GENEVA (30 September 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will visit Paraguay from 3 to 14 October 2022 to assess the country’s human rights situation in...

GENEVA (23 September 2022)– The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt, other financial obligations and human rights, Attiya Waris, will conduct a country visit to Argentina from 26 September to 5...

GENEVA (16 September 2022) -- The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd, will visit Portugal from 19 to 27 September. The Special Rapporteur’s visit at the...

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention visited Maldives from 29 November to 9 December 2021 upon the invitation of the Government. The Working Group identified positive developments, including: the ratification of international human rights instruments; the functioning of the Human Rights Commission, including its mandate as the national preventive mechanism for Maldives, and the range of other bodies mandated to conduct regular oversight over places of deprivation of liberty; reform of the Maldives Police Service; self-regulation of the legal profession by the Bar Council of Maldives; initiatives to address past human rights violations; cooperation with international human rights mechanisms; and remote court hearings.

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 14 July 2003 624th & 625th Meetings (AM & PM) With impressive legislation for the advancement of women and women filling New Zealand’s four...

Human Rights Committee 78th session 14 July 2003 Hears Statement by Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights GENEVA, 14 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee, charged with...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 11 July 2003 622nd & 623rd Meetings (AM & PM) Ecuador’s gender equality mechanisms, including National Council of Women, needed to have real...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 10 July 2003 620th & 621st Meetings (AM & PM) Anticipating Slovenia’s future membership in the European Union, expert members of the Committee...