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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 September 2019
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES EXAMINES THE INITIAL REPORT OF KUWAIT
10 September 2019
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Experts Denounce the Medical Approach and Charity-based View of Disability and the Absence of Full Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Kuwait on the implementation of the…
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LES PROBLÈMES DE VIOLENCE CONTRE LES ENFANTS ET DE DÉTENTION DES ENFANTS – EN PARTICULIER POUR CE QUI EST DES ENFANTS ABORIGÈNES ET INSULAIRES DU DÉTROIT DE TORRES – SONT AU CŒUR DE L’EXAMEN DU RAPPORT DE L’AUSTRALIE PAR LE COMITÉ DES DROITS DE L'ENFANT
10 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
La situation générale des enfants aborigènes et insulaires du détroit de Torres, en particulier au regard des problèmes de…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
09 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its eighty-second session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva.The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it will review the reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea and Portugal under…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
06 September 2019
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council would begin on Monday 9 September. The…
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CHALLENGES FACED IN RECEIVING 1.4 MILLION VENEZUELAN CITIZENS AT THE CENTRE OF COLOMBIA’S DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS
06 September 2019
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The numerous challenges generated by the reception of 1.4 million Venezuelan citizens were at the centre of the dialogue between the Experts of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES REVIEWS INITIAL REPORT OF GREECE, ASKS ABOUT SITUATION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH DISABILITIES
04 September 2019
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Experts also Discuss the Deinstitutionalization Process, Violence against Persons with Disabilities, and Denial of Legal Capacity
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning concluded its consideration of…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION FROM 9 TO 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA
04 September 2019
Press Release
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-second regular session from 9 to 27 September 2019 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session at 9 a.m. on Monday, 9…
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COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS VOICES CONCERNS ABOUT THE DIASPORA AS IT REVIEWS THE REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
04 September 2019
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The rights and political participation of the many nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina who work and live abroad came into focus as the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families reviewed the third periodic report of Bosnia and…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS AN INFORMAL MEETING WITH STATES
04 September 2019
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Discusses Global Compact on Migration, Financial Problems Facing the United Nations and their Impact on the Work of the Treaty Bodies, among Other Issues
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States,…
