The Committee against Torture this morning opened its eighty-second session, which is being held in Geneva from 7 April to 2 May, during which it will review efforts by Armenia, France, Mauritius, Monaco, Turkmenistan and Ukraine to implement the provisions of the Convention against…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of the Gambia and Malta under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, reports on additional…

Extends 16 Country Specific and Thematic Mandates and Establishes an Intergovernmental Working Group to Draft a Legally Binding Instrument on the Human Rights of Older PersonsInvites General Assembly to Consider Establishing a Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons…

The Human Rights Committee today closed its one hundred and forty-third session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Albania, Burkina Faso, Mongolia, Montenegro and Zimbabwe.Changrok Soh, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee had come to the end of a productive session and…

The Human Rights Committee this morning adopted its annual report on the work of its one hundred and forty-first (1-23 July 2024), one hundred and forty-second (14 October-7 November 2024), and one hundred and forty-third sessions (3-28 March 2025). Introducing the report, Ivan Šimonović,…

Committee Experts Commemorate the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice in Argentina and the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of VictimsThe Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the…

 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today reviewed a report containing additional information submitted by Belgium under article 29 (4) of the Convention. Committee Experts commended the State party’s commitment to human rights, while raising questions on foreign unaccompanied minors and…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirty-second session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Canada, the Dominican Republic, the European Union, Palau, Tuvalu and Viet Nam. The Committee also held a panel discussion on…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held a day of general discussion today on the right of persons with disabilities to participate in political and public life. The day consisted of six panel discussions, hearing from Committee members and civil society representatives on…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the report of Peru on a stand-alone request for additional information under article 29 (4) of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.  The request concerned the…