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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH SESSION

4 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH SESSION 06 November 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and thirtieth session, which it held remotely. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee’s second online session had been very productive, despite the technical challenges of an online platform and the membership location time difference ranging 14 hours across the continents.…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS PROGRESS REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO ITS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND ON FOLLOW-UP TO VIEWS

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS PROGRESS REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO ITS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND ON FOLLOW-UP TO VIEWS 30 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted progress reports by the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations and by the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to views. According to the Committee’s procedure, the Committee selects a minimum of two and maximum of four recommendations, termed the…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH SESSION ONLINE

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH SESSION ONLINE 12 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and thirtieth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted the agenda and programme of work for…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF LESOTHO, KENYA AND ARMENIA

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF LESOTHO, KENYA AND ARMENIA 28 September 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Lesotho, Kenya and Armenia. Refiloe Litjobo, Permanent Representative of Lesotho to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said the recommendations had allowed Lesotho to take a critical look at the promotion and protection of human rights…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH SESSION, ITS FIRST EVER HELD ONLINE

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH SESSION, ITS FIRST EVER HELD ONLINE 24 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Adopts General Comment on the Right of Peaceful Assembly   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-ninth session, it first ever held online. During the session, the Committee notably adopted its General Comment on article 21 (right of peaceful assembly) of the International…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH SESSION

4 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH SESSION 29 June 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and twenty-ninth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted the agenda and programme of…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON UZBEKISTAN, TUNISIA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, PORTUGAL AND DOMINICA

5 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON UZBEKISTAN, TUNISIA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, PORTUGAL AND DOMINICA 02 April 2020 Press Release The Human Rights Committee has adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Central African Republic and Portugal, and on the situation in Dominica, which was considered with a delegation from that country but in the absence of a report. The concluding observations…

SECOND READING OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY STARTS AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

5 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home SECOND READING OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY STARTS AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE 13 March 2020 Meeting Summaries Starts second reading of draft General Comment on the right of peaceful assembly The Human Rights Committee today decided to suspend its one hundred and twenty-eighth session, in light of the COVID-19 situation. The Committee also initiated the second reading of draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ASKS DOMINICA ABOUT THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPOSITION AND THE INFRINGEMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY

5 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ASKS DOMINICA ABOUT THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPOSITION AND THE INFRINGEMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY 11 March 2020 Meeting Summaries Experts welcome the intention to establish a national human rights institution compliant with the Paris Principles and raise concern about discrimination and violence on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity The Human Rights Committee concluded today its review of the…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES REVISED DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY WITH CIVIL SOCIETY

5 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES REVISED DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY WITH CIVIL SOCIETY 09 March 2020 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed the revised draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly with representatives of civil society organizations. The Committee had started the elaboration of the draft General Comment…