6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF SRI LANKA
08 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Sri Lanka on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Ravinatha Aryasinha, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to United Nations Office at Geneva, said although LTTE terrorist group was militarily defeated in May 2009 the threat of terrorism had not abated. Therefore Sri Lanka had to be continuously vigilant to safeguard against any resurgence of terrorism in the country. Successive Governments had faced the…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH SESSION, ADOPTS ITS AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK
07 October 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twelfth session, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work.
In his opening statement Mr. Salama briefed the Committee on recent events that would impact on its work, including on treaty-body strengthening, reprisals and the publication of a long awaited General Assembly report on the impact of surveillance and interception of…
7 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH SESSION
25 July 2014
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Chile, Georgia, Ireland, Japan, Malawi and Sudan
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and eleventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Chile, Georgia, Ireland, Japan, Malawi and Sudan on how they are implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations on the six reports are available on its webpage for the session.
Nigel Rodley…
7 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
24 July 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today continued its second reading, paragraph by paragraph, of a 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.
Revisiting draft paragraphs 20 and 21 of the draft General Comment, it was agreed that the Covenant was consistent with a variety of criminal sentencing schemes. Convicted prisoners were entitled to have the duration of their sentences administered in accordance with domestic law.…
7 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
22 July 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today continued its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of everybody to liberty and security of person.
The Committee looked into draft paragraph 15 in depth. To the extent that States parties imposed security detention, the Committee considered that such detention presented severe risks of arbitrary deprivation of liberty. When the threat to the State arose in the context of international armed conflict,…
7 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
18 July 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today continued its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of everybody to liberty and security of person.
The Committee agreed that egregious examples of arbitrary detention included detaining family members of an alleged criminal who were not themselves accused of any wrongdoing, the holding of hostages, and arrests for the purpose of extorting bribes or other similar criminal purposes. Arrest or detention as…
7 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
17 July 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today started its second reading of the draft General Comment on article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of everybody to liberty and security of person.
Committee Member Gerald Neuman said that comments on the draft General Comment had been received from eight States parties and more than 15 non-governmental organizations. In general, comments received were useful, but sometimes showed lack of understanding of what the Committee was trying to say. The General Comment…
7 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF JAPAN
16 July 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Japan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Takashi Okada, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that the Government of Japan had been making vigorous efforts to protect and promote human rights, and the current report had been prepared in a wide consultative process, involving various Ministries and civil sector. The Government aimed to increase the presence of women…
7 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF IRELAND
15 July 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today completed its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Ireland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Justice and Equality of Ireland, stated that reform of police accountability was the central priority of the Ministry. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill was nearing completion of the enactment process, and a Chief Commissioner should be appointed shortly. It was lawful to terminate a pregnancy in Ireland if there was a…
7 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES METHODS OF WORK
14 July 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed its methods of work, focusing on the outcome of the General Assembly resolution 68/268 on the treaty body strengthening process.
Opening the discussion, Nigel Rodley, Chairperson of the Committee, informed the Committee members about the twenty-sixth meeting of the Treaty Bodies’ Chairpersons which had taken place in New York several weeks earlier to formulate the response to the General Assembly resolution 68/268. All the participants in the meeting had agreed that it was not their job to implement the resolution; their tasks flew from the…
