The Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development this afternoon discussed a draft thematic study on peace and security and the right to development. Juana María Ibáñez Rivas, Chairperson of the Expert Mechanism, introducing conceptual and practical progress made in the latest version of the…

The Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development this morning opened its fourteenth session, hearing statements by the Chair of the Mechanism, the Vice-President of the Human Rights Council and the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights.  The Expert Mechanism then began a general debate…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today held an informal meeting with States parties and launched its general recommendation 41 on dismantling gender stereotypes and the unequal power relations that sustain them.  In opening remarks on the general…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the World Food Programme,…

 Le Comité des droits de l’homme a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le sixième rapport périodique soumis par la République du Cameroun au titre du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques. Le rapport a été présenté par M. Salomon Eheth, Représentant permanent du…

 The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Rwanda on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee Experts welcomed the State party’s decriminalisation of defamation and other…

 The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Austria on how the State implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee Experts praised Austria’s new mechanism to identify victims of…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health…

The Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and forty-sixth session, during which it will examine the reports of Austria, Cameroon, Jamaica and Rwanda on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.Antti Korkeakivi, Chief…

 Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes (CEDAW, selon l’acronyme en anglais) a examiné aujourd’hui le rapport soumis par la République de Cabo Verde au titre de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes.Le…