Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Italy on measures taken to implement the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Gian Lorenzo Cornado, Permanent Representative of Italy to United Nations…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its sixteenth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, during which it will examine the initial reports of Italy, Chile and Peru on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons…

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Cuba, Niger, Norway, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Turkey and Vanuatu The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its twenty-first session after adopting its concluding observations…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of Libya’s initial report on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Tajikistan on measures taken to implement the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and…

The 47th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place today. In Working Group I, the Co-Chairs (UN Representative Cihan Sultanoğlu, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Rudolf Michalka and EU Special Representative Toivo Klaar) noted that the security situation…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Guatemala on measures taken to implement the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Albania on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of…

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