The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-third session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the Secretary-…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio, Television and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

La bonne réputation de la Norvège s'accompagne aussi d'une grande responsabilité s’agissant, notamment, de la participation des femmes dans la vie publique et politique, ou encore des répercussions de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les droits des femmes et sur l'égalité entre sexes. C’est ce qu’a…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Georgia, commending the State on mechanisms to advance efforts towards equality and women’s empowerment, and raising questions on initiatives undertaken to combat…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of Hungary, with Committee Experts praising Hungary’s promotion of the role of women in climate negotiations, and raising questions about support for victims of domestic…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization,…

Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes a auditionné, cet après-midi, les représentants de la société civile s’agissant de l’application de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes dans les quatre pays dont les…

Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes (CEDAW) a ouvert ce matin les travaux de sa quatre-vingt-quatrième session, qui se tiendra à Genève jusqu’au 24 février et durant laquelle il doit notamment examiner les rapports présentés par huit pays au titre de la…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-second session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden. The concluding observations will be available on the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food…