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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-fourth Session and Meets with Civil Society

3 years ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers Opens Thirty-fourth Session and Meets with Civil Society 28 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this morning opened its thirty-fourth session, hearing an address by Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division Branch at the…

MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights: It is Time for States and Societies to Address the Complex Legacy of Past Forms of Racism and Exclusion, including Colonial Exploitation and the Trade in Enslaved Africans, and Deliver Reparatory Justice

3 years ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights: It is Time for States and Societies to Address the Complex Legacy of Past Forms of Racism and Exclusion, including Colonial Exploitation and the Trade in Enslaved Africans, and Deliver Reparatory Justice 28 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Starts General Debate on the…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Second Session

3 years ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Second Session 28 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   Holds minute of silence for all victims of the conflict in Ukraine   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twenty-second session, during which it will examine the initial reports of Greece and Niger on their implementation of the provisions of the International…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-Sixth Session after Adopting its Concluding Observations on Hungary, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland and Venezuela

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-Sixth Session after Adopting its Concluding Observations on Hungary, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland and Venezuela 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Hungary, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland and…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate on its agenda item eight on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action…

MORNING - Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israel Has Imposed upon Palestine an Apartheid Reality in a Post-Apartheid World

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israel Has Imposed upon Palestine an Apartheid Reality in a Post-Apartheid World 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967; heard the High…

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 25 March 2022 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Economic Commission…

Human Rights Committee Closes One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Bolivia, Cambodia, Israel, Iraq and Qatar

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Closes One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Bolivia, Cambodia, Israel, Iraq and Qatar 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and thirty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Bolivia, Cambodia, Israel and Qatar. Photini Pazartzis, Committee Chair, expressed appreciation for delegates who had participated in…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review and Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review and Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 24 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on its agenda item six on the Universal Periodic Review, and concluded a general debate under its agenda item five on human rights bodies and mechanisms. On the Universal…

Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report 24 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-second, one hundred and thirty-third and one hundred and thirty-fourth sessions. Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions. During the reporting period, the Committee had registered 211 communications, which it transmitted to the States…