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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS 17 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Extends Mandates on Eritrea, Education, Extrajudicial Executions, Trafficking in Persons, Leprosy, Judges and Lawyers, Persons with Disabilities, International Solidarity, Extreme Poverty, Belarus, and on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises   The…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS, APPOINTS FOUR SPECIAL PROCEDURE MANDATE HOLDERS, AND CONCLUDES ITS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS, APPOINTS FOUR SPECIAL PROCEDURE MANDATE HOLDERS, AND CONCLUDES ITS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION 17 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions dealing with the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests ; the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic ; the Social Forum ; and the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 17 July 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON BELARUS, AND ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON BELARUS, AND ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES 17 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions in which it, among other actions, extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 13 RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON ERITREA, EDUCATION, EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, LEPROSY, JUDGES AND LAWYERS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND EXTREME POVERTY

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 13 RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON ERITREA, EDUCATION, EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, LEPROSY, JUDGES AND LAWYERS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND EXTREME POVERTY 16 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Calls for Universal, Timely and Equitable Access to and Fair Distribution of All Essential Health Technologies and Production, including those…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS ORAL UPDATE ON GEORGIA AND HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS ORAL UPDATE ON GEORGIA AND HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES 16 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance   The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting heard an oral update on cooperation with Georgia…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF SPAIN AND KUWAIT, AND HOLDS ENHANCED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON SUDAN

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF SPAIN AND KUWAIT, AND HOLDS ENHANCED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON SUDAN 16 July 2020 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Spain and Kuwait, and held an enhanced interactive dialogue on progress towards opening a country office in Sudan. Cristobal Gonzales-Aller Jurado, Permanent Representative…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE 15 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Hears the Presentation of the Report of the Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations on the Eighth Session of the Forum on Business and Human Rights, Concludes Dialogue on Report on Venezuela…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON UPHOLDING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PRISONERS, INCLUDING WOMEN PRISONERS AND OFFENDERS, AND STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON VENEZUELA

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON UPHOLDING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PRISONERS, INCLUDING WOMEN PRISONERS AND OFFENDERS, AND STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON VENEZUELA 15 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual panel discussion on technical cooperation and capacity building, under the theme of upholding the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 14 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of…