This document, adopted on 27 July 2020, gives a comprehensive overview on the right of peaceful assembly, outlining the responsibilities of states in ensuring the right as well as providing guidance...

Two elections were held. First, the regular election to elect nine members of the Human Rights Committee , to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2020. Second, the by-election...

GENEVA (4 August 2020) - Chairpersons of the 10 UN committees that monitor the implementation of international human right treaties have called on States to properly support their work, warning that...

GENEVA (29 July 2020) — The UN Human Rights Committee today published its interpretation on the right of peaceful assembly, defining the scope of assembly that applies to both physical meetings and...

Human Rights Committee 24 July 2020 Adopts General Comment on the Right of Peaceful Assembly The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-ninth session, it first ever...

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Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (28 May 2020) – The UN child rights committee has welcomed Spain’s prompt decision to allow a 12-year old Moroccan girl to go to school in Melilla...

GENEVA (15 May 2020) - Italy violated the right of a woman to become a permanent firefighter by imposing an unnecessary and unreasonable height requirement, the UN Human Rights Committee has found...