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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON WATER AND SANITATION
16 September 2020
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Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation and concluded…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY AND STARTS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
16 September 2020
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The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive discussion with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, and started an interactive dialogue with the…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON HIGH COMMISSIONER’S GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
15 September 2020
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on the global human rights update by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and her updates on Nicaragua and Venezuela.
The general debate started in previous meetings and summaries can…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
15 September 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE HIGH COMMISSIONER’S GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, AND HER UPDATES ON NICARAGUA AND VENEZUELA
15 September 2020
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Concludes Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Human Rights Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Human Rights Council this morning began a general debate on the global human rights update by the United Nations High…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE MECHANISM FOR MYANMAR
14 September 2020
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Begins Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Human Rights Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue on the report of the Independent Investigative…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FORTY-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, DECIDES TO HOLD AN URGENT DEBATE ON BELARUS
14 September 2020
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Hears High Commissioner’s Global Human Rights Update and Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-fifth regular session, hearing a global human rights update from Michelle Bachelet, the United…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ONLINE LIMITED EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
14 September 2020
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child today opened its online limited eighty-fifth session.
Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, emphasised the exceptional nature of this limited online session due to the extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19, which had impacted all…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
11 September 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
08 September 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
