The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the twenty-fifth periodic report of Cyprus on its implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.  Committee Experts commended the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its review of the seventh periodic report of Italy on efforts made to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.  Committee Experts praised Italy for the…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth to fourteenth periodic reports of Slovenia on its implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.  Committee…

The Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture this morning presented the Subcommittee’s nineteenth annual report to the Committee against Torture. Elīna Šteinerte, Vice-Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, said it was deeply regrettable that due to the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its review of the fourth periodic report of Tajikistan on efforts made to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.  Committee Experts welcomed Tajikistan…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth to ninth periodic reports of Serbia under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.  Committee Experts commended the State…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and seventeenth session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Burkina Faso, Cuba, Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia and Uzbekistan, and examine individual communications…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its eighty-fourth session, which is being held in Geneva from 13 April to 1 May, during which it will review efforts by Gabon, Italy, Pakistan and Tajikistan to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or…

Adopts Resolution Calling on Iran to Cease Attacks on States Not Involved in Hostilities, and Another on the Human Rights of Persons in Street Situations The Human Rights Council today concluded its sixty-first regular session after adopting 38 resolutions, in which, among other things, the…

 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its thirty-fourth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Lesotho, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Pakistan and Samoa.Jorge Araya, Committee Secretary, presenting the Committee’s report on the…