The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Togo and closed its online one hundred and thirty-second session. Committee Chairperson Photini Pazartzis said the Committee had completed yet another productive online session, which…

  The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports by the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Bangladesh, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, and Switzerland. According to the Committee’s procedure, the Committee selects a minimum of two and maximum of four…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Belgium on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. During the dialogue, Committee Experts broached concerns related to…

  Council Establishes an Independent Mechanism on Systemic Racism in Law Enforcement, Extends 2 Country-Specific Mandates, Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes for 13 States, and Appoints 7 Mandate Holders   The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its forty-seventh…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted two resolutions on human rights and climate change, and on maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights. It also appointed seven Special Procedure mandate holders and concluded its regular forty-seventh session. In a resolution on human…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted nine texts in which it, among other actions, established an international independent expert mechanism on promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and people of African descent against excessive use of…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Ad Interim Rapporteur on follow…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted three resolutions on human rights in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS, and on violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and girls with…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions in which it, among other actions, renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea for a further period of one year. Concerning the enhancement of international cooperation in the field…

  Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, today told the Human Rights Council that the murder of George Floyd was a tipping point, which had shifted the world’s attention to the human rights violations routinely endured by Africans and people of African descent.…