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MORNING - Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Thousands of Persons Are Subjected to Arbitrary Detention Each Year in All Countries and the Global Pandemic Should Never Be Used to Curtail the Right to Freedom from Arbitrary Detention

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Thousands of Persons Are Subjected to Arbitrary Detention Each Year in All Countries and the Global Pandemic Should Never Be Used to Curtail the Right to Freedom from Arbitrary Detention 20 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Older Persons: the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Had a Disproportionate Impact on Older Persons…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States 20 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   Opening the meetings, Carmen Rosa Villa Quintana, Committee Chairperson, stressed the importance of increasing ratification of the Convention. While celebrating that 83 people had been found alive following petitions for urgent action from the Committee, that still left over 1,000 urgent cases open. States speaking in the…

In Dialogue with Spain, Committee on Enforced Disappearances Asks About Draft Law on Democratic Memory and about Incommunicado Detention

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Spain, Committee on Enforced Disappearances Asks About Draft Law on Democratic Memory and about Incommunicado Detention 17 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the report of Spain on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.…

AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development to the Human Rights Council: Climate Change is a Global Human Rights Threat Multiplier

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development to the Human Rights Council: Climate Change is a Global Human Rights Threat Multiplier 17 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Current State of Play of the Mainstreaming of the Human Rights of Women and Girls in Conflict and Post…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 17 September 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Dire consequences for refugees from COVID-19 underfunding…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Concludes Day of General Discussion on Alternative Care

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Concludes Day of General Discussion on Alternative Care 17 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held the second of two segments of a Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care. Committee Members Rinchen Chophel and Velina Todorova presented conclusions of working groups on delivering appropriate quality…

MORNING - Human Rights Violations Suffered by Displaced Persons are Well Known, but the Extent to which they are Affected by Contemporary Forms of Slavery is Often Overlooked - Special Rapporteur to Human Rights Council

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Violations Suffered by Displaced Persons are Well Known, but the Extent to which they are Affected by Contemporary Forms of Slavery is Often Overlooked - Special Rapporteur to Human Rights Council 17 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   High Commissioner Calls on the Council to Enhance its Focus on the Experience and Human Rights of Women and Girls in the Council’s Analysis of Conflict and…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council holds Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice and reparation, and starts dialogue with the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council holds Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice and reparation, and starts dialogue with the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development 16 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights…

In dialogue with Panama, Committee on Enforced Disappearances asks about accountability for the past and about migrant missing persons

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home In dialogue with Panama, Committee on Enforced Disappearances asks about accountability for the past and about migrant missing persons 16 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Panama on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held the first of two segments of a Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care.

3 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held the first of two segments of a Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care. 16 September 2021 Meeting Summaries   Committee Chair Mikiko Otani, in her opening remarks, said the Day of General Discussion was an important working tool for the Committee, as it allowed the Committee to go deeper into the topics and to hear the opinions of the…