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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-Sixth Session after Adopting its Concluding Observations on Hungary, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland and Venezuela

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-Sixth Session after Adopting its Concluding Observations on Hungary, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland and Venezuela 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Hungary, Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland and…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate on its agenda item eight on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action…

MORNING - Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israel Has Imposed upon Palestine an Apartheid Reality in a Post-Apartheid World

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israel Has Imposed upon Palestine an Apartheid Reality in a Post-Apartheid World 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967; heard the High…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 25 March 2022 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Economic Commission…

Human Rights Committee Closes One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Bolivia, Cambodia, Israel, Iraq and Qatar

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Closes One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Bolivia, Cambodia, Israel, Iraq and Qatar 25 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and thirty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Bolivia, Cambodia, Israel and Qatar. Photini Pazartzis, Committee Chair, expressed appreciation for delegates who had participated in…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review and Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review and Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 24 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on its agenda item six on the Universal Periodic Review, and concluded a general debate under its agenda item five on human rights bodies and mechanisms. On the Universal…

Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report 24 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-second, one hundred and thirty-third and one hundred and thirty-fourth sessions. Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions. During the reporting period, the Committee had registered 211 communications, which it transmitted to the States…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Thailand and Ireland

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Thailand and Ireland 24 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   Hears the Presentation of Five Reports and Starts General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Thailand and Ireland. The Council then heard the presentation of five…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Outcomes of Universal Periodic Review of Eswatini, Antigua and Barbuda, and Trinidad and Tobago

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Outcomes of Universal Periodic Review of Eswatini, Antigua and Barbuda, and Trinidad and Tobago 23 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Eswatini, Antigua and Barbuda, and Trinidad and Tobago. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review of Eswatini were Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte D’Ivoire,…

MIDDAY - Human Rights Council Adopts Outcomes of Universal Periodic Review of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan and Tanzania

3 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MIDDAY - Human Rights Council Adopts Outcomes of Universal Periodic Review of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan and Tanzania 23 March 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan and Tanzania. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review of Saint…