Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its States parties. Racial discrimination remains a barrier to the full realization of human rights. Despite progress in some areas, exclusions and restrictions based on race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin continue to cause conflict, suffering and loss of life. CERD works to take action against the injustice of racial discrimination, and the dangers it represents. This is a collection of the official records of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published annually by the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management.
Report of the Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its State parties. All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of "concluding observations”.
Report of the Human Rights Council
These are the official records submitted to the General Assembly as annual reports of the Human Rights Council.
Reports of the Committee Against Torture
The Committee against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties. All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of "concluding observations"
Selected Decisions of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol
The Human Rights Committee started its work under the Optional Protocol at its second session in 1977. From then until its eighty-fourth session in 2005, 1414 communications relating to alleged violations by 78 States Parties were placed before it for consideration. Each volume in this series presents cases from a specific time period of the Committee's work.
UN Women Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) COVID-19 Briefs
This series explores in depth the trends and impacts of the recent global COVID-19 pandemic on violence against women and girls. It examines implications for the prevention of and response to violence against women and girls in public and private settings, including violence facilitated by information and communications technology. It also provides guidance for the collection of data on the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls. Each brief in the series draws upon the knowledge and experience of a wide range of stakeholders that are supporting solutions to end intimate partner violence and other forms of violence against women and girls, accounting for the individual country context in which the crisis is occurring. The briefs make recommendations for all sectors of society, including governments, civil society, and international organizations, on how to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls at the onset, during, and after the public health crisis, and include examples of actions already taken.
UNAIDS Global AIDS Update
The reports in this series make clear that there is a path to end AIDS. Taking that path will help ensure preparedness to address other pandemic challenges, and advance progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. The data and real-world examples in the reports make it very clear what that path is. Some leaders are already following the path and succeeding.
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) Reports
Since its inception in 1955, UNSCEAR has been issuing numerous major publications, including this report series. These reports are highly regarded as principal sources of authoritative information.
World AIDS Day Report
The World AIDS Day Report series is published by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) in Geneva. It focuses on the issues related to the AIDS epidemic and looks in-depth at problems faced with ending HIV/AIDS altogether. Facing an infectious virus, failure to make progress for key populations undermines the entire AIDS response and helps explain slowing progress. Strengthening international cooperation and solidarity is key, because we can only end AIDS by ending AIDS everywhere.
World Programme for Human Rights Education
On 10 December 2004, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing) to advance the implementation of human rights education programmes. The World Programme was established by the General Assembly’s resolution 59/113 (10 December 2004). Building on the achievements of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004), the World Programme seeks to promote a common understanding of basic principles and methodologies of human rights education, to provide a concrete framework for action and to strengthen partnerships and cooperation from the international level down to the grass roots. Unlike the specific time frame of the Decade, the World Programme is structured in consecutive phases, to further focus national human rights education efforts on specific issues.