The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of South Africa, with Committee Experts commending South Africa’s strong political will to support women’s rights and asking about efforts to mitigate gender-based…

  The Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution in which it condemned in the strongest possible terms the military takeover on 25 October 2021 in Sudan and requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to designate without delay an Expert on Human Rights in Sudan to monitor the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization,…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its one hundred and thirty-third session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Germany, Botswana, Armenia and Ukraine, which were considered during the session. Photini Pazartzis, Committee Chairperson, said this had…

Le Comité des droits de l'homme a adopté, cet après-midi, son rapport sur le suivi des observations finales adressées aux États parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques à l’issue de l’examen de leurs rapports, ainsi que son rapport de suivi sur les vues (…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes a examiné, aujourd’hui, le rapport initial soumis par le Soudan du Sud concernant l’application dans ce pays de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes. Pendant cet…

  La Fédération de Russie mène, par tradition, des politiques en faveur de la famille et des femmes consistant à mener des projets de sensibilisation, à prévenir la violence et la traite des personnes, de même qu’à ouvrir des foyers et des lignes d’assistance pour les victimes. C’est ce qu’a…

  Alors que le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes examinait, hier matin et ce matin, le rapport présenté par le Kirghizistan en application de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes, le pays a été félicité…

  The Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address the “implications of the ongoing situation in the Republic of the Sudan” on Friday, 5 November starting at 12:30 p.m. CET. The special session is being convened as per an official request submitted jointly by the United…

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