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Keystone Covenants At 60: UN Committees To Reflect On Progress, Emerging Challenges And The Way Forward
Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 10:18 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Beyond threats to life and liberty, conflicts destroy homes and livelihoods, disrupt access to food and water, cripple health systems and force schools to close, depriving people of their most basic human rights and jeopardising their dignity. More >>
UN Women’s Rights Committee: Findings On Angola, Cabo Verde, Cook Islands, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Paraguay, Moldova And Togo
Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 9:01 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Convention) and the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations. More >>
Paraguay: UN Torture Prevention Experts Return After 16 Years
Monday, 26 October 2026, 9:37 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will undertake its third visit to Paraguay, following an initial visit in 2009 and a follow-up mission in 2010. More >>
UN Committee Calls For Action Against Gender Stereotypes As AI Risks Fuelling New Forms Of Gender-Based Violence
Monday, 26 October 2026, 9:26 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee stressed that gender stereotypes often intersect with discrimination based on race, age, disability, economic status and migration status. It called on States to raise awareness, monitor progress and ensure effective remedies. More >>
UN CRC Publishes Findings On Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Uganda And Tanzania
Friday, 2 October 2026, 7:22 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on implementing the Child Rights Convention, as well as positive aspects. More >>
UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances Publishes Findings On Armenia, Belize, Gabon And Lesotho
Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 8:42 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) today issued its findings on Armenia, Belize, Gabon and Lesotho after reviewing the four States Parties during its latest session. More >>
UN Disability Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Chile, Lithuania, Qatar, Slovakia, And Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 7:19 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee was concerned that people with disabilities can still be declared legally incapable and placed under interdiction in Chile, and that the State continues to regard legal incapacity and substituted decision-making as protective measures. More >>
Harms Of Trafficking In Enslaved Africans Persist Today And Give Rise To Reparation Obligations
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 7:09 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
“Anti-Black racism, created to sustain chattel slavery, has endured long after abolition,” the Committee said, highlighting that their legacies continue to shape contemporary laws, policies and institutions. More >>
Tanzania: Maasai Indigenous Peoples Face Forced Evictions, Law Enforcement Abuses, UN Committee Warns
Monday, 31 August 2026, 7:51 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee highlighted hate speech and stigmatisation against Maasai Indigenous Peoples, including portrayals of them as obstacles to conservation and development in Tanzania. More >>
South Africa: UN Committee Raises Alarm Over Racist Killings, Displacement And Home Raids Against Migrants
Friday, 28 August 2026, 7:11 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
CERD noted that racial discrimination and hate crimes continued to be underreported because of mistrust of law enforcement, fear of reprisals and harassment, and limited awareness of rights and complaint mechanisms. More >>
Lebanon: UN Committee Warns Of Racial Discrimination Amid Civilian Deaths, Mass Displacement And Destruction By Israel
Thursday, 27 August 2026, 7:04 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Despite subsequent returns, more than 360,000 people remained displaced at the end of July, including some 27,200 internally displaced people staying in collective shelters. More >>
UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination Publishes Findings On Finland, Honduras, India And Kuwait
Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 7:35 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as well as positive aspects More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body Announces Remaining Visits For 2026 And 20th Anniversary Commemorative Plans
Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 7:15 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
“Through our visits and direct engagement with States and national preventive mechanisms, we help strengthen safeguards against torture and translate prevention into action,” said María Luisa Romero, Chair of the Subcommittee. More >>
Sri Lanka: Effective National Preventive Mechanism Needed To Address Persistent Risks Of Torture And Ill-treatment
Tuesday, 30 June 2026, 7:09 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The SPT delegation visited Sri Lanka from 14 to 25 June 2026 to assess progress in implementing the recommendations issued by the SPT following its first visit in 2019. More >>
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Children Left Defenceless As Rights Groups Are Forced Out, UN Committee Warns
Tuesday, 23 June 2026, 8:11 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee was deeply concerned that organisations supporting children on the ground are being forced to cease or curtail their operations because of sustained harassment, threats, bans, sanctions and attacks on their reputations. More >>
UN Committee On Migrant Workers Publishes Findings On Ecuador, Gambia And Ghana
Thursday, 18 June 2026, 7:15 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee noted with concern that the October 2025 amendments to the Organic Law on Human Mobility permitted the detention and expedited deportation of migrants on ambiguous grounds. More >>
Afghanistan: Silence Is Not Consent To Child Marriage, UN Committee Condemns
Tuesday, 2 June 2026, 7:09 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
“Any legal framework that normalises or facilitates the marriage of children violates their rights, undermines their inherent dignity and deprives them of their autonomy and future opportunities,” the Committee warned. More >>
Morocco: Gdeim Izik Cases Reveal Torture, Coerced Confessions, And Failure To Investigate, UN Committee Finds
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 7:12 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee called on Morocco to conduct impartial and thorough investigations into the allegations of torture, in full compliance with the revised Istanbul Protocol, with a view to bringing those responsible to justice. More >>
Netherlands Violated Child’s Right To Privacy By Storing His DNA Profile, UN Committee Finds
Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 7:28 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Under Dutch law, DNA testing orders were issued automatically for convicted persons who had received certain sentences, and the law did not distinguish between adults and children. More >>
France: UN Torture Prevention Body To Make First Visit To Places Of Detention
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 9:44 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The SPT delegation will examine the treatment and conditions of people deprived of liberty across a range of custodial settings, as well as the preventive measures in place to prevent torture and ill-treatment. More >>
