6 years 9 months ago
LIBERTY AND SECURITY: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLARIFIES LIMITS ON DETENTION
30 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
GENEVA (30 October 2014) – The United Nations Human Rights Committee has issued an authoritative new commentary on one of the most important issues in international human rights law – when and how is it justified to deprive a person of their liberty, and what obligations do States have to avoid people being unlawfully or arbitrarily detained.
“Arbitrary detention is a profound threat to liberty and to the enjoyment of all other rights,” said Gerald Neuman, Committee member and rapporteur of the commentary which has now been adopted by the Committee.
The new…
6 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES METHODS OF WORK
27 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee held a public meeting this morning in which it discussed methods of work, focusing on the issue of reparations. The Committee also decided to elaborate a General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which deals with the right to life.
Opening the discussion, Nigel Rodley, Committee Chairperson, said Special Procedure mandate holders appointed by the Human Rights Council had suggested the elaboration of General Comments on Article 6 of the Covenant (the right to life), Article 17 (the right to respect for private life)…
6 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS SECOND READING OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
23 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
Discusses follow-up to concluding observations and to views
The Human Rights Committee today completed the adoption in the second reading of the Draft General Comment Number 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of everyone to liberty and security of person. Earlier it discussed a progress report by the Special Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations and a progress report by the Special Rapporteur on Follow-up to Views.
The Committee thus concluded this…
6 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ISRAEL
20 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Israel on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Eviator Manor, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said despite constant security challenges, Israel had taken significant steps in the implementation of the Covenant. He spoke about the Operation Protective Edge military campaign this summer which he said was forced upon Israel by Hamas who acted deliberately to inflame the…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
17 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee continued yesterday afternoon and this morning its reading of the Draft General Comment Number 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of everyone to liberty and security of person.
The Committee adopted paragraphs 45 to 62 of the draft which was introduced by the Committee Member acting as Rapporteur for Draft General Comment 35, Gerald Neuman, in document CCPR/C/GC/R.35/Rev.4. The paragraphs dealt with areas including the right to initiate…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONTENEGRO
15 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the initial report of Montenegro on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Slavica Rabrenovic, Director-General of the Directorate for Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Ministry of Justice, said Montenegro was committed to promoting and protecting human rights at the national and international level. It became a Human Rights Council Member in 2013, and a year earlier started negotiations to become a European Union Member State, with all the…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALTA
14 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the second periodic report of Malta on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Silvan Agius, Policy Coordinator, Ministry for Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, said Malta had taken big leaps forward in the field of anti-discrimination, and in 2014 became the first country in the world to include sexual orientation and gender identity as grounds for discrimination. Civil rights in Malta were further bolstered with the adoption of the…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
13 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today continued its reading of its Draft General Comment on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right of everyone to liberty and security of person.
The Committee Member acting as Rapporteur for Draft General Comment 35, Gerald Neuman, recapped on last session’s work on the comment, recalling that in the July 2014 session paragraphs 1 to 41 were adopted, with the exception of paragraph 15 which was adopted provisionally. He reminded the Committee that…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF HAITI
10 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the initial report of Haiti on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Rose Anne Auguste, Minister for Human Rights and the Fight against Extreme Poverty of Haiti, said the new President was committed to democracy and institutional reform and listed developments towards the implementation of the Covenant, including the establishment of her own office and the ratification of several international treaties. Efforts to relocate people living in…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF BURUNDI
09 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the second periodic report of Burundi on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Clotilde Niragira, Minister of National Solidarity, Human Rights and Gender of Burundi, briefed on developments, particularly legislative, since the last report in 1992. In 2011 an Independent National Human Rights Institution in line with the Paris Principles was established, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission was in the pipeline and a new Press Law had been…
