Committee on the Rights of the Child | WHO Executive Board Nominates Dr. Tedros for Second Term | Allegations of Racism Rattle the WHO Asia Pacific Office

Human Rights Council continues UPR, the review of country-members track record in the protection of human rights law, Haiti in the hot seat, as are 11 other countries.

The Week in Geneva

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of 18 Independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. It also monitors implementation of two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.”  UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

They are meeting this week to evaluate the track record and progress in the implementation of recommendations on the rights of the child by The Netherlands and Madagascar, as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

WHO: Dr. Tedros Nominated for Second Term

With support from most country-members in particular France, Germany and the US, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyes…