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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 13 RESOLUTIONS

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 13 RESOLUTIONS 06 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   Extends Mandates on Yemen, Private Military and Security Companies, Hazardous Substances and Wastes, Burundi, Venezuela, People of African Descent and Somalia   Ends Mandate of Independent Expert on Sudan   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions in which it, among…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 06 October 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, and Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and TV Section, at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Office…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 15 TEXTS

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 15 TEXTS 06 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   Extends Mandates on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Unilateral Coercive Measures, and the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 15 texts in which it, among other…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING 05 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   Hear Presentation of Reports on Cambodia, Georgia and Yemen   The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of the report of the High Commissioner on Georgia, her report on Yemen, and the report of the Secretary-General on Cambodia, followed by a general…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON LIBYA

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON LIBYA 05 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Guinea-Bissau and Guyana   The Human Rights Council this morning held an enhanced interactive dialogue with the Fact-finding Mission on Libya. It also adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Guinea-Bissau and Guyana.…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN AND IN SOMALIA

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN AND IN SOMALIA 02 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Sudan, followed by an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia. Speaking on Sudan were Kuwait on behalf of the Group of Arab States,…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 02 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 02 October 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE AND WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE AND WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA 01 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues on reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Ukraine, and with the…

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CLOSES ONLINE LIMITED EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION

4 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CLOSES ONLINE LIMITED EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION 01 October 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its online limited eighty-fifth session. Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said the Committee had held its eighty-fifth limited session online due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, with the Interprefy…