The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $ 250 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security…

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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization…

The Human Rights Committee today continued the first reading of its draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly. The Committee proceeded with the adoption of the fourth part of the draft General…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Iraq on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Committee Experts raised concerns about the political…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution to hear information on the situation of women in Iraq, Andorra, Kazakhstan and Seychelles, whose reports will be…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-fourth session, hearing a statement by Orest Nowosad, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting…

Proliferation of Hate Speech by Politicians, Hostile Rhetoric against Journalists, Lack of Judicial Independence, Discrimination against Roma, and the Migration Policy Dominate the Discussion The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of the…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Switzerland, Israel, Ecuador, Senegal, Denmark and Slovakia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-sixth session during which it reviewed the reports of Switzerland, Israel,…

The Human Rights Committee today continued the first reading of draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly. Christof Heyns, Rapporteur for draft General Comment N°37, said that the aim of the first…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme…