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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN ITS WORK
15 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Focuses on Integration of a Gender Perspective throughout its Work and that of its Mechanisms and the Evaluation of Progress Made and Challenges Experienced
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Council, with a focus on its work and that of its mechanisms, and the evaluation of progress made and challenges experienced.
Jane Connors, Director of the Research and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…
6 years 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
15 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Disappearances continue being a worldwide challenge - UN Working Group provides an update Ariel Dulitzky, Chair of the WGEID
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OHCHR Press Conference
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
6 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 September 2014
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Human Rights Council and the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Ebola
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that a Member States…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
12 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the right to privacy in the digital age.
Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an opening statement said that for millions the digital age had opened the door to emancipation and had been perhaps the greatest liberation movement the world had ever known. Still, those digital platforms were vulnerable to surveillance, interception and data collection and deep concerns had been expressed as policies and practices that exploited this vulnerability had been exposed…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
12 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence and on Arbitrary Detention
The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances and concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence and with the Working Group on arbitrary detention.
Ariel Dulitzky, Chair-Rapporteur of…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE ON THEMATIC REPORTS AND THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
12 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Introduces Thematic Reports
The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate after hearing presentations by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the right to development, Tamara Kunanayakam, on the report of the Working Group and by the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Flavia Pansieri, on a series of thematic reports by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner and her Office.
Tamara Kunanayakam, Chair-Rapporteur of the…
6 years 11 months ago
Press Conference by CITES
12 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Sharks and rays at risk get stronger protection. From Sunday 14 September onward, international trade in specimens of five shark and all manta ray species will need to be accompanied by permits and certificates confirming that they have been harvested sustainably and legally. Sharks and rays are consumed in many parts of the world. Shark’s fin soup is served at important events such as weddings and banquets in parts of Asia while fish and chips meals are made from shark meat in Europe. John Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General David Morgan, Head of Scientific Services Haruko Okuso, Capacity Building…
6 years 11 months ago
Press Conference by OHCHR / Special Rapporteur on Transitional Justice
12 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Prosecution strategies in the fight against impunity. The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff
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Press Conference by OHCHR / Special Rapporteur on Transitional Justice
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NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION
12 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
Amadou Dieng, the new Permanent Observer of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Dieng had been serving as Director for Competitiveness at the West African Economic and Monetary Union since 2007, after having worked at the Union on issues of competitiveness from 2001 to 2007.
Mr. Dieng served as Technical Counsellor in charge of judicial affairs at the…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
10 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the protection of the human rights of persons deprived of liberty.
Jane Connors, Director, Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, introducing the panel discussion, said some 10 million people around the world were currently subject to various forms of detention. Under international law, the presumption was that of the right to liberty of all individuals. Deprivation of liberty could be justified,…
