OHCHR LATEST NEWS 

These search results include news published from 2014-present.
For older news, visit the News Archives.

Advanced Search

Result 1 - 10 of 44

Next -->
TitleDateNews TypeCountryMandateSubjectLanguages
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concludes seventieth session after adopting concluding observations on reports of Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia and Nicaragua 10/15/2021
  • Press Releases
  • Kuwait
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Nicaragua
  • Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
E F S R C A
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia and Nicaragua 9/24/2021
  • Press Releases
  • Kuwait
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Nicaragua
  • Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
E F S R C A
New eugenics: UN disability expert warns against ‘ableism’ in medical practice 2/28/2020
  • Press Releases
  • Kuwait
  • Canada
  • Netherlands
  • Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
  • Disability
E F S R C A
Kuwait’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review 1/24/2020
  • Press Releases
  • Kuwait
  • Human Rights Council
  • Universal Periodic Review
  • Human Rights Council
  • Universal Periodic Review
E F S R C A
Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold thirty-fifth session in Geneva from 20 to 31 January 2020 1/15/2020
  • Press Releases
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Kiribati
  • Guinea
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Spain
  • Lesotho
  • Kenya
  • Armenia
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Sweden
  • Grenada
  • Turkey
  • Guyana
  • Kuwait
  • Universal Periodic Review
  • Human Rights Council
  • Universal Periodic Review
  • Human Rights Council
E F S R C A
UN disability rights experts issue findings on Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Kuwait, and Myanmar 9/24/2019
  • Press Releases
  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Greece
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Kuwait
  • Myanmar
  • Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Disability
E F S R C A
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities examines the initial report of Kuwait 9/10/2019
  • Press Releases
  • Kuwait
  • Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Disability
E F S R C A
To fulfil the promises of the 2030 Agenda, we need to accelerate our action, including on disability issues, High Commissioner Bachelet urges at the opening of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva 8/26/2019
  • Press Releases
  • Albania
  • Myanmar
  • Ecuador
  • India
  • Greece
  • Kuwait
  • Iraq
  • El Salvador
  • Australia
  • Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Disability
E F S R C A
UN disability rights committee to review Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Kuwait, and Myanmar 8/23/2019
  • Press Releases
  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Greece
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Kuwait
  • Myanmar
  • Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Disability
E F S R C A
Kuwait: UN expert calls for the full social inclusion of people disabilities by 2035 12/5/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Kuwait
  • Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
  • Disability
E F S R C A
       
Next -->