The Promotion of Human Rights and John Paul II - H.E. Hanna Suchocka , former Prime Minister and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Holy See - H.Em. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon - H.E. Mordechay (Motty) Lewy, Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the U.N., H.E. the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, will moderate the event
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, from 20 – 24 June 2011 (CICG) Speakers: Michael Stanley Jones, Information Officer Jim Willis, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
EMBARGOED Pre-Briefing Release of UNHCR's 2010 Global Trends Report (Embargoed till 00:01 GMT on 20 June 2011) Alexander T. Aleinikoff, UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Tarek Abou Chabake, UNHCR Chief Statistical Analyst
Vote of the new Convention on Domestic Workers Ms Manuela Tomei, Coordinator of the Committee on the Convention on Domestic Workers with the participation of employers' and workers' representatives
Libyan crisis, sub-regional dimension; human rights of the Chadian citizens and African migrants in Libya. Mr. ABDERAMANE DJASNABAILLE, Chadian Minister for Human Rights and the Promotion of Freedom
International commission of inquiry to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the allegations of serious abuses and violations of human rights committed in Cote d’Ivoire following the presidential election of 28 November 2010 presents its report Mr. Vitit Muntabhorn, Chair of the Commission Mr. Suliman Baldo and Ms. Reine Alapini Gansou, Members of the Commission
UN Special Rapporteur Githu Muigai presents his findings on racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against Roma, and discrimination based on work and descent, including discrimination based on caste and analogous systems of inherited status. Mr. Githu MUIGAI, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
Press Conference by the SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict
SRSG Wallström will share her assessment of the international response to sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings, including her recommendations on how to tackle rape as a tactic of war. UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallström
Launch of a new report on children in hazardous work Constance Thomas, ILO-IPEC Director (IPEC: International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour) Susan Gunn, Report author and ILO-IPEC Senior Technical Specialist Frank Hagemann, ILO-IPEC Head of Research and Policy Seiji Machida, Director of ILO Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SAFEWORK).
