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MORNING - Working Group Underscores Exigent Need for Capacity Building to Advance the Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and Special Rapporteur Says the Right to Education is a Right to Life-long Learning and Free Quali

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Working Group Underscores Exigent Need for Capacity Building to Advance the Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and Special Rapporteur Says the Right to Education is a Right to Life-long Learning and Free Quality Education 27 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the issue of human…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants         

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants          26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and concluded an interactive dialogue with…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Starts Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Starts Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants 26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and started an…

Human Rights Committee Opens One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Opens One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session 26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-eighth session in Geneva, during which it will examine the reports of Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, the State of Palestine and Uganda, on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political…

WHO with FAO, WFP, UNFPA hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO with FAO, WFP, UNFPA hybrid press conference 26 June 2023 Press Conference Announcement Greater horn of Africa Crisis: shifting weather patterns and the changing food and health outlook Brenda Lazarus, Food Security and Early Warning Economist at FAO’s Subregional Office for Eastern Africa Dominique Ferretti, WFP Senior Emergency Officer, Regional Bureau Nairobi Michael Ebele, UNFPA Regional Humanitarian Adviser for East and Southern Africa…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds an Interactive Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members and Concludes a Dialogue on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds an Interactive Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members and Concludes a Dialogue on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression 23 June 2023 Meeting Summaries       The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 23 June 2023 Press Conference Announcement Engagement on global issues pertaining to violence against women and girls, including child custody issues and violence against women; will include a brief on country visits to Türkiye and Libya Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 23 June 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Human Rights Council. Occupied West Bank…

MORNING - Special Rapporteur to the Human Rights Council: the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression is a Catalyst and Ingredient of Sustainable Development

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Special Rapporteur to the Human Rights Council: the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression is a Catalyst and Ingredient of Sustainable Development 23 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, its Causes and Consequences …

AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Says Digital Innovation Has Strengthened the Right to Health for Some, but Warns it Could Enable Violations and Undermine this Right

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Says Digital Innovation Has Strengthened the Right to Health for Some, but Warns it Could Enable Violations and Undermine this Right 22 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women Says within the Context of Child Custody Cases, there Exists Multi-layered Violence Perpetuated Primarily against Mothers The…