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AFTERNOON - Rights Council Adopts Nine Texts: Establishes Mechanism to Protect Africans and People of African Descent against Excessive Use of Force by Law Enforcement Officers, Renews Mandate on Belarus

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Rights Council Adopts Nine Texts: Establishes Mechanism to Protect Africans and People of African Descent against Excessive Use of Force by Law Enforcement Officers, Renews Mandate on Belarus 13 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted nine texts in which it, among other actions, established an international independent expert mechanism on promoting and protecting the…

Committee against Torture considers reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture considers reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals 13 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Ad…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 13 July 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. …

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Three Resolutions on Human Rights in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, Human Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS, and on Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Three Resolutions on Human Rights in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, Human Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS, and on Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities 13 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted three resolutions on human rights in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS, and on violence…

New Permanent Representative of  Lao People’s Democratic Republic Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva  

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of  Lao People’s Democratic Republic Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva   13 July 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Latsamy Keomany, the new Permanent Representative of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts 13 Resolutions: Renews Mandate on Eritrea and Calls for the Removal of Unjustified Obstacles Restricting the Export of COVID-19 Vaccines

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts 13 Resolutions: Renews Mandate on Eritrea and Calls for the Removal of Unjustified Obstacles Restricting the Export of COVID-19 Vaccines 12 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions in which it, among other actions, renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea for a further period of…

MIDDAY - High Commissioner to Human Rights Council: Law Enforcement Officials must be Held Accountable for Crimes against People of African Descent and Alternative Approaches to Policing should be Applied

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MIDDAY - High Commissioner to Human Rights Council: Law Enforcement Officials must be Held Accountable for Crimes against People of African Descent and Alternative Approaches to Policing should be Applied 12 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, today told the Human Rights Council that the murder of George Floyd was a tipping point, which had shifted the…

Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-first Session Online

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-first Session Online 12 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee against Torture this afternoon opened its seventy-first session online, hearing a statement by Antti Korkeakivi, Chief, Anti-Torture, Coordination and Funds Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda for the session. Mr.…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on Technical Cooperation to Advance the Right to Education

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on Technical Cooperation to Advance the Right to Education 12 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual thematic panel discussion on technical assistance and capacity building with a focus on technical cooperation to advance the right to education and ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning…

AFTERNOON - Israeli Settlements Amount to a War Crime, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Israeli Settlements Amount to a War Crime, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council 09 July 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, who said that in his report, he examined whether the Israeli settlements were in…