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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 >>
UN Women’s Committee In Latest Guidance Urges Better Protection Of Indigenous Women And Girls
Friday, 28 October 2022, 6:12 am | UN Treaty Bodies
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is calling on states to immediately develop and implement comprehensive policies to better protect the human rights of indigenous women and girls everywhere. In its latest guidance, ... More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body Suspends Visit To Australia Citing Lack Of Co-operation
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 8:23 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA / CANBERRA ( 23 October 2022) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has decided to suspend its visit to Australia due to obstructions it encountered in carrying out its mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention ... More >>
UN CESCR Issues Findings On El Salvador, Guatemala, Italy, Luxembourg, Mongolia And Tajikistan
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 5:58 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (18 October 2022) - The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today published its findings on El Salvador, Guatemala, Italy, Luxembourg, Mongolia and Tajikistan . The Committee examined the above six countries during its latest ... More >>
Iran: End Killings And Detentions Of Children Immediately, UN Child Rights Committee Urges
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 6:37 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (17 October 2022) – As at least 23 children were reportedly killed by Iranian security forces and hundreds more were injured, detained and tortured during recent peaceful protests, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the grave ... More >>
Finland Violated Rights Of Finnish Children Detained In Northern Syria By Failing To Repatriate Them, UN Committee Finds
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 5:22 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (12 October 2022) — Finland’s failure to repatriate Finnish children who have been held in Syrian camps in life-threatening conditions for years violated their right to life, as well as their right to be free from inhuman and degrading ... More >>
UN Experts Call For Urgent Action To Protect Ukrainian Children With Disabilities In Residential Care Institutions
Saturday, 8 October 2022, 5:45 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (7 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* are gravely concerned about the thousands of Ukrainian children with disabilities who were living in residential institutions and have been evacuated from war zones to Western Ukraine or to other ... More >>
