The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth to fourteenth periodic report of Armenia, with Committee Experts commending the State’s national human rights strategy, and asking questions on progress made in adopting anti-…

 Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Situation of Migrant Workers in Benin, Egypt, Indonesia and Peru The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this morning opened its thirty-ninth session.  The Committee…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventh to ninth periodic report of Monaco, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s strengthening of anti-discrimination legislation, while raising questions on racial profiling and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh periodic report of Saudi Arabia, with Committee Experts welcoming the State’s efforts to protect domestic workers, while raising questions on the disproportionate…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the twenty-fifth periodic report of Ecuador, with Committee Experts welcoming the steps taken by Ecuador to guarantee the rights of people of African descent, while raising questions on the treatment of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and fourteenth session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco and Saudi Arabia.  The Committee heard from a…

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its eighty-first session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia and Thailand on their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel…

The Committee against Torture today discussed reports on 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, Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Cameroon, with Committee Experts praising the State’s efforts to prevent gender-based violence and raising questions about alleged violations of the rights of journalists and human rights defenders, and…

The Committee against Torture this morning held a high-level event to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.In opening remarks, Claude Heller, Chairperson of the Committee against Torture, welcomed…