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Tunisia must immediately stop hate speech & violence against migrants from south of Sahara, CERD issues early warning
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 7:00 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (4 April 2023) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged Tunisia’s highest authorities to publicly condemn and distance themselves from racist hate speech by politicians and public and private figures. It also called ... More >>
UN disability rights committee publishes findings on Angola, Argentina, Georgia, Peru, Togo and Tunisia
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 6:00 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (29 March 2023) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) today issued its findings on Angola, Argentina, Georgia, Peru, Togo and Tunisia, after reviewing the six States parties during its latest session. The findings contain ... More >>
UN Human Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Egypt, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan And Zambia
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 5:20 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (24 March 2023) – The UN Human Rights Committee today issued its findings on Egypt, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Zambia, after examining the six States parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee's main concerns ... More >>
South Africa Must Fully Comply With International Obligations To Prevent Torture, Experts Urge After First Country Visit
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 5:55 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (13 March 2023) - UN torture prevention experts today called on South Africa to expedite its legislative measures for setting up a national torture prevention watchdog to regularly examine prisons, detention centres and other facilities. The ... More >>
Philippines Violated The Rights Of Victims Of Sexual Slavery Perpetrated By Imperial Japanese Army
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 6:22 am | UN Treaty Bodies
Philippines failed to redress continuous discrimination and suffering of sexual slavery victims perpetrated by Imperial Japanese Army, UN committee finds GENEVA (8 March 2023) – The UN women’s rights committee has found that the Philippines ... More >>
UN CEDAW Publishes Findings On Bahrain, Costa Rica, Georgia, Hungary, Mauritania, Norway, Slovenia, Tunisia
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 6:33 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (28 February 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Bahrain, Costa Rica, Georgia, Hungary, Mauritania, Norway, Slovenia and Tunisia, the States parties that it reviewed ... More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body Terminates Visit To Australia
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 8:43 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
UN torture prevention body terminates visit to Australia, confirms missions to South Africa, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Croatia, Georgia, Guatemala, Palestine, and the Philippines GENEVA (20 February 2023) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) ... More >>
UN Child Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman And Sweden
Friday, 10 February 2023, 6:02 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (9 February 2023) – The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) today issued its findings on Azerbaijan, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden, after reviewing the seven States parties during its latest ... More >>
Denmark Failed To Take Effective Measures Against Art Exhibition Curating Racist Hate Speech, UN Committee Finds
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 6:12 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (7 February 2023) - Denmark failed to take effective measures against racist hate speech by discontinuing its investigation about an art exhibition showing racist hate images, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) ... More >>
Switzerland: UN Committee Welcomes Asylum For Four Kurdish Refugee Children
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 7:44 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (3 February 2023) - The UN child rights committee has applauded Switzerland’s prompt action to grant asylum and residency to four Kurdish refugee children from Syria, together with their mother, who were facing deportation to Bulgaria, where ... More >>
Qatar Against United Arab Emirates: UN Ad Hoc Conciliation Commission Terminates Operation
Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:52 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (2 February 2023) - The ad hoc Conciliation Commission established by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has decided to end its work. The Commission was set up to offer good offices to settle the interstate ... More >>
States Obligated To Safeguard Equitable Access To And Use Of Land - UN Committee Publishes Guidance
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 6:22 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (25 January 2023) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has issued a guidance note to clarify States’ obligations regarding the access to, use of and control over land, particularly about pressing issues affecting human ... More >>
Independent Watchdog Paramount To Torture Prevention: UN Experts
Friday, 23 December 2022, 6:20 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (22 December 2022) – A functional and independent preventive mechanism, at national and international levels, that can regularly visit all detention facilities is vital to protect more than 10 million people detained worldwide from torture and ... More >>
Bosnia And Herzegovina Must Establish Torture Prevention Body Immediately, UN Experts Urge
Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 5:58 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (20 December 2022) - The United Nations torture prevention experts urged Bosnia and Herzegovina to establish a torture prevention body at the State level without further delay to protect people deprived of their liberty against torture ... More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body To Visit Bosnia And Herzegovina
Friday, 9 December 2022, 5:17 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (8 December 2022) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina from 11 to 17 December to assess the treatment of people deprived of their liberty and the safeguards available to protect them ... More >>
UN CERD Publishes Findings On Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, France, Georgia And Jamaica
Saturday, 3 December 2022, 5:13 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (2 December 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Friday issued findings on Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, France, Georgia and Jamaica after reviewing the six States parties in its latest session. The findings ... More >>
Nicaragua: Two UN Rights Committees Deplore Refusal To Cooperate And Lack Of Information
Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 6:28 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (29 November 2022) – The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) have jointly decided to take action in response to Nicaragua’s refusal to cooperate with the two UN bodies in tackling and preventing ... More >>
UN Human Rights Committee Issues Findings On Ethiopia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Philippines And Russia
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:15 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (3 November 2022) – The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) has issued its findings on Ethiopia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Russia, after examining the implementation of civil and political rights in the respective ... More >>
Immediate Action Needed To Save Children’s Lives In Haiti Amid Triple Threat Of Cholera, Malnutrition And Violence
Wednesday, 2 November 2022, 7:40 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
Immediate action needed to save children’s lives in Haiti amid triple threat of cholera, malnutrition and violence, UN child rights committee warns GENEVA (1 November 2022) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child is deeply concerned about the severe ... More >>
CEDAW Publishes Findings On Armenia, Belgium, Finland The Gambia, Honduras, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Switzerland & Ukraine
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 6:31 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (31 October 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Armenia, Belgium, Finland, The Gambia, Honduras, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Switzerland and Ukraine, the States parties ... More >>
