4 years 2 months ago
PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS MEMBERS OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR
30 May 2017
Press Release
(Issued as received) - Geneva, 30 May 2017 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli (El Salvador), announced today the appointment of Ms. Indira Jaising (India), Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka) and Mr. Christopher Dominic Sidoti (Australia) to serve as the three members of the Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar. Ms. Jaising will serve as Chair of the three-person mission.
On 24 March 2017, at its thirty-fourth session, the Council decided to urgently dispatch an independent international fact-finding…
4 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS SIXTIETH SESSION
12 May 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Afghanistan, Argentina, Bahrain, Lebanon, Pakistan and Republic of Korea
The Committee against Torture today concluded its sixtieth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Afghanistan, Argentina, Bahrain, Lebanon, Pakistan and the Republic of Korea on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Committee also adopted its annual report.
The Committee’s concluding observations and…
4 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES ITS NINETY-SECOND SESSION
12 May 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Finland, Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Kenya, Cyprus and Bulgaria
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today closed its ninety-second session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Finland, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Kenya, Cyprus and Bulgaria on how those countries implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations on the six…
4 years 3 months ago
Press Statement from the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
09 May 2017
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Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will reconvene the intra-Syrian talks under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 16 May 2017. In this round and subsequent ones, he is looking forward to intensified work with invitees on the items on agenda of the talks, within the context of the overall framework of relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 2254 (2015). The Special Envoy continues to press strongly for the meaningful participation of women in the political process.
As preparations for talks continue, the Special Envoy reiterates his hope that the…
4 years 3 months ago
Note from the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
01 May 2017
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Geneva, 1 May 2017 - UN Special Envoy de Mistura will be joining the high-level meeting on Syria in Astana on 3 and 4 May. In view of the urgency and importance of re-establishing a de-escalation of the situation in Syria and moving on confidence-building measures, he has agreed to attend the meeting as an observer at the invitation of the Kazakh government.
While in Astana, the Special Envoy will be supporting efforts by the guarantors of the ceasefire and other participants to de-escalate the military situation. He will be accompanied by a technical delegation of UN experts who have been…
4 years 3 months ago
Press release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions
27 April 2017
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45th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism
On 25 April 2017, the 45th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the aegis of the United Nations, with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives. As in the previous meetings, the discussion was business-like, and the participants also engaged in bilateral consultations in the margins of the meeting.
Security-related issues and prevention of…
4 years 3 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 1 TO 12 MAY 2017 MARKING THE START OF THE THIRD CYCLE
26 April 2017
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The twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 1 to 12 May marking the beginning of the third UPR cycle during which all 193 UN member States will undergo successive reviews spelling out steps they have taken to advance human rights while highlighting latest developments. With all 193 UN member States having been reviewed during the second cycle, the UPR process resulted in 100 per cent…
4 years 3 months ago
UNITED NATIONS CHILD RIGHTS COMMITTEE URGES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PLIGHT OF SYRIA’S CHILDREN
20 April 2017
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GENEVA (20 April 2017) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called for accountability for the reprehensible acts being committed against children in Syria.
“Yet again, children are bearing the brunt of horrific attacks in Syria,” said Committee Chair Benyam Dawit Mezmur, in reference to the large number of child victims of the recent attack on an evacuation convoy in Rasheedin, near western Aleppo, and of the reported use of chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib earlier this month.
“2016 was already the worst year…
4 years 4 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CLOSES ITS TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION
13 April 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Situation in Bangladesh, Jamaica and Nigeria
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded this afternoon its twenty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bangladesh and Jamaica, and on the situation in Nigeria, which was reviewed in the absence of a report and a delegation.
The concluding observations and recommendations will be available on the webpage of the session.
Jose Brillantes,…
4 years 4 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CLOSES ITS SEVENTEENTH SESSION
12 April 2017
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its seventeenth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Cyprus, Honduras, Iran, Jordan and the Republic of Moldova on how they implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committee also adopted a joint statement with the Committee on Migrant Workers on “Addressing disabilities in large-scale movements of refugees and migrants”, and two other statements…
