Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale a clos cet après-midi les travaux de sa cent-onzième session qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 20 novembre dernier et au cours de laquelle il a...

GENEVA (8 December 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Friday issued its findings on Bolivia, Bulgaria, Germany, Morocco, South Africa and Viet Nam after...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined ninth to eleventh periodic report of South Africa, with Committee Experts commending the...

GENEVA (17 November 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 20 November to 8 December, during which it will review the...

PRETORIA (11 August 2023) – South Africa must redouble its efforts to tackle the crude legacy of pre-1994 environmental racism, including the abhorrent practice of intentionally situating landfills...

GENEVA (27 July 2023) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will conduct an official country visit to South Africa from 31 July to 11 August. During his...

GENEVA (25 May 2023) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today hailed the arrest in South Africa of Fulgence Kayishema, one of last fugitives indicted in connection with the 1994...

GENEVA (13 March 2023) - UN torture prevention experts today called on South Africa to expedite its legislative measures for setting up a national torture prevention watchdog to regularly examine...

Item 2: Annual Report and Oral Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his Office and recent human rights developments Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates...

GENEVA (23 February 2023) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit South Africa from 26 February to 9 March to assess the situation of people deprived of their liberty and the...