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MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Pakistan, Japan and Sri Lanka

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Pakistan, Japan and Sri Lanka 10 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Hears Presentation of Three Reports on the Voluntary Funds of the Universal Periodic Review The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Pakistan, Japan and…

WMO hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO hybrid press conference 10 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Record global temperatures on land and sea surface Omar Baddour, Chief of Climate Monitoring at WMO Michael Sparrow, Chief of World Climate Research Programme

Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Seventh Session in Geneva

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Seventh Session in Geneva 10 July 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-seventh session, being held in Geneva from 10 to 28 July, during which it will review efforts by Switzerland, New Zealand, Romania and Spain to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and…

AFTERNOOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia 07 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review   outcomes of the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Zambia.   Concerning the Republic of Korea, the Vice-President of the…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 07 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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Peru, Guatemala and Benin

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Peru, Guatemala and Benin 07 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Peru, Guatemala and Benin.  Concerning Peru, the President of the Council said that out of the 202…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon and Ghana

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon and Ghana 06 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burundi and Hears Presentation by the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business…

In Dialogue with the State of Palestine, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend the Creation of an Observatory to Combat Gender-Based Violence, Raise Issues Concerning the Death Penalty and Reported Targeting of Persons Exercising Freedom of Expres

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with the State of Palestine, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend the Creation of an Observatory to Combat Gender-Based Violence, Raise Issues Concerning the Death Penalty and Reported Targeting of Persons Exercising Freedom of Expression 06 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial periodic report of the State of…

MORNING - High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council: Myanmar Continues its Deadly Freefall into Even Deeper Violence and Heartbreak

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council: Myanmar Continues its Deadly Freefall into Even Deeper Violence and Heartbreak 06 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Special Rapporteur Says Member States Must Deny Myanmar Junta Weapons, Money and Legitimacy Special Rapporteur Says the Human Rights…

OHCHR - Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR - Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar hybrid press conference 06 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Press Conference of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Thomas Andrews, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar