The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-sixth session, during which it will consider the reports of Hungary, Jamaica, Venezuela, Switzerland and Mexico. The...

GENEVA (28 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation to immediately end its aggression against Ukraine and call off its unnecessary and unprovoked military...

GENEVA (15 September 2021) —The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has issued its findings on Djibouti and France, the two States parties which it examined during its...

14 september 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-fifth virtual session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the...

1 September 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial periodic report of Djibouti, after its Experts raised questions about...

16 August 2021 Committee Holds a Minute of Silence in Memory of Committee Expert Soumia Amrani of Morocco who Passed Away The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its...

GENEVA (16 August 2021) —The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review France and Djibouti during its latest session from 16 August - 17 September. The two countries...

16 August 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-fifth session online, hearing from the Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms...

Français | Español GENEVA (28 May 2021) —UN human rights experts* call upon the Council of Europe to withdraw the draft Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention. This Additional Protocol maintains...