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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY-BUILDING
26 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity-building.
The Council took up its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building on 25 September, and the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights’ introduction of updates and reports on Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen and Cambodia and the response of those countries can be seen here.
In the general debate, speakers supported efforts made by Yemen to implement recommendations as well as Council resolutions despite a…
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COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES ON SLAVERY, PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY, HEALTH, ARBITRARY DETENTION, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND MERCENARIES
26 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Elects Members of Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 15 texts in which it extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the Working Group on arbitrary detention, the Special Rapporteur on the…
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COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF PARAGUAY ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
25 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the initial reports of Paraguay on how the country was implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and the Optional Protocol on Children involved in armed conflict.
Presenting the report, Carlos Zarate Fleitas, Minister and Executive Secretary of the National Secretariat for Children and Adolescents, said that the President of Paraguay had made…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN CAMBODIA, SOMALIA AND SUDAN
25 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia, and the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Sudan.
In the discussion on Cambodia, speakers noted the remarkable progress made since the Paris peace agreement two decades ago. Most agreed that Cambodia had taken its first steps to democracy. However, recent violent clashes that took place between police and…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
25 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, after hearing a report based on the observations of a fact-finding mission to the country.
Delivering the report, Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that human rights violations had occurred during the Séléka and the former Bozizé regimes. During the conflict, both parties committed serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including summary…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, YEMEN AND CAMBODIA
25 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present updates and country reports on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen and Cambodia under its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building.
Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, provided an oral update on Sri Lanka on behalf of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She said the majority of the persons who had been internally displaced at the…
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H.E. Mrs. Hooriah Mashoor, Minister for Human Rights of Yemen, will speak to the press on her national efforts to eradicate child marriages and on the current resolutions on Yemen and on child, early and forced marriages .
25 September 2013
Press Conference Announcement
H.E. Mrs. Hooriah Mashoor, Minister for Human Rights of Yemen, will speak to the press on her national efforts to eradicate child marriages and on the current resolutions on Yemen and on child, early and forced marriages.
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H.E. Mrs. Hooriah Mashoor, Minister for Human Rights of Yemen, will speak to the press on her national efforts to…
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UNCTAD Press Conference
25 September 2013
Press Conference Announcement
Review of E-commerce Legislation Harmonization in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Torbjörn Fredriksson, Chief, ICT Analysis Section, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD Cécile Barayre, Programme Manager, E-Commerce and Law Reform, ICT Analysis Section, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
24 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.
In the general debate, speakers reaffirmed their commitment to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary. They said that the integrity of the Council was determined by fidelity to the spirit of the Vienna Declaration. The Council needed to defend the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights. The protection of…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 September 2013
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, International Labour Organization, World Metrological Organization and Human Rights Council.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia also participated in…
