November 2015

Vice president of Panama joins GQUAL, the global campaign for gender parity in international tribunals

Washington, D.C. and Panama City, November 24, 2015.- On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado joined GQUAL, a global

OHCHR publishes new webpage to track nomination and election deadlines for Treaty Body Members

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights recently published a webpage that tracks nomination and election deadlines for Treaty Body Members. Each Treaty body——examples of which include the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) or the Human Rights Committee (HRCttee)—is composed of