UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Bangladesh, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Italy, Thailand and Bosnia and Herzegovina

GENEVA (28 March 2017) – The UN Human Rights Committee has published its findings on the civil and political rights record of countries it examined during its latest session:  Bangladesh, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Italy, Thailand and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The findings, officially termed concluding observations, contain positive aspects of the respective State’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and also main matters of concern and recommendations.
The concluding observations are now available here.

The UN Human Rights Committee will next meet from 3 to 28 July 2017 to review the following countries: Honduras, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mongolia, Pakistan Switzerland and Swaziland. See more details here.

ENDS

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Nicoleta Panta, +41(0) 22 9179310/npanta@ohchr.org

Background

Human Rights Committee members are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties. The Committee’s concluding observations are an independent assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights obligations under the treaty. Find more information about HRC here and watch HRC stories of impact here.

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