The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-second session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Portugal, Türkiye and United Arab Emirates, which were considered during the session…

  The Human Rights Council today held an urgent debate on the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, hearing Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, say that since the Taliban took power, women and girls in Afghanistan were experiencing the most significant…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Uruguay on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending the State for implementing legislative measures and…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held a public plenary in which is discussed its plan of work for August and the work of its subsidiary bodies, and then concluded the second part of its 2022 session. Ambassador Paul Empole Efambe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President of the…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Luxembourg on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee Experts commended Luxembourg on the comprehensive report, while asking about…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held its first public plenary under the Presidency of Ambassador Paul Empole Efambe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hearing an update from the coordinators of its subsidiary bodies on their final reports. The President announced his plan to…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today held an informal briefing for States parties on its draft general recommendation on the rights of indigenous women and girls. In opening remarks, Nahla Haidar, Committee Vice Chair, said the Committee sought to actively…

  The Human Rights Committee today opened its one hundred and thirty-fifth session, during which it will examine the reports of Luxemburg, Uruguay, Ireland, Georgia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and Macao Special Administrative Region of China on their implementation of the…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, with Committee Experts congratulating it for a campaign seeking to combat gender stereotypes, and raising questions about…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Mongolia, with Committee Experts commending progress made in promoting gender equality, while raising questions about women’s political participation and programmes…