The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Israel on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Committee Experts commended the State party’s efforts…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport soumis par l’Autriche au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.  Les questions liées à l’attitude des Länder autrichiens face à la Convention et à la…

Daniel Johnson, Officer-in-Charge of the Radio, Television and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth to thirteenth periodic reports of Turkmenistan, with Committee Experts commending the State’s cooperation with the United Nations, while asking questions about civil society…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées s’est penché cet après-midi sur le suivi de l’enquête concernant la Hongrie, au titre de l’article 6 du Protocole facultatif se rapportant à la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.  Ce dialogue de suivi…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held an interactive panel discussion to mark the one-year anniversary of the Committee’s Guidelines on deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies. Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Committee Chairperson, in her address marking the…

Daniel Johnson of the United Nations Information Service(UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Metrological Organization and…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (CERD, selon l’acronyme anglais) a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport périodique présenté par le Sénégal au titre de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale…

  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Mongolia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Committee Experts commended initiatives…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixteenth to eighteenth periodic reports of Namibia, with Committee Experts commending the State on its efforts to expand educational opportunities for marginalised groups, while asking…