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

Le Comité contre la torture a clos ce matin les travaux de sa soixante-quinzième session, qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 31 octobre dernier et au cours de laquelle il a examiné les rapports soumis par l’Australie, le Tchad, El Salvador, le Malawi, la Somalie, et l’Ouganda au titre de la…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon established an independent, international fact-finding mission to thoroughly and independently investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022. The Council then closed its special session on the…

Le Code pénal géorgien ne contient pas d'article spécifique sur les crimes ou discours de haine. En outre, une étude réalisée en 2018 par le Caucasus Research Resource Center (pour un projet du Conseil de l'Europe) a révélé que les attitudes discriminatoires envers les minorités ethniques étaient…

En République islamique d’Iran, les manifestations actuelles, déclenchées le 16 septembre dernier à la suite de la mort en détention de Jina Mahsa Amini, se sont étendues à tout le pays : des manifestations auraient eu lieu dans plus de 150 villes et 140 universités dans les 31 provinces d’Iran.…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventeenth to twenty-second periodic report of Botswana, with Committee Experts commending the State on providing HIV/AIDS treatment to foreign citizens, and asking questions on evictions of…

The Committee against Torture today discussed 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 third periodic report of El Salvador, with Committee Experts praising the State’s domestic violence legislation and raising questions about the state of emergency and torture complaints. Ana Racu, Committee Vice Chairperson and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.…