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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH SESSION
07 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and sixteenth session, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work, as well as the report from its Working Group on Individual Communications.
Fabian Omar Salvioli, President of the Human Rights Committee, opened the session by stating that that was a very important meeting for the community of human rights as they were celebrating the…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OPENS TENTH SESSION
07 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its tenth session, hearing a statement by Simon Walker, Chief of Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section of the Human Rights Treaties Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting the agenda of the session.
In his address, Mr. Walker noted that 2016 was marking the tenth anniversary of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances and the fiftieth anniversary of the two original human rights Covenants,…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS ANNUAL FULL-DAY MEETING ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
07 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
Panel Discusses the International Framework and Challenges Relating to Information and Communications Technologies and Child Sexual Exploitation
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child, whose theme this year is information and communications technologies and child sexual exploitation. The morning panel discussion focused on information and communications technologies and child sexual exploitation: international framework and challenges.
Choi Kyonglim,…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON FOREIGN DEBT AND ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
07 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on foreign debt, and Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Mr. Bohoslavsky said that inequality might substantially contribute to the emergence of financial crises. It prompted increased levels of private credit, which in turn affected sovereign debt and the stability of the financial markets. Structural adjustment programmes should be subjected to robust human rights impact assessments and not only oriented…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES ANNUAL MEETING ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
07 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child with a panel discussion that focused on the role of information and communications technologies, multi-stakeholders approach and good practices.
Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, who moderated the discussion, noted that the protection of children from online exploitation did not justify the suppression of their right to learn through…
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OHCHR Press Conference (CEDAW)
07 March 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Dalia Leinarte Ismat Jahan
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OHCHR Press Conference (CEDAW)
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UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): Concluding observations on Japan, Iceland, Sweden, Mongolia, Czech Republic, Vanuatu, Tanzania
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OHCHR…
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ILO Press Conference
07 March 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Shauna Olney, Chief of the ILO’s Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch Lawrence J. Johnson, Deputy Director, ILO Research Department
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ILO Press Conference
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Launch of new report Women at Work: Trends 2016
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DEBATE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN SITUATIONS OF RISK AND HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
04 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
Hears Opening Remarks by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Human Rights Council today held its annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities, with a focus on persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, the standards set by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in its article 11, and the policies and practices developed under its guidance.
In his opening remarks, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
04 March 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and the World Trade Organization.UN Secretary-General
Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-General had been in Burkina Faso and had met with President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. In a subsequent meeting with the press,…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
04 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today concluded a clustered interactive dialogue with Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the prevention of genocide, and Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.
The clustered interactive dialogue started on Thursday, 3 March, and a summary, including the presentation of the reports, can be read here.
In concluding remarks, Mr. Dieng underlined the importance of involving religious leaders in efforts to prevent genocide. He…
