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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights 08 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. Alexandra Xanthaki, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, speaking about the war in Ukraine, said that the…

MIDDAY - Human Rights Council Hears High Commissioner Present her Global Oral Update, and her Office’s Reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Cyprus, and an Oral Update on Eritrea, Followed by a General Debate

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MIDDAY - Human Rights Council Hears High Commissioner Present her Global Oral Update, and her Office’s Reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Cyprus, and an Oral Update on Eritrea, Followed by a General Debate 08 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting heard the High Commissioner for Human Rights present her global oral update on the situation of human rights worldwide, as…

Conference on Disarmament Holds Plenary Meeting, hearing from Germany, France, Netherlands and the United States

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament Holds Plenary Meeting, hearing from Germany, France, Netherlands and the United States 08 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a plenary meeting, which its President, Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos, Permanent Representative of Colombia, opened by paying tribute to all women fighting inequality throughout the world on International Women's Day 2022.…

New Permanent Observer of Holy See Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Observer of Holy See Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 08 March 2022 Presentation of Credentials   Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, the new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 08 March 2022 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of theUnited Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Committee of the Red…

Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Iraq for its Judicial Pursuit of Perpetrators of Sexual Violence, and Ask about the Civil and Political Rights of Displaced Persons

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Iraq for its Judicial Pursuit of Perpetrators of Sexual Violence, and Ask about the Civil and Political Rights of Displaced Persons 08 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Iraq on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending the State for taking…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Marks International Women’s Day and Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on the Situation of Human Rights in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Marks International Women’s Day and Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on the Situation of Human Rights in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia 08 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning marked International Women's Day and concluded its interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Discusses Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan and in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Discusses Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan and in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia 07 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and started an interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner on her oral update on the…

MIDDAY - Human Rights Council Discusses the Situation of Human Rights in Nicaragua and in Sudan

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MIDDAY - Human Rights Council Discusses the Situation of Human Rights in Nicaragua and in Sudan 07 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council during a midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua, followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue on the oral update of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Twenty-Sixth Session

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Twenty-Sixth Session 07 March 2022 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-sixth session, during which it will consider the reports of Hungary, Jamaica, Venezuela, Switzerland and Mexico. The Committee made a statement regarding the situation in Ukraine. In his opening statement, Orest Nowosad, Chief,…