12 July 2021 The Committee against Torture this afternoon opened its seventy-first session online, hearing a statement by Antti Korkeakivi, Chief, Anti-Torture, Coordination and Funds Section, Human...

GENEVA (1 July 2021) — The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has called on States to ensure that people deprived of liberty are included in national vaccination programmes against COVID...

24 June 2021 The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education in which she presented a report on the cultural dimension of...

16 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon suspended its online thirty-second session after adopting its concluding...

High-level political forum for the Sustainable Development Goals 2021 on the theme of ‘Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and...

17 March 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of...

GENEVA (16 March 2021) — The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on Finland and Latvia, the two countries it examined during its session held virtually from...

GENEVA (8 March 2021) – All migrants should be included in COVID-19 vaccination programmes regardless of their nationality and migration status, experts from the UN, African, European and Inter...

4 March 2020 Repatriation of Islamic State-Affiliated Women and Children from Syria also Broached by Committee Experts The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the seventh...

19 February 2021 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its review of the seventh periodic report of Finland on measures taken to implement the provisions of the...