The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Mali on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, with Committee Experts commending the State for…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Viet Nam on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Committee Experts commended the State on its National Action Plan for…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a tenu ce matin un dialogue autour du rapport de l’ancienne Haute-Commissaire aux droits de l’homme, Mme Michelle Bachelet, sur la situation des droits de l’homme au Nicaragua. En fin de séance, le Conseil a par ailleurs entamé son débat général sur la mise…

  Cet après-midi, la situation des droits de l’homme en Afghanistan était au cœur des discussions au sein du Conseil des droits de l’homme. En début d’après-midi, M. Richard Bennett, Rapporteur spécial sur la situation des droits de l’homme en Afghanistan a présenté son rapport initial. Suite…

  The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar, followed by an interactive dialogue with Nada Al-Nashif, Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the situation of human rights in Sri…

  Hears Victim Testimony by the Wife of a Target of Enforced Disappearance   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twenty-third session, during which it will examine the initial reports of Mali and the Czech Republic, and a report by Uruguay, on their…

  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-first session, hearing an oral update by the Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al Nashif, on global human rights developments and the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner. Ms. Al-Nashif extended her warmest…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a clos, cet après-midi, les travaux de sa vingt-septième session, qui s’était ouverte le 15 août dernier, après avoir adopté ses observations finales et recommandations sur les rapports présentés par le Bangladesh, la Chine, Hong Kong (Chine),…

Rheal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and external Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High…