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This General Comment examines Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, discussing the prohibition against arbitrary deprivation of life, the duty to protect life, the imposition of the death penalty, and the relationship of the right to life with other rights.

This General Comment of the Human Rights Committee discusses the scope of the rights of freedom of expression and opinion and the corresponding obligations of States parties in preserving those rights.

Two members of the Maldives national Human Rights Commission made a submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Maldives including a number of references to human rights issues in the country. As a consequence of their submission to the UPR and their participation in the review, both members of the institution were dismissed as a clear act of retaliation for their engagement in the review. ISHR worked with the victims to take their case to the Human Rights Committee.

In Argentina, a person who was held in detention required specific medical attention and was denied part of that healthcare. A lawyer consequently took the case to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee found that Argentina had failed to comply with provisions of the Convention and requested the State to provide reparation to the victim, which Argentina subsequently complied with. 

In this document the Human Rights Committee finds a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in response to an individual complaint against Australia alleging police violence. Consequently, the State party not only acknowledged the violation, but provided her with full reparation.

In this periodic report submitted by Iceland under Article 19 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, Icelandic authorities reply to the list of issues previously addressed to them by the Committee aganst Torture (CAT).

In this periodic report submitted by Gabon under Article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Gabonese authorities reply to the recommendations previously addressed to them by the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

This report to the Committee against Torture (CAT) examines Australia’s compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The report was intended to inform the Committee’s fifth review of Australia during its 53rd Session in November 2014.

In its concluding observations, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) asked South Africa to "take all measures necessary to protect the rights of human rights defenders" in a recommendation following the review of South Africa's first report to the Committee.

This document is the list of themes adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its combined 14th-17th periodic reviews of the People's Republic of China.