The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its nineteenth session from 7 to 11 August 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Chamber (Room XX) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will continue its discussions on thematic…

Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for justice on the occasion of the third anniversary of ISIL’s attack on the Yazidis (Issued as received) - GENEVA, 3 August 2017 – Three years after the ISIL attack on the Yazidis, the Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls on the international community to…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Honduras, Mongolia, Madagascar, Pakistan and Swaziland The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twentieth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on…

GENEVA, 27 July 2017 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli (El Salvador), has decided to establish a new composition of the Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar and appoint Mr. Marzuki Darusman (Indonesia) to serve as a member and its Chair. Mr.…

Russian version On 26 July 2017, the 48th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations (UN). Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives took part in the meeting…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Italy, Thailand, Romania, Costa Rica, Montenegro, Barbados, Niger and Nigeria The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined seventh and eight periodic reports of Nigeria on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.Introducing the report, Aisha Jummai…

The Human Rights Committee this morning continued to discuss a draft General Comment on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. Committee Experts examined the last four paragraphs of the fourth part of the General Comment concerning the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Niger on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the reports, El Back…

47th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism On 28 June 2017, the 47th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations. Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring…