The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its eighty-sixth session on 8 October 2019 under the Presidency of Ambassador Zbigniew Czech, Permanent Representative of Poland. Delegations from Iraq, including representatives from Iraq’s Committee of Financial…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning met with States, and separately heard a statement by the United Nations Refugee Agency. Opening the meetings, Mohammed Ayat, Acting Committee Chairperson, stressed the importance of regular meetings with United Nations Member States and of…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning heard from civil society organizations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Senegal, Denmark and Slovakia, whose reports the Committee will review this week.Civil society…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red…

Committee Experts also Express Concerns about the Ongoing State of Emergency’s Potential Effects on Fundamental Freedoms The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its review of the fourth periodic report of Ecuador on measures taken to implement the provisions of the…

Il est par ailleurs recommandé à Israël d’expurger ses lois de toute disposition discriminatoire The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the fourth periodic report of Israel on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Slovakia on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Juraj Podhorský, Permanent Representative…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bolivia on measures taken to implement the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Committee Experts welcomed the setting up of the Truth…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the review of the fourth periodic report of Switzerland on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Committee Experts voiced concerns about…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the…