ROUNDUP 29 July 2011 Adopts Recommendations on the Reports of Ethiopia, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan Adopts General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Expression The Human Rights Committee concluded its...

Summary This general comment replaces general comment No. 10 (nineteenth session). Freedom of opinion and freedom of expression are indispensable conditions for the full development of the person...

GENEVA (28 July 2011) – The UN Human Rights Committee has issued an authoritative new commentary* on one of the most challenged and sensitive topics in international human rights law – the extent to...

28 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee has continued discussion of its working methods, hearing a presentation from Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the...

28 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed and then adopted its annual report to the General Assembly. Helen Keller, Committee member and Rapporteur for the annual report...

27 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this morning heard presentations of progress reports by Committee members on the status of follow-up to the Committee’s concluding observations and on follow-up...

Russian version GENEVA (27 July 2011) – Belarus has violated its international obligations by executing two death row inmates whose cases were being reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee, despite...

22 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its working methods in relation to State party reports, the length of time to be allocated to the oral presentation of such reports and...

21 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a General Comment on States parties' obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, setting...

20 July 2011 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its second reading of a draft General Comment on States parties' obligations under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil...