The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a report on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Mexico, Niger, Portugal and Senegal. Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses…

The Committee against Torture today adopted 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 , Committee Rapporteur on follow-up to…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Spain, with Committee Experts praising the State’s improved management of irregular migrant arrivals, and raising questions about migrant deaths occurring in an incident in June 2022 and alleged…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Romania, with Committee Experts commending the State’s interaction with United Nations and Council of Europe human rights mechanisms, and asking about grave prison over-crowding and…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of New Zealand, with Committee Experts welcoming New Zealand’s detailed report, and asking questions about the high number of remand prisoners and the over-representation of Māori…

The Human Rights Council today concluded its fifty-third regular session after adopting 30 resolutions and holding an urgent debate on the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights, adopted the session’s report ad referendum, and concluded the fifty-third regular session.  In a resolution (A/HRC/53/L.1) on cooperation with…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted five resolutions on the implementation of resolution 31/36, on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, on preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and girls in criminal justice…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the eighth periodic report of Switzerland, with Committee Experts praising the creation of a national human rights institution, and raising questions about police brutality and solitary confinement. Todd Buchwald,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted three resolutions on technical assistance in Colombia, on child, early and forced marriage, and on the human rights of migrants. Concerning the enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights in…