The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided…

Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Yánez Deleuze had been…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions.  She said that…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Division of Administration, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirtieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia.Laverne Jacobs, Committee Rapporteur, said the Committee…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Fund, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.…

 Le Comité des droits de l'homme a tenu, cet après-midi, sa treizième réunion informelle avec les États parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques. Le débat a essentiellement porté sur l’amélioration du fonctionnement du Comité et sur le retard accumulé dans l’…

 Le Comité des droits de l’homme a examiné, durant trois après-midis depuis lundi dernier, le rapport soumis par le Guyana au titre du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts membres du Comité et la délégation guyanienne venue…

 Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service(UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the, the International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights the Office for the…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées s’est penché aujourd’hui sur le rapport de suivi soumis par le Royaume-Uni comme suite à l’enquête menée par le Comité concernant ce pays au titre de l’article 6 du Protocole facultatif à la Convention relative aux droits des personnes…