News from the UN and regional human rights systems
Committee on the Rights of the Child
The Committee made recommendations to Austria, Belarus, Costa Rica, Hungary and Rwanda at its 83rd session, and to the Cook Islands, Tuvalu and Micronesia at its 84th session.
Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
The Committee made recommendations to Antigua and Barbuda and Botswana at its 72nd session, and to Cabo Verde and Guyana and its 73rd session.
Committee Against Torture
The Committee made recommendations to South Africa at its 66th session and Bangladesh and Togo at its 67th session.
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Committee made recommendations to Cuba, Niger, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Vanuatu at its 21st session and Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, India, Iraq, Kuwait and Myanmar at its 22nd session.
UN Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council adopted the final reports of the Universal Periodic Review's 34th session. Read more.
European Committee of Social Rights
The Committee issued 36 recommendations and observations on corporal punishment to states examined in 2019. Read more.
As the Global Initiative prepares to cease operations, including our human rights treaty monitoring and UPR, we encourage all organisations to continue to submit information on your state in relation to corporal punishment.
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