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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
21 September 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.
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MORNING - Working Group on Enforced Disappearances: the Atrocious Crime of Enforced Disappearance Continues to Happen and Takes New Shapes and Forms
21 September 2021
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Working Group on Use of Mercenaries: the I ncreasing Number of Private Military and Security Companies Operating in the Humanitarian Space Exacerbates the Risk of Violations of Human Rights and International…
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In Dialogue with France, Committee on Enforced Disappearances Asks about Safeguards for People in Custody or Facing Extradition
20 September 2021
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The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon held its consideration of a report submitted by France containing additional information under article 29 (4) of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.…
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In Dialogue with Switzerland, Committee on the Rights of the Child Asks about Coordination, Data Collection, and the Rights of Children with Disabilities
20 September 2021
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Switzerland under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with Committee Experts asking about…
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AFTERNOON - Renewed Multilateralism Must Be Embraced in Order to Respond to and Recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Independent Expert on the Promotion of an Equitable International Order Tells Human Rights Council
20 September 2021
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Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Older Persons
The Independent Expert on the…
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MORNING - Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Thousands of Persons Are Subjected to Arbitrary Detention Each Year in All Countries and the Global Pandemic Should Never Be Used to Curtail the Right to Freedom from Arbitrary Detention
20 September 2021
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Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Older Persons: the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Had a Disproportionate Impact on Older Persons…
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States
20 September 2021
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Opening the meetings, Carmen Rosa Villa Quintana, Committee Chairperson, stressed the importance of increasing ratification of the Convention. While celebrating that 83 people had been found alive following petitions for urgent action from the Committee, that still left over 1,000 urgent cases open.
States speaking in the…
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In Dialogue with Spain, Committee on Enforced Disappearances Asks About Draft Law on Democratic Memory and about Incommunicado Detention
17 September 2021
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The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the report of Spain on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.…
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AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development to the Human Rights Council: Climate Change is a Global Human Rights Threat Multiplier
17 September 2021
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Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Current State of Play of the Mainstreaming of the Human Rights of Women and Girls in Conflict and Post…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
17 September 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Dire consequences for refugees from COVID-19 underfunding…
