UN human rights experts today strongly and unequivocally condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence, Benny Gantz, to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as...

Civil society representatives this afternoon briefed the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the situation of women in Egypt, Yemen, Indonesia and Ecuador, whose reports...

NEW YORK (25 October 2021) - Belarus denies women many rights and freedoms guaranteed by international human rights law, and is subjecting women activists to enforced disappearances, torture, ill...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the tenth periodic report of Sweden on how it implemented the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Maldives on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Maldives on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on...

St Petersburg, 13-15 October Dear participants, The peace, security and well-being of our societies is intrinsically interconnected to the human rights of women and girls. In his landmark report “Our...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eightieth session, hearing a statement from Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution on the situation of...

Statement delivered at the International Conference on Gender Based Persecution, 7 October 2021, Northumbria University Professor Badar Fellow panelists Dear participants Thank you very much to...