WHO will present an overview of WHO activities in response to the Ebola outbreak in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and preparedness work in neighbouring countries in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Ibrahima Soce Fall, Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response, WHO
Dr Michel Yao, Director, Strategic Health Operations, WHO
Dr Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, WHO Representative in Guinea
Findings of the investigation conducted by the Special Rapporeur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedeom of opinion and expression into the case of A. Navalny
Agnès Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (virtual participation)
Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedeom of opinion and expression (in person at the podium, Room XIV)
William Bordon, lawyer of A. Navalny (virtual participation)
Jacques Maire, Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (virtual participation)
A live broadcast signal will be made available directly from UNTV through feed points in room S-80 (Radio Studio), and can be downlinked from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Human Rights Council / International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Launch of the mandated special report by the International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic presenting their findings and analysis regarding arbitrary imprisonment and detention over the course of the conflict and continuing trends in the country, covering the period from March 2011 to December 2020.
Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Karen Abuzayd, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Hanny Megally, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Launch of the World Employment and Social Outlook 2021 (WESO) - The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL TUESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY at 2.00 p.m. GENEVA TIME (1:00 p.m. GMT)
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
Uma Rani Amara, Senior Economist, RESEARCH Department
Human Rights Council / Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan virtual press conference
Launch of report by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan which provides an overview of the situation of human rights in South Sudan focusing primarily on incidents occurring between the formation of the Revitalized Government, in February 2020, up to December 2020
Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson/Member of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
Andrew Clapham, Member of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
Barney Afako, Member of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
