The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued its thematic plenary discussion on item 1 of its agenda on cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament, with a focus on nuclear disarmament verification. Speakers said that as the highest priority, the Conference should start…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a thematic plenary discussion on item 1 of its agenda on the cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament, with a focus on nuclear disarmament verification. Ambassador Yuri Borissov Sterk of Bulgaria, President of the Conference on…

  Committee Expresses Concern about Acts of Violence during Peaceful Demonstrations in Colombia and Recalls that No Exceptional Circumstances Can Be Invoked to Justify Enforced Disappearance   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its online twentieth session after…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its virtual one hundred and third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the report of Belgium, and a statement on the rise of racial discrimination against Asians and people of…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon closed its virtual seventieth session, which was held from 26 to 28 April 2021. Claude Heller, Acting Committee Chairperson, said the Committee had adopted Lists of Issues Prior to Reporting on Belarus, Chile, Czechia, Norway, Qatar, Russian…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon opened its seventieth online session, hearing a statement by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda and…

  Applicability of the Convention in Courts, Sentences and Statutes of Limitations among Issues Broached   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its consideration of the initial report of Mongolia on measures taken to implement the International Convention for the…

  Dialogue also Addresses Education on Racism and Belgium’s Colonial Past   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic reports of Belgium on its implementation of the provisions of the…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its consideration of a report submitted by Colombia containing additional information under article 29 (4) of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on measures taken to implement its…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its one-hundred and third virtual session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belgium. The Committee heard an address by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms…