The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon considered the initial report of Panama under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Committee Experts said Panama was one of the few countries that did not have a…

Experts Raise Concerns about the Deprivation of Legal Capacity and Violence against Women and Children with Disabilities, including Gang Violence The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of El…

Committee Experts Urge Mozambique to Improve Birth Registration and Stress the Importance of Preschool Education The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report submitted by Mozambique on how it implements the…

Committee Concludes its Consideration of the Combined Fifth and Sixth Periodic Report of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Committee Experts…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Iraq on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. At the heart of the interactive dialogue were the challenges and consequences of the 18 years…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Colombia The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon closed its thirty-first session after adopting its concluding…

Experts Denounce the Medical Approach and Charity-based View of Disability and the Absence of Full Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Kuwait on the implementation of the…

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 Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for…

La situation générale des enfants aborigènes et insulaires du détroit de Torres, en particulier au regard des problèmes de violence contre les enfants et de détention des enfants, était au cœur des préoccupations des membres du Comité des droits de l'enfant alors qu’était examiné, hier après-…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its eighty-second session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva.The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it will review the reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique, the Republic of…