The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and eighth session during which it reviewed the reports of Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, France, Georgia and Jamaica. Ibrahima Guisse, Committee Rapporteur, providing a summary of the work undertaken…

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the meeting and read out the message of António Guterres, the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-fourth periodic report of Jamaica, with Committee Experts commending the State on efforts made to address discrimination in the school curriculum, while asking…

Also Adopts Final Concluding Observations on Nicaragua   The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Australia, El Salvador, Chad, Malawi, Somalia and Uganda. The Committee also adopted its final…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon established an independent, international fact-finding mission to thoroughly and independently investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022. The Council then closed its special session on the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined ninth to tenth periodic report of Georgia, with Committee Experts commending the State on its achievements in increasing the prosecution of discrimination crimes, and asking questions on…

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking at a special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, especially women and children, called on Iranian authorities to stop using violence and harassment against peaceful…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventeenth to twenty-second periodic report of Botswana, with Committee Experts commending the State on providing HIV/AIDS treatment to foreign citizens, and asking questions on evictions of…

The Committee against Torture today discussed reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Committee Rapporteur on follow-up to…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of El Salvador, with Committee Experts praising the State’s domestic violence legislation and raising questions about the state of emergency and torture complaints. Ana Racu, Committee Vice Chairperson and…