The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-fourth session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

GENEVA (25 September 2023) – The State of Palestine needs to improve the effectiveness of the fundamental legal safeguards against torture and ill-treatment, especially from the first moments of...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-fourth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Albania, Andorra, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan...

GENEVA (21 September 2023) - The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 25 September to 13 October. During the session, the Committee will examine...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered the initial report of Nigeria under the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Committee...

Ask Questions on Disappearances of Unaccompanied Minors and Lack of Access to Compensation and Asylum in Caribbean Territories The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered, in absence of...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the additional information report submitted by Mexico under Article 29, paragraph four of the International Convention for...

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – UN experts* today welcomed the decision by a court in Switzerland to put a former member of a Belarusian paramilitary unit on trial for his alleged involvement in the...

GENEVA (12 September 2023) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) today issued its findings on Andorra, Austria, Germany, Israel, Malawi, Mauritania, Mongolia and...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered Mauritania's initial report on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance...