Gender-based Discrimination, Anti-corruption Measures Also Among Issues Broached   The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth report of Kenya on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee Experts…

  Repatriation of Islamic State-Affiliated Women and Children from Syria also Broached by Committee Experts   The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Finland on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and…

  Committee Elects Photini Pazartzis as New Chairperson, also Elects Bureau   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its online one hundred and thirty-first session, hearing from Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and thirtieth session, which it held remotely. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee’s second online session had been very productive, despite the technical challenges of an online platform and the…

  Le Comité des droits de l'homme a adopté, cet après-midi, un rapport sur le suivi des observations finales adoptées après l'examen des rapports soumis par les États parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques . Le Comité a aussi adopté un rapport sur le suivi de…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and thirtieth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

  The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Lesotho, Kenya and Armenia. Refiloe Litjobo, Permanent Representative of Lesotho to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said the recommendations had allowed Lesotho to take a critical look…

  Au terme de sa toute première session virtuelle, le Comité adopte son Observation générale n° 37 sur le droit de réunion pacifique   Le Comité des droits de l'homme a achevé, cet après-midi, les travaux de sa cent vingt-neuvième session, qui s’était ouverte le 29 juin dernier. Au…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and twenty-ninth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High…

The Human Rights Committee has adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Central African Republic and Portugal, and on the situation in Dominica, which was considered with a delegation from that country but in the absence of a report. The…