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UN Rights Experts Call On Council Of Europe To Stop Legislation For Coercive Mental Health Measures
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 5:42 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
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 an approach to mental health policy and practice that is based ... More >>
South Africa: Failure To Tackle Domestic Violence A Violation Of Women’s Rights – UN Experts
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 5:51 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (17 May 2021) South Africa’s low levels of prosecution and conviction in domestic violence cases and the frequent failures by the police to serve and enforce protection orders, exposed survivors to repeated abuses and resulted in the violation ... More >>
UN Child Rights Committee To Review Luxembourg And Tunisia
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 5:08 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (14 May 2021) — The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 17 May to 4 June, during which it will review Luxembourg and Tunisia. The two countries are among the 196 States parties to the Child Rights Convention ... More >>
UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances Publishes Findings On Switzerland, Colombia And Mongolia
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 6:51 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (11 May 2021) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) on Tuesday issued its findings on Switzerland, Colombia and Mongolia, the State parties which it examined during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each ... More >>
UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination Issues Findings On Belgium
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 6:09 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (3 May 2021) —The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued its findings on Belgium, which it examined during its latest session. CERD, composed of 18 independent experts, welcomed a number of legislative and policy ... More >>
UN Committee On Migrant Workers Issues Findings On Chile
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 6:02 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (20 April 2021) — The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) has issued its findings on Chile, which it examined during its latest session. CMW welcomed the approval of the Law ... More >>
UN Disability Rights Committee Issues Findings On Estonia; Calls For People With Disabilities Inclusion In The Community
Friday, 16 April 2021, 6:25 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (15 April 2021) — The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has published its findings on Estonia, which it examined during its latest session. The Committee recognised steps taken by Estonia to implement the Convention ... More >>
UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination To Review Belgium
Friday, 16 April 2021, 6:21 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (15 April 2021) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 19 to 30 April, during which it will review Belgium. In a public dialogue held online and webcast on 20 and 21 April, CERD, which ... More >>
Human Rights Committee Issues Findings On Finland And Kenya
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 6:45 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (14 April 2021) — The UN Human Rights Committee has issued its findings on Finland and Kenya which it examined during the latest online session. The Committee commended the positive aspects of how Finland and Kenya are implementing the International ... More >>
UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances To Review Switzerland, Colombia And Mongolia
Friday, 9 April 2021, 6:06 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (8 April 2021) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will hold its upcoming session from 12 April to 7 May, including to review country reports of Switzerland, Colombia and Mongolia. The 20th session will begin on 12 April at ... More >>
Libya Violated Human Rights Defender’s Rights By Failing To Investigate And Prosecute Her Arbitrary Detention & Torture
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 5:58 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (7 April 2021) — Libya violated the human rights of an activist working on women’s rights by failing to investigate and prosecute her unlawful arrest and torture by a militia group affiliated with the government, the UN women’s rights ... More >>
UN Women’s Rights Committee Issues Findings On Denmark
Friday, 2 April 2021, 7:51 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA ( 1 April 2021) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has published its findings on Denmark, including the self-governing territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which it examined during its latest ... More >>
UN Committee Issues Recommendations To Protect Children’s Rights In Digital Environment
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 5:53 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
The Child Rights Committee today published its legal guidance note on how States should protect children’s rights with regard to the digital environment. The guidance note, also known as general comment, is the result of a two-year consultation with ... More >>
Argentina: UN Committees Welcome Decision To Repeal Deportation Decree
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 5:48 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (24 March 2021) - Three UN rights committees have applauded Argentina’s decision earlier this month to derogate a decree* which allowed expedited expulsion of migrants without due process. The decree had been strongly criticised for violating ... More >>
UN Committee On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights Issues Findings On Finland And Latvia
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 7:12 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
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 15 February to 5 March 2021. The findings contain ... More >>
Migrants: Guidance On Equitable Access To COVID-19 Vaccine
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 7:41 am | UN Treaty Bodies
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-American human rights systems urge in a Guidance Note published today. The ... More >>
UN Disability Rights Committee To Review Estonia
Friday, 5 March 2021, 6:49 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (4 March 2021) —The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will hold its upcoming session from 8 March to 1 April 2021 and will review the report of Estonia. This is the Committee’s first assessment on Estonia’s ... More >>
Enforced Disappearances: Argentina, Sudan, Mexico, Norway And France To Share Experiences At UN Webinar
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 7:34 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (3 March 2021) – Two UN human rights bodies in charge of addressing the issue of enforced disappearances are holding a webinar today to share experiences and highlight why it is so crucial that States ratify the International Convention ... More >>
Human Rights Committee To Review Finland And Kenya
Friday, 26 February 2021, 7:47 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (25 February 2021) — The UN Human Rights Committee will hold its upcoming session from 1 March to 26 March 2021 and will review reports of Finland and Kenya. In public dialogues held online and webcast , the Committee, which has received the ... More >>
UN Women’s Rights Committee To Review Denmark Online
Friday, 19 February 2021, 5:46 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (17 February 2021) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will review the situation of women’s rights and gender equality in Denmark, including the self-governing territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, ... More >>
