NOUAKCHOTT (6 October 2023) – Mauritania has made significant efforts to empower women and girls by increasing the electoral gender quota and legislation prohibiting harmful practices such as child...

GENEVA (6 October 2023) – Welcoming the Nobel Committee’s announcement to award the 2023 Nobel Peace prize to jailed Iranian women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi today, UN experts* urged the...

More than four decades after its adoption, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women remains an essential and ambitious guide for achieving gender equality across...

In its resolution 48/7, the Human Rights Council decided to convene, at its fifty-first session, a panel discussion on the negative impact of the legacies of colonialism on the enjoyment of human rights. During the panel discussion, which was held on 28 September 2022 in a hybrid format with virtual and in-person participation, panellists and speakers highlighted the impact of the legacies of colonialism on human rights, identified challenges in addressing this issue, and pointed to ways forward.

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon closed its eighty-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of China, including the two...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the ninth periodic report of Iceland, with Committee Experts commending Iceland’s strong gender...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Slovakia, with Committee Experts congratulating Slovakia on its...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions about the situation...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Timor-Leste, with Committee Experts commending the State on...

The Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action held its seventh session, in private and virtually, on 26 October 2021, The Group was...