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Committee against Torture Concludes Eighty-Second Session

2 hours 49 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Concludes Eighty-Second Session 02 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning closed its eighty-second session, after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Armenia, France, Mauritius, Monaco, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, which were reviewed during the session. The session was held from 7 April to 2 May.Claude Heller, Committee Chairperson, read out a summary of…

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat Press Conference

22 hours 47 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat Press Conference 01 May 2025 Press Conference Announcement Outcomes of the High-Level Ministerial Segment from the 2025 BRS Conventions Conference of the Parties (COPs) Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm ConventionsInger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme FAO representative (TBC)Ministerial representatives (TBC)…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Gabon on Special Contingent Composed of Indigenous Persons, Ask Questions on Treatment of Hausa Gabonese Population and Human Trafficking

1 day 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Gabon on Special Contingent Composed of Indigenous Persons, Ask Questions on Treatment of Hausa Gabonese Population and Human Trafficking 01 May 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Gabon, with Committee Experts commending the State on the…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome the Republic of Korea’s Time Limit for Immigration Detention, Raise Questions on High Rates of Migrant Worker Deaths and the Treatment of Defectors from the Democratic People’s R

2 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome the Republic of Korea’s Time Limit for Immigration Detention, Raise Questions on High Rates of Migrant Worker Deaths and the Treatment of Defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 30 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth to…

Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals

2 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals 29 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture today heard presentations of reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals submitted under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, before adopting…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 days 23 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 29 April 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Situation in the occupied…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Mauritius on Intercontinental Slavery Museum, Raise Questions on Mandatory HIV Testing for Migrant Workers and the Treatment of the Chagossian People

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Mauritius on Intercontinental Slavery Museum, Raise Questions on Mandatory HIV Testing for Migrant Workers and the Treatment of the Chagossian People 29 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth periodic reports of Mauritius…

New Permanent Representative of France Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

3 days 8 hours ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of France Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 April 2025 Presentation of Credentials Céline Jurgensen, the new Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. …

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Hold Half Day of General Discussion on Reparations for the Injustices from the Transatlantic Trade of Enslaved Africans

6 days 19 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Hold Half Day of General Discussion on Reparations for the Injustices from the Transatlantic Trade of Enslaved Africans 25 April 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a half day of general discussion on reparations for the injustices from the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans,…

Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Measures to Prevent Torture in Ukraine, Ask about Alleged Torture of Russian Prisoners of War and Reports of Corruption and Torture in Prisons

6 days 19 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Measures to Prevent Torture in Ukraine, Ask about Alleged Torture of Russian Prisoners of War and Reports of Corruption and Torture in Prisons 25 April 2025 Meeting Summaries  The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ukraine, with Committee Experts praising the State’s legislative and policy measures to prevent…