UN Human Rights Committee to review Iceland, Pakistan, Greece, France, Türkiye and Ecuador

GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Committee will hold its upcoming session from 14 October to 7 November, during which it will review Iceland, Pakistan, Greece, France, Türkiye, and Ecuador.

The six countries are among the 174 State parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Covenant as well as the Committee's previous recommendations.

The Human Rights Committee, which has received respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the six delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:

Iceland
15 October 15:00 – 18:00
16 October 10:00 – 13:00

Pakistan 
17 October 15:00 – 18:00
18 October 10:00 – 13:00

Greece
21 October 15:00 – 18:00
22 October 10:00 – 13:00

France
22 October 15:00 – 18:00
23 October 10:00 – 13:00

Türkiye
23 October 15:00 – 18:00
24 October 10:00 – 13:00

Ecuador
28 October 15:00 – 18:00
29 October 15:00 – 18:00

The above dialogues will take place in the Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the accredited press and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by States parties and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session page.