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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN AND IN SOMALIA

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN AND IN SOMALIA 02 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Sudan, followed by an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia. Speaking on Sudan were Kuwait on behalf of the Group of Arab States,…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 02 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 02 October 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE AND WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE AND WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA 01 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues on reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, and with the…

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CLOSES ONLINE LIMITED EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CLOSES ONLINE LIMITED EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION 01 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its online limited eighty-fifth session. Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said the Committee had held its eighty-fifth limited session online due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, with the Interprefy…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE 01 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   Hears Presentations by the Chair of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Systemic Racism and on the International Decade for People of African…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION 01 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Report of the Secretary-General on Alleged Reprisals, and General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories   The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the Vienna…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SPAIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SPAIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 01 October 2020 Presentation of Credentials   Aurora Diaz-Rato Revuelta, the new Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment, Ms.…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT ON ALLEGED REPRISALS

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT ON ALLEGED REPRISALS 30 September 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent and on the Secretary-General’s report on alleged reprisals. Speaking…

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION VIRTUALLY

4 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION VIRTUALLY 30 September 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon opened its sixty-eighth session virtually. Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, said that for the first time in all its history, the Committee would hold its session…