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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION 26 July 2019 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on the Situation in the Netherlands, Tajikistan, Nigeria, Mauritania, Paraguay and Equatorial Guinea The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the situation in the Netherlands, Tajikistan, Nigeria, Mauritania, Paraguay and Equatorial…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF GREECE

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF GREECE 25 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Greece on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Panos Alexandris, Secretary General for Justice and Human Rights, Ministry of…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS INFORMAL MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS INFORMAL MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES 24 July 2019 Press Release The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held an informal meeting with States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The discussion centred on the reform of the treaty bodies, the improvement of the working methods of the Committee, and the Committee’s draft General Comment on the right of assembly. Committee Chairperson Ahmed Amin Fathala, in his…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF POLAND

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF POLAND 24 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Poland on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Lukasz Piebiak, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Justice of Poland…

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$270 MILLION

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$270 MILLION 23 July 2019 Press Release The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $270 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) and 692 (1991) to process claims and pay compensation for…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 23 July 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 World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).Heatwave Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CARRIES ON WITH THE FIRST READING OF ITS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CARRIES ON WITH THE FIRST READING OF ITS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY 23 July 2019 Press Release The Human Rights Committee this morning carried on with the first reading of its draft General Comment number 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly. Christof Heyns, Committee Rapporteur for the draft General Comment, said that last week, they had gone…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS 22 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed and adopted a progress report by the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations. Vasilka Sancin, Committee Expert and Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations a.i., presented the Committee’s assessments of Argentina, Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Namibia and Turkmenistan. After further…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS ITS SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS ITS SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION 22 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-seventh session, hearing a statement by Antti Korkeakivi, Chief of the Anti-Torture, Coordination and Funds Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the Secretary-General. The Committee also adopted…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NAURU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NAURU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 22 July 2019 Presentation of Credentials Chitra Jeremiah, the new Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Olga Algayerová, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Jeremiah held various diplomatic and consular…