Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Seventh Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES EXAMINES VALUE OF INCREASED COLLABORATION

WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNDER UNIVERSAL REVIEW MECHANISM

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Seventh Session

5^th Meeting (PM)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Seventh Session

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Seventh Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Background Release

CLIMATE CHANGE, BIO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

TO BE FOCUS OF United Nations FORUM, 21 April – 2 May

 

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-second Session

2537^th Meeting* (AM)

human rights committee concludes three-week session after having considered

compliance reports submitted by four states parties

 

WITH 20 RATIFICATIONS, LANDMARK DISABILITY TREATY SET TO ENTER INTO FORCE ON 3 MAY

Ecuador today became the twentieth country to ratify the landmark Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which is now set to enter into force on 3 May.  The Convention needed 20 ratifications to take effect.

UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM RECOMMITS TO DISABILITY CONVENTION

 

ON ONE YEAR OPENING-FOR-SIGNING ANNIVERSARY

 

More than 20 United Nations departments, agencies, programmes and funds today pledged their support to implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-second Session

2528^th Meeting* (PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HOW TO RAISE ITS MEDIA, PUBLIC PROFILE,

AS IT HOLDS SECOND MEETING TO CONSIDER WORKING METHODS

 

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-second Session

2523^rd & 2524^th Meetings* (AM & PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GAPS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMMES,

VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA