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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS SECOND PERIODIC REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
23 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Saliha Đuderija, Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, introduced the report and said that the report referred to the list of issues raised by the Committee, including Constitutional amendments, implementation of decisions by the European Court for Human Rights, domestic violence, judicial reform, training of…
8 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSES FOLLOW UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
22 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning heard from Christine Chanet, Special Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, who presented her report on the follow-up to concluding observations issued by the Committee to the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Poland, Uzbekistan, Slovakia, Mongolia and Kuwait. The Committee also took up its methods of work in relation to the treaty body strengthening process.
In July 2006, the Committee issued its concluding recommendations to the United Nations Interim…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY
19 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Germany on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Volkmar Giesler, Chief of the General Direction for Constitutional and Administrative Law and European and International Law at the Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany, introduced the report and said that the instrument of preventive detention was an issue that caused complaints by the European Court of Human Rights and the Federal Constitutional Court, although the European Court…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS WORKING METHODS
19 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its working methods in relation to the upcoming half day General Discussion on Article 9 concerning liberty and security of person, and its relation with national human rights institutions.
Committee Expert Gerald L. Neuman said that the half day General Discussion on Article 9 would be taking take place on the afternoon of 25 October and the Committee had received 20 written submissions on Article 9, together with 12 requests to speak on the subject. The Committee was appraised about the proposed organization and schedule for the…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF TURKEY
18 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Turkey on how this country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Erdogan Iscan, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, introduced the report and said that the ambitious reform process ensured progress in the fight against torture, reforming the prison system, affirming freedom of expression and freedom of religion, functioning of the judiciary and anti-corruption measures. Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004 and had a policy…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
16 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of the Philippines on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Leila M. de Lima, Secretary of Justice of the Philippines, introducing the report, said that the Social Contract with the Filipino people, enunciated by the President upon his taking office in 2010, was a 16-point agenda and a foundation for respect of human rights; it focused on anti-corruption and good governance, poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor,…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
16 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held its second joint meeting with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in which it discussed current practices and challenges concerning their individual complaints procedures, the decision to move the spring sessions of the two Committees from New York to Geneva and the treaty body strengthening process.
Committee Experts heard from Sir Nigel Rodley of the Human Rights Committee and Ms. Dubravka Simonovic of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDREDTH AND SIXTH SESSION
15 October 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundredth and sixth session, adopting its agenda and programme of work and hearing an address by Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Ms. Pillay said that this year was a significant one for the treaty body system, whose growth had never been matched by a proportionate increase in resources from the General Assembly. Her June report on treaty body strengthening proposed a number of recommendations to address challenges to the system and the High Commissioner said that the urgency of moving…
9 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTH SESSION
27 July 2012
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Armenia, Iceland, Kenya, Lithuania and Maldives
The Human Rights Committee concluded this afternoon its one hundred and fifth session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on reports submitted by Armenia, Iceland, Kenya, Lithuania and Maldives. During the session the Committee also adopted a statement on treaty body strengthening in response to the High Commissioner’s report, discussed its working methods and addressed the lists of questions posed during the…
9 years ago
COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS BY RAPPORTEURS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS
24 July 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee held a meeting this morning to hear the progress report of the Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations and of the Rapporteur on follow-up to individual communications.
Christine Chanet, Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, said that due to stretched resources, particularly for the translation of documents, she proposed that the Committee reduce the three annual reports the Committee currently received on the subject to two, submitted in March and October, with the latter being…
