Au cours du dialogue que le Comité contre la torture a noué, hier et aujourd’hui, avec la délégation kirghize venue présenter son rapport au titre de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, la volonté manifeste du Kirghizistan de…

  Le Comité contre la torture a examiné, hier et aujourd’hui, au Palais Wilson de Genève, le huitième rapport périodique de la Suède sur l’application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants. Ouvrant le débat, un membre du Comité a…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-second session, electing a new Chair and Bureau, hearing new Committee Experts orally confirm their solemn declaration, adopting its agenda for the session, and hearing a statement by Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of South Africa, with Committee Experts commending South Africa’s strong political will to support women’s rights and asking about efforts to mitigate gender-based…

  The Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution in which it condemned in the strongest possible terms the military takeover on 25 October 2021 in Sudan and requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to designate without delay an Expert on Human Rights in Sudan to monitor the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization,…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its one hundred and thirty-third session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Germany, Botswana, Armenia and Ukraine, which were considered during the session. Photini Pazartzis, Committee Chairperson, said this had…

Le Comité des droits de l'homme a adopté, cet après-midi, son rapport sur le suivi des observations finales adressées aux États parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques à l’issue de l’examen de leurs rapports, ainsi que son rapport de suivi sur les vues (…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes a examiné, aujourd’hui, le rapport initial soumis par le Soudan du Sud concernant l’application dans ce pays de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes. Pendant cet…