Adopts Concluding Observations on Argentina, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ecuador, Ghana, Kazakhstan and Kuwait, Also Discusses Reparations and Remedies The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and seventeenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Argentina…

GENEVA (21 April 2016) – United Nations experts have called on Kyrgyzstan to immediately release jailed political activist and journalist Azimjan Askarov, after finding that he had been arbitrarily detained, held in inhumane conditions, tortured and mistreated, and prevented from adequately…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and sixteenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Costa Rica and Rwanda. The concluding observations and recommendations on the seven country reports…