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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts 10 Resolutions, Extending Mandates on Eritrea, Business and Human Rights, Extrajudicial Executions, Human Rights and International Solidarity, Right to Education, Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease), Trafficking in Persons,

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts 10 Resolutions, Extending Mandates on Eritrea, Business and Human Rights, Extrajudicial Executions, Human Rights and International Solidarity, Right to Education, Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease), Trafficking in Persons, and Extreme Poverty and Human Rights 12 July 2023 Meeting Summaries In Dialogue on Ukraine, High…

FAO, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, IFAD hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home FAO, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, IFAD hybrid press conference 12 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2023 Marco Sanchez Cantillo, Deputy Director of Agrifood Economics Division (ESA) - FAO Gian Carlo Cirri, Head of Geneva Office - WFP Francesco Branca, Director, Nutrition and Food Safety - WHO Chika Hayashi, Statistics and Monitoring Senior Advisor, Nutrition - UNICEF Hélène Papper,…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Condemns and Strongly Rejects Any Manifestation of Religious Hatred, Including Recent Public Acts of Desecration of the Holy Quran

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Condemns and Strongly Rejects Any Manifestation of Religious Hatred, Including Recent Public Acts of Desecration of the Holy Quran 12 July 2023 Meeting Summaries High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Russian Federation’s Senseless War on Ukraine Continues to Generate Severe Violations of Human Rights …

In Dialogue with Lesotho, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures to Combat Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Raise Issues Concerning the Death Penalty and Attacks on Journalists

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Lesotho, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures to Combat Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Raise Issues Concerning the Death Penalty and Attacks on Journalists 12 July 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Lesotho on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending measures to…

AFTERNOON - High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells Urgent Debate of the Human Rights Council that Speech and Inflammatory Acts against Muslims and Others Are Offensive, Irresponsible and Wrong 

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells Urgent Debate of the Human Rights Council that Speech and Inflammatory Acts against Muslims and Others Are Offensive, Irresponsible and Wrong  11 July 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an urgent debate on the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 11 July 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS the United Nations Development Programme and the Human Rights Council. Race to support surge of refugees fleeing Darfur…

In Dialogue with Colombia, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome Reparations for Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Victims of Conflict, Raise Issues Concerning Abortion and Reproductive Rights, and Protections for Human Rights Defenders

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Colombia, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome Reparations for Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Victims of Conflict, Raise Issues Concerning Abortion and Reproductive Rights, and Protections for Human Rights Defenders 11 July 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the eighth periodic report of Colombia on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and…

MORNING - In Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building in the Field of Human Rights, Council Hears of the Importance of Technical Cooperation to Transform Human Rights Recommendations into Results on the Ground

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - In Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building in the Field of Human Rights, Council Hears of the Importance of Technical Cooperation to Transform Human Rights Recommendations into Results on the Ground 11 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism and Hears…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 11 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 on arbitrary deprivation of liberty in the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Special Rapporteur Says Israel’s Unlawful Carceral Practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Are Tantamount to International Crimes and Have Turned it into an Open-Air Prison

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Special Rapporteur Says Israel’s Unlawful Carceral Practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Are Tantamount to International Crimes and Have Turned it into an Open-Air Prison 10 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   Human Rights Council Hears of the Continued Prominence of Racist, Nationalist and Far-Right Political Parties and Organizations Operating in…