The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-ninth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Australia, Georgia, Kenya, and Uruguay under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.The concluding…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its sixty-first regular session, hearing statements from the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its ninety-second session after adopting concluding observations regarding reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women submitted by Argentina, the Czech…

 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held its annual informal meeting with States parties. In her opening remarks, Preeti Saran, Committee Chair, said the United Nations’ liquidity crisis had significantly affected the work of the treaty bodies. In 2025, over…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Australia under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  Committee Experts commended the State party for its impressive ranking on the 2025 Corruption…

Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes (CEDAW, selon l’acronyme en anglais) a examiné aujourd’hui le rapport soumis par le Lesotho au titre de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes.Au cours du dialogue noué…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of El Salvador, with Committee Experts praising the contributions to women’s rights of the Salvadoran Institute for Women’s Development, and raising questions about…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the third periodic report of Georgia under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  Committee Experts commended the State party’s recent pharmaceutical reforms which had…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of the Czech Republic, with Committee Experts welcoming the revision of the State’s rape legislation, and raising questions about the high use of suspended and…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Uruguay under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, with Committee Experts commending the State party’s improvement in education enrolment rates.…