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

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a clos, cet après-midi, les travaux de sa trente-quatrième session, qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 9 mars dernier et au cours de laquelle il a examiné les rapports soumis par cinq pays – Îles Marshall, Lesotho, Libéria, Pakistan et Samoa – au…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office…

 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and forty-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Andorra, Canada, Chad, the Republic of Moldova and Slovakia, and its annual report.Presenting the annual report, Committee Rapporteur Ivan…

 Le Comité des disparitions forcées a clos cet après-midi les travaux de sa trentième session, qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 9 mars 2026 et au cours de laquelle il a examiné les rapports initiaux du Malawi et du Samoa concernant l’application de la Convention internationale pour la…

 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held an event in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day and the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The theme of the event was “ending loneliness through inclusion, dignity…

 Le Comité des droits de l'homme a adopté, ce matin, son rapport de suivi sur les vues (constatations) adoptées par le Comité à l’issue de l’examen des plaintes individuelles (communications) qui lui sont adressées en vertu du premier Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte…

The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Botswana, Cambodia and Ukraine.Yvonne Donders, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, said that as the Committee monitored States’ implementation of the…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial report of Liberia on efforts made to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in the absence of a delegation.  Committee Experts praised Liberia for ratifying the…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, World Food Programme, Office of the United…