The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Vice-Presidency of Belgium, concluded its eighty-seventh session today. Delegations from Iraq and Kuwait addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. The Governing Council…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-seventh online session. It heard a statement by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its virtual sixty-eighth session. In his concluding remarks, Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Committee Chairperson, noting that this had been a busy session and the first one held virtually, said the consideration of…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and thirtieth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its forty-fifth regular session after adopting 35 resolutions, one Presidential Statement and one decision. The Council ended the mandate of the Independent Expert on Sudan. The mandate of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts…

  Elects by Acclamation Seven Members of the Advisory Committee and Appoints Eight Special Procedure Mandate Holders   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted two resolutions renewing mandates on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and on the Central African Republic under the agenda…

  Texts Deal with the Human Rights of Women and Girls, the Rights of Children, the Contribution of the Human Rights Council to the Prevention of Human Rights Violations, Technical Assistance, and the Philippines   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions dealing with…

  Extends Mandates on Yemen, Private Military and Security Companies, Hazardous Substances and Wastes, Burundi, Venezuela, People of African Descent and Somalia   Ends Mandate of Independent Expert on Sudan   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions in which it, among…

  Extends Mandates on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Unilateral Coercive Measures, and the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 15 texts…

  Hear Presentation of Reports on Cambodia, Georgia and Yemen   The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of the report of the High Commissioner on Georgia, her report on Yemen, and the report of the Secretary-General on Cambodia, followed by a general debate on technical…