GENEVA (22 April 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons (CRPD) with disabilities has published findings on the countries it reviewed during its latest session from 29 March to 21 April...

Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers ROUNDUP 22 April 2016 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Mauritania, Lesotho, Senegal and Turkey The Committee on the Protection of...

GENEVA (21 April 2016) - The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of France on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention...

GENEVA (21 April 2016) –The signing of the Paris Climate Agreement scheduled for 22 April is “a historic step towards ensuring that the fight against climate change takes into account its effects on...

GENEVA (21 April 2016) – Rwanda’s record on tackling racial discrimination will face scrutiny by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 28 and 29 April. Rwanda is one of...

GENEVA (21 April 2016) – With the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem under way in New York, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent...