Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a ouvert, ce matin, les travaux de sa trente-deuxième session, qui se tient au Palais des Nations jusqu’au 21 mars et durant laquelle il doit successivement examiner les rapports présentés, au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des…

Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Committee Elects New Chairperson and Bureau, Five New Members Make Solemn DeclarationThe Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and forty-third session, during which it will examine the reports of Albania, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mongolia, Montenegro and Zimbabwe on their…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventhsession after adopting concluding observationson the reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and the United Kingdom under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights .The…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Trade and…

The JIU Chairperson, Carolina Fernandez Opazo and JIU Executive Secretary, Uren Pillay met with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, 26 February 2025. The Secretary-General expressed his appreciation for the work of the JIU and committed the organization to the…

Jan-Michael Simon, Chair of the Group of Human Rights Experts on NicaraguaAriela Peralta Distefano, Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on NicaraguaReed Brody, Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization. Update on the health situation in GazaDr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO)…

João António da Costa Mira Gomes, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal 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. da Costa Mira Gomes had…

 Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,I will start by apologising for the fact that I will be extremely impolite.  I will speak and I will leave, which is something I hate to do, but I have a plane to catch.  So, my apologies for this horrible behaviour. …