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Committee On Enforced Disappearances To Visit Mexico
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 6:55 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (12 November 2021) – The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will make a country visit to Mexico from 15 to 26 November to identify the means to tackle enforced disappearances. It is the first country visit of the Committee ... More >>
Committee On Enforced Disappearances To Visit Mexico
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 6:55 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (12 November 2021) – The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will make a country visit to Mexico from 15 to 26 November to identify the means to tackle enforced disappearances. It is the first country visit of the Committee ... More >>
UN Human Rights Committee Issues Findings On Germany, Ukraine, Armenia And Botswana
Friday, 12 November 2021, 6:14 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (11 November 2021) — The UN Human Rights Committee today issued its findings on Germany, Ukraine, Armenia and Botswana, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country's implementation ... More >>
Georgia Failed To Protect Woman From Gender-and Honour-based Violence, UN Women’s Rights Committee Finds
Friday, 12 November 2021, 6:07 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (11 November 2021) — Georgia’s failure to investigate and prosecute gender and honour-based violence against a woman, who was severely beaten by family members in front of her young children, contributed to her death, the UN women’s rights ... More >>
UN Committee Against Torture To Review Sweden, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Lithuania, Serbia And Bolivia
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 6:41 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (5 November 2021) – The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) will hold its upcoming session from 8 November to 3 December, during which it will review Sweden, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Lithuania, Serbia and the Plurinational State of Bolivia. The ... More >>
Bulgaria Torture Prevention: UN Experts Concerned About Migrant Children In Detention
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 6:36 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (5 November 2021) — Bulgaria must ensure humane conditions for detained migrants, especially children, and that detention is carried out only when strictly necessary, UN rights experts have said at the end of their first official visit to ... More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body To Visit Bulgaria
Friday, 22 October 2021, 8:39 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (22 October 2021) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will make its first visit to Bulgaria from 24 to 30 October to assess the treatment of people deprived of their liberty, and examine the existing protection measures ... More >>
UN Committee Issues Findings On Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bolivia And Nicaragua
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 6:51 am | UN Treaty Bodies
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issues findings on Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia and Nicaragua GENEVA (20 October 2021) — The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings ... More >>
UN Committee On Migrant Workers Issues Findings OnRwanda And Azerbaijan
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 7:07 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (14 October 2021) – The UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) has issued its findings on Rwanda and Azerbaijan, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country's implementation ... More >>
Paraguay: Failing To Prevent Contamination Violates Indigenous People’s Right To Traditional Lands - UN HR Committee
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 8:41 pm | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (13 October 2021) — In a landmark decision, the UN Human Rights Committee found that Paraguay’s failure to prevent and control the toxic contamination of traditional lands, due to the intensive use of pesticides by nearby commercial farms, ... More >>
UN Child Rights Committee Rules That Countries Bear Cross-border Responsibility For Harmful Impact Of Climate Change
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 6:31 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (11 October 2021) – In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the Child Rights Committee has found that a State party can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on ... More >>
UN Child Rights Committee Issues Findings On Czech Republic, Eswatini, Poland And Switzerland
Friday, 1 October 2021, 7:01 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (30 September 2021) — The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) has issued its findings on Czech Republic, Eswatini, Poland and Switzerland, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects ... More >>
UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances Issues Findings On Brazil, Panama, France And Spain
Friday, 1 October 2021, 6:29 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (30 September 2021) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) has issued its findings on Brazil, Panama France and Spain, the four States parties which it examined during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects ... More >>
UN Committee On Migrant Workers To Review Rwanda And Azerbaijan
Friday, 24 September 2021, 5:56 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (23 September 2021) – The UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) will hold its upcoming session from 27 September to 8 October, during which it will review Rwanda and Azerbaijan, and host a public online event to launch its guidance, officially ... More >>
UN Disability Rights Committee Issues Findings On Djibouti And France
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 6:00 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (15 September 2021) —The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has issued its findings on Djibouti and France, the two States parties which it examined during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each ... More >>
UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances To Review Brazil, France, Panama And Spain
Saturday, 11 September 2021, 5:37 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (10 September 2021) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will hold its upcoming session from 13 to 24 September, during which it will review Brazil, France Panama and Spain. The session will begin on 13 September at 10:00am ... More >>
UN Child Rights Committee To Review Czech Republic, Poland, Eswatini And Switzerland
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 5:41 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (3 September 2021) — The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 6 to 24 September, during which it will review the Czech Republic, Poland, Eswatini and Switzerland. The four countries are among the 196 States parties ... More >>
UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination Issues Findings On Lebanon And Netherlands
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 5:46 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (1 September 2021) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued its findings on Lebanon and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the two States parties which it examined during its latest session. The findings contain ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Committees Urge Taliban To Honour Their Promises To Protect Women And Girls
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 6:29 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (30 August 2021) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) call on the Taliban to honour their pledge to protect Afghan women and girls, and to respect ... More >>
UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination To ReviewLebanon And Kingdom Of Netherlands
Friday, 6 August 2021, 5:52 am | UN Treaty Bodies
GENEVA (5 August 2021) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 9 to 25 August 2021, during which it will review Lebanon and the Kingdom of Netherlands. The Committee, which has received ... More >>
