The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and seventh session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Benin, Nicaragua, United States of America, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Zimbabwe and Suriname. The Committee heard…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held a public plenary in which it heard updates by the coordinators of its five subsidiary bodies on the status of each of their reports. Ambassador Paul Empole Efambe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President of the Conference on Disarmament, noted…

  The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Botswana, Nicaragua, State of Palestine, and the United Arab Emirates. Going over some of the main aspects of the concluding observations, Claude Heller,…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its one hundred and thirty-fifth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the Luxembourg, Uruguay, Ireland, Georgia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and Macao Special Administrative…

  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, Rapporteur on follow-up to…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the initial report of Botswana on its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture, with Committee Experts commending the State for ratifying core human rights treaties, while asking questions…

  The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the State of Palestine, with Committee Experts praising the State of Palestine’s support for female victims of violence and raising questions about conditions in detention centres and the lack of legislation…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a report by the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Bahrain, El Salvador, Lithuania and Romania. According to the Committee’s procedure, the Committee selects a minimum of two and maximum of four recommendations…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held its twelfth informal meeting with States parties, discussing issues affecting its work such as the backlog of individual communications, and ways to improve its work like the Predictable Review Cycle and the digital uplift. Committee Chairperson…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Macao Special Administrative Region of China on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee Experts commended Macao Special…