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MORNING - COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the risks of vulnerable children to trafficking and sexual exploitation, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children tells Human Rights Council

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the risks of vulnerable children to trafficking and sexual exploitation, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children tells Human Rights Council 02 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Mama Fatima Singhateh, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, who said the COVID-19 pandemic had…

Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on t he Gaps and Barriers Affecting Children: Following Up on Commitments through the Decade of Action and Delivery on the Sustainable Development Goals

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on t he Gaps and Barriers Affecting Children: Following Up on Commitments through the Decade of Action and Delivery on the Sustainable Development Goals 01 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Concludes General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Oral Update   The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the…

Human Rights Committee Opens Online One Hundred and Thirty-first Session

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Opens Online One Hundred and Thirty-first Session 01 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Committee Elects Photini Pazartzis as New Chairperson, also Elects Bureau   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its online one hundred and thirty-first session, hearing from Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals 01 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Continues General Debate on the Oral Update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights   The Human Rights Council this morning began its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child with a panel discussion on the rights of the child and the…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Oral Update

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Oral Update 26 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate on the oral update of Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Bachelet presented her oral update as well as her reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 26 February 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council…

MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents her Global Update to the Human Rights Council, as well as her Reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Council Holds Meeting on the Role of

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents her Global Update to the Human Rights Council, as well as her Reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Council Holds Meeting on the Role of Poverty Alleviation in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights 26 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet this morning…

AFTERNOON - All Those Detained for Peacefully Exercising their Rights in Belarus Should Be Released, High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells Human Rights Council

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - All Those Detained for Peacefully Exercising their Rights in Belarus Should Be Released, High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells Human Rights Council 25 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen Tells Council that “Very Heavy Toll” of Conflict in Yemen on Civilians Remains a Grave Concern   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive…

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Holds Online Review of Second Periodic Report of Latvia

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Holds Online Review of Second Periodic Report of Latvia 25 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded this afternoon its three-day online review of the second periodic report of Latvia on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Andris Pelšs…

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Adjourns Seventy-eighth Session

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Adjourns Seventy-eighth Session 25 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon adjourned its online seventy-eighth session, during which it considered the ninth periodic report of Denmark, its first review of a State party report to be held virtually. The Committee adopted ad referendum…