SVG’s Human Rights record to be reviewed by UN today

The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation by States of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), will meet in Geneva today, March 5 from 15:00-18:00 and on March 6 from 10:00-13:00 to review the situation for civil and political rights in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

The review is part of the Committee’s regular session at which it will also review the situation for human rights in Angola, Eritrea, Estonia, Niger, and Viet Nam.

The public sessions will take place in the ground floor conference room of Palais Wilson in Geneva and will be Webcast live at http://webtv.un.org/. The recommended hashtag for the meeting will be #CCPR125. 

All the countries listed above have ratified the ICCPR, and so are required to be reviewed regularly by the Committee of 18 international independent experts. The Committee will also hear from NGOs and national human rights institutions.

At the end of its session the Committee will publish its findings (known as concluding observations) on St Vincent and the Grenadines on March 28, and present them at a press conference in Press Room 1 at 13:30 (to be confirmed).