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AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council How Governments Have Implemented Restrictive Laws and Intense Stigmatising Campaigns to Silence Civic Activism

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council How Governments Have Implemented Restrictive Laws and Intense Stigmatising Campaigns to Silence Civic Activism 28 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Over 10 Per Cent of Women Globally Are Trapped in a Cycle of Extreme Poverty, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells the Council …

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 28 June 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Daniel Johnson, Public Information Officer, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization, United Nations Trade and Development…

MORNING - At the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk Calls on States to Overhaul Discriminatory Laws and Practices Enabling Economic Violence against Women

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - At the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk Calls on States to Overhaul Discriminatory Laws and Practices Enabling Economic Violence against Women 28 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Working Group on Discrimination against Women and GirlsThe Human Rights Council this…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Is Intensifying

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Is Intensifying 27 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, and started an interactive…

MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons 27 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Opinion and ExpressionThe Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with…

AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council 26 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and LawyersThe Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive…

MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations 26 June 2024 Meeting Summaries  Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations, Concludes Discussion on the Human Rights of…

UNECE Press Conference

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNECE Press Conference 26 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement Regulating autonomous vehicles: international developmentsDmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE Richard Damm, Chair, Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA)Francois Guichard, Secretary, Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles, (GRVA)

New Permanent Representative of Argentina Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Argentina Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 26 June 2024 Presentation of Credentials Carlos Mario Foradori, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Mr. Foradori served as Permanent…

OHCHR Press Conference

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 26 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement Human Rights Council thematic report on drug use, harm reduction and the right to healthTlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health