The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Albania under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s participation in the core…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of Guatemala, with Committee Experts recognising the commendable initiatives of the Guatemalan Academy of Mayan Languages, while…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Bahrain under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, with Committee Experts praising the State’s legislative progress, and raising…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined thirteenth to fifteenth periodic report of the Republic of Maldives, with Committee Experts commending the State on efforts to improve access to health services for migrants, while raising…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and sixteenth session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden and Tunisia, and examine individual communications…

 The Human Rights Council today held a special session on the human rights situation in and around El Fasher, Sudan, adopting without a vote a resolution in which it requested the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan to conduct an urgent inquiry into the recent alleged…

 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Argentina under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, with Committee Experts praising the State’s training of prison monitors, and raising…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Israel, with Committee Experts commending an initiative in Israel which focused on frontline mental health professionals as a good practice, while raising questions on how conditions were monitored…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its eighty-third session, which is being held in Geneva from 10 to 28 November, during which it will review efforts by Albania, Argentina, Bahrain and Israel to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman…

 The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the human rights situation in and around El Fasher, in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan, on Friday, 14 November 2025. The special session can start at the earliest at 9 a.m. in the Assembly Hall at the…