8 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE HUNDREDTH AND EIGHTH SESSION
26 July 2013
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Ukraine, Tajikistan, Indonesia, Finland, Albania, and Czech Republic
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundredth and eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Ukraine, Tajikistan, Indonesia, Finland, Albania, and Czech Republic on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
During the session the Committee discussed its methods of work, adopted a paper on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on new…
8 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON (French only)
25 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
Le Comité des droits de l'homme a repris, ce matin, l'examen d'un projet d'observation générale sur l'article 9 du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, relatif au droit à liberté et à la sécurité de la personne.
Figurant dans un document établi et révisé pour le Comité par l'un de ses membres, M. Gerald Neuman, le projet d'observation générale sur l'article 9 comporte 71 paragraphes dont 19, incluant les remarques d'ordre général et les premiers articles sur la détention arbitraire et détention illégale…
8 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES ITS DISCUSSION ON A DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON (French only)
23 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
Le Comité des droits de l'homme a poursuivi, ce matin, l'examen d'un projet d'observation générale sur l'article 9 du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, qui porte sur le axé sur le droit à liberté et la sécurité de la personne.
Le Comité a porté son attention aujourd'hui sur les questions relatives à la détention arbitraire et à la détention illégale, dans une version révisée du projet d'observation générale qui était présenté par l'expert chargé de la question, M. Gerald Neuman.…
8 years ago
COMMITTEE DISCUSSES INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS, CASE MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS AND FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
22 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning heard a progress report on follow-up to individual communications on the status of pending cases in a number of countries; a report on case management in connection with individual communications; and a report on follow-up to concluding observations.
Yuji Iwasawa, Rapporteur on follow-up to individual communications, presented his report on the status of pending cases in Argentina, Australia, Algeria, Belarus, Cameroon, Canada, France, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mauritius…
8 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES
22 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon met with States parties to discuss the Committee’s methods of work, inter alia in light of the treaty body strengthening process; the resources needed by the Committee; the outcome of the Committee’s retreat in The Hague; and the draft General Comment on article 9 on the right of everyone to liberty and security of person.
Introducing the discussion, Nigel Rodley, Committee Chairperson, said that the Committee had undertaken a substantial amount of work, including the adoption of 121 communications and the review of 28 States parties under the Covenant…
8 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON
18 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
Also Discusses its Methods of Work
The Human Rights Committee today continued its first 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. The Committee then continued to discuss its methods of work in relation to the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on new communications and interim measures.
The Committee adopted the first ten paragraphs of a draft General Comment on Article 9 of the…
8 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF CZECH REPUBLIC
17 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of the Czech Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Andrea Barsova, Director of the Department of Human Rights and Minority Protection, Office of the Government, Government Council for Human Rights, said that one of the most significant developments regarding the implementation of the Covenant had been the adoption of the anti-discrimination act in 2009, designed to strengthen protection against discrimination in all…
8 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ALBANIA
16 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Albania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Filloreta Kodra, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, presenting the report, said that, according to the Constitution the Covenant was part of the internal legal system. Institutional guarantees providing protection against discrimination, such as the Constitutional Court, the Ombudsman and the Commission for the protection against discrimination…
8 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES METHODS OF WORK
15 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed its methods of work, hearing a briefing about the treaty body strengthening process and discussing the draft statement of the chairpersons of the treaty bodies on the post-2015 development agenda, as well as the creation of a mandate of Special Rapporteur on new communications.
Opening the discussion, Nigel Rodley, Chairperson of the Committee, informed the Committee members about the meeting of the treaty bodies’ chairpersons that took place in New York in May, in the context of the treaty body strengthening process initiated by the High…
8 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF FINLAND
12 July 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today considered the sixth periodic report of Finland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Arto Kosonen, Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, introducing the report, said that the Government had adopted the first National Action Plan on Fundamental and Human Rights in 2012, which focused on 67 concrete rights-based projects. An action plan to reduce violence against women was currently being implemented. In light of the increase in the number of hate crimes between 2010 and…
