protocol on the involvement of…
1 year 11 months ago
CHALLENGES FACED IN RECEIVING 1.4 MILLION VENEZUELAN CITIZENS AT THE CENTRE OF COLOMBIA’S DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS
06 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
The numerous challenges generated by the reception of 1.4 million Venezuelan citizens were at the centre of the dialogue between the Experts of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and Colombia, as the Committee reviewed the country’s third periodic report. This influx’s linkage to human trafficking, deportation and retention procedures, as well as the provision of healthcare services and education were also discussed by Experts.
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