Monaco appears before UN anti-torture committee in Geneva - Monaco Life

Monaco appears before UN anti-torture committee in Geneva - Monaco Life

Monaco has presented its latest report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture during a two-day session at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The review, which took place on 8th and 9th April, was led by Samuel Vuelta Simon, Secretary of State for Justice and Director of Judicial Services, who outlined Monaco’s legal framework and reaffirmed the independence of its judiciary. The presentation forms part of a periodic p…

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities considers that Spain is in breach of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of Vicenç Flores, a former city guard who was denied access to the second activity —administrative functions— despite […] The entry The UN denounces that Spain violates the rights of a former city guard with a disability appeared first in Diari de la Disca…

The Spanish state will be under the spotlight of the United Nations on April 30 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. It will be in the Universal Periodic Review, a mechanism of the Human Rights Council that stipulates that each member state must undergo an analysis every four and a half years. For this review, dozens of Catalan organizations have sent the UN reports on human rights violations, specifically, violations in the field of civil, poli…