Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a examiné hier après-midi et ce matin le rapport soumis par le Viet Nam au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts membres du Comité et la délégation vietnamienne venue…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UN Women, the International Labour Organization and the World Meteorological…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Zimbabwe on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  Committee Experts congratulated the State for passing a law that officially abolished the…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Burkina Faso on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending electoral quotas promoting women’s representation, while…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD, selon l’acronyme anglais) a achevé ce matin l’examen, entamé mardi dernier, du rapport soumis par les Tuvalu au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.Cet examen s’est déroulé, de manière exceptionnelle, en l’…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD, selon l’acronyme anglais) a examiné aujourd’hui le rapport soumis par la République dominicaine au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts membres du Comité et la…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Montenegro on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  Committee Experts commended the State for its measures preventing violence against women,…

Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 

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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food…

Martin Chungong, IPU Secretary-GeneralMariana Mutzenberg, IPU gender programme