The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution on the situation of women’s rights in Maldives and Sweden, whose reports on the implementation of the Convention on…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eightieth session, hearing a statement from Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda for…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventieth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia and Nicaragua. The concluding observations and recommendations…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Armenia on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts raising issues concerning anti-corruption measures, training for…

  The Committee on Human Rights today completed its review of the seventh periodic report of Germany on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, inquiring about the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rules around preventive detention, and…

  Council Appoints Special Rapporteurs on Afghanistan, Burundi and on Human Rights and Climate Change, Renews Mandates on Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Cambodia and Libya, and Appoints Three Mandate Holders   The Human Rights Council today concluded its…

  The Human Rights Council this morning extended mandates on the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Cambodia and Libya, appointed mandate holders, and closed its forty-eighth regular session. The Council also adopted resolutions on racial discrimination,…

  The Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-third session, during which it will examine the reports of Germany, Armenia, Botswana and Ukraine on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and adopted its agenda…

  Council Adopts Resolutions on the Situation of Humans Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and on Cooperation with the United Nations   The Human Rights Council this afternoon appointed a Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, and a…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today asked Nicaragua about the situation of vulnerable groups, re-establishing a dialogue at the national level, and strengthening cooperation with international and regional human rights mechanisms for the protection of human rights. The…