The Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-first regular session from 12 September to 7 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, currently serving as acting High Commissioner, will present the High Commissioner’s oral update…

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 Office for the…

  La volonté claire de centrer l’attention sur les droits de l’enfant à tous les niveaux de gouvernement, le cadre normatif et institutionnel adopté par l'Allemagne pour prévenir la violence contre les enfants, de même que l'existence d'un organe indépendant de surveillance de la mise en…

  M. Emmanuel Kwame Asiedu Antwi a présenté aujourd'hui à Mme Tatiana Valovaya, Directrice générale de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, les pouvoirs l'accréditant comme Représentant permanent du Ghana auprès de l'Office. Avant sa nomination à Genève, l’Ambassadeur Antwi était, depuis…

Jens Laerke, Spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health…

  Le Comité des droits de l’enfant reste extrêmement préoccupé par l’enrôlement d’enfants par les groupes armés et par les forces gouvernementales au Soudan du Sud. D’autre part, abus sexuels, meurtres d’enfants et attaques contre des écoles ou hôpitaux se poursuivent dans l’impunité et il…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Uzbekistan under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Committee Experts commended the State on its will to promote children’s rights, and asked questions on the lack of social…

Erik Brøgger Rasmussen, the new Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Rasmussen had been serving as…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Singapore on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Committee Experts commended Singapore on ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty, among…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth to sixth periodic report of Ukraine under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Committee Experts said they were impressed that Ukraine had chosen not to delay the meeting with the Committee…