5 years 10 months ago
THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS EXAMINES REPORT OF IRAQ
30 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights yesterday and today considered the fourth report of Iraq on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Hassan Janabi, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Head of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that war, terrorism and the occupation by the so-called Islamic State of one third of the territory, as well the reduction in oil prices, were…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA
30 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with Bahame Tom Nyanduga, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia.
In his presentation, Mr. Nyanduga noted that it was necessary to place human rights at the core of the constitutional, political and State formation process. For that to happen, it was important that women, who constituted more than half of the Somali population, who played a key role during the crisis, and who continued to play a critical role during…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT ON SRI LANKA
30 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
Hears Updates on Myanmar, Cambodia, Yemen, South Sudan, Boko Haram and Iraq and Starts General Debate on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka and held an interactive discussion on it. The Council then heard the presentation of country reports and oral updates by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner on Myanmar, Cambodia, Yemen, South Sudan, Boko Haram and Iraq and started a general debate on technical assistance and…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS ORAL UPDATE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON UKRAINE
29 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on Racism and Racial Discrimination
The Human Rights Council this morning heard an oral update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Ukraine, followed by an interactive dialogue. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council concluded its general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance.
Presenting the oral update, Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, noted that since the outbreak of hostilities in eastern Ukraine in mid-April 2014, at least 8,…
5 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT ON GUYANA
29 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights yesterday and today considered the combined second to fourth periodic reports Guyana.
Raphael Trotman, Member of Parliament and Minster of Governance of Guyana, said that the report submitted in 2012 combined the second, third and fourth periodic reports and covered an 18-year period from 1995 to 2012. General elections had been held in May 2015 and the party which had submitted the report in 2012 and had spent 23 years in power had been ousted. Mr. Trotman assured that the attainment of economic, social…
5 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 September 2015
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization. Geneva Activities
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon,…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND IN LIBYA
29 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council at its noon meeting heard the presentation of a report and a study on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, followed by an interactive dialogue, and the presentation of the oral update of the High Commissioner on the mission to investigate violations and abuses of international human rights law committed in Libya since 2014, followed by an interactive dialogue. Both discussions were held under the Council’s agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building.…
5 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORTS OF CUBA ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
29 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial reports of Cuba on how the country is implementing the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the Optional Protocol on children involved in armed conflict.
Introducing the reports, Maria Esther Reus Gonzalez, Minister of Justice, stated that the reports represented an outcome of an intense consultation process with the involvement of the Government institutions, civil society organizations, and…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA, HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORT ON SUDAN
29 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Rhona Smith, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Cambodia, then heard the presentation of a report by Aristide Nononsi, Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Sudan.
In her presentation, Ms. Smith said that the Cambodian Government was engaged in a number of reform initiatives which could pave the way to resolving some of the outstanding human rights issues in the country, including the implementation of the three…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
28 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review
The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, and concluded its general debate on the Universal Periodic Review mechanism.
Palestine and Syria spoke as countries concerned in the discussion on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. Israel, the concerned country, was not present to take the floor.
Palestine warned that the continued…
