The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held a dialogue with representatives of the United Kingdom Independent Monitoring Mechanism and non-governmental organisations to discuss follow-up to inquiry reports submitted by these institutions.  This was…

The 2023 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament started on 21 August at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats and other government officials from 24 States of the United Nations. Officials from the following States are participating in…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD) a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport initial soumis par la Mauritanie au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées. Le Gouvernement mauritanien a été félicité d’avoir adopté l’ordonnance…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Israel on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Committee Experts commended the State party’s efforts…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport soumis par l’Autriche au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.  Les questions liées à l’attitude des Länder autrichiens face à la Convention et à la…

Daniel Johnson, Officer-in-Charge of the Radio, Television and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twelfth to thirteenth periodic reports of Turkmenistan, with Committee Experts commending the State’s cooperation with the United Nations, while asking questions about civil society…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées s’est penché cet après-midi sur le suivi de l’enquête concernant la Hongrie, au titre de l’article 6 du Protocole facultatif se rapportant à la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.  Ce dialogue de suivi…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held an interactive panel discussion to mark the one-year anniversary of the Committee’s Guidelines on deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies. Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Committee Chairperson, in her address marking the…

Daniel Johnson of the United Nations Information Service(UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Metrological Organization and…