The Committee against Torture today considered the second periodic report of Nicaragua in the absence of a delegation, with Committee Experts calling on Nicaragua to investigate allegations of torture and ill treatment of Government opponents by State officials, in particular participants in the…

Ms. Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Food Programme.…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts praising legislation…

  The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-fourth session, which is being held in Geneva from 12 to 29 July, during which it will review efforts by Botswana, Nicaragua, State of Palestine and the United Arab Emirates to implement the provisions of the Convention against…

  Council Extends Mandates of Special Rapporteurs on Belarus and on Eritrea, of Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, of Five Thematic Mandate Holders, and Adopts a Resolution on Women and Girls in Afghanistan   The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its fiftieth regular session…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four texts, including extending the mandate of the fact-finding mission on Libya, and appointed eight Special Procedure mandate holders before closing its fiftieth regular session. The other texts adopted were on the promotion and protection…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization and the…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted seven resolutions, in which it, among other things, extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and of the Working Group on the elimination of all forms of discrimination…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions, in which it, among other things, extended the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection from violence and discrimination related to sexual orientation and gender identity for a period of three years. The Council also…

  The Human Rights Council this morning adopted nine resolutions, in which it, among other things, extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea for a further period of one year. The Council extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the…