The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, focusing on advancing the mainstreaming of children’s rights within the United Nations system through a child rights-based approach. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ukraine on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Experts noted that the large internally displaced…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered Kiribati’s combined initial to third periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Experts recognized the islands’ vulnerability to climate…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of…

The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held its first plenary under the Presidency of Ambassador Carlos Mario Foradori of Argentina. The President said the Conference urgently needed a high dose of common sense. About 1,600 hours of deliberations in the last 22 years had been wasted in…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Belgium on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Experts reviewed how the Government’s policies on…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the sixth periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Committee Experts inquired about violence against…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today examined the eighth periodic report of Bulgaria on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Experts raised domestic violence as an issue of concern, as well the…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-third regular session from 24 February to 20 March 2020 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, 24 February under the presidency of Ambassador…

Discrepancies between Living Conditions in Rural and Urban Areas also Noted by Committee Experts The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its consideration of the initial report of Guinea on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on…