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Press stakeout by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
03 March 2017
Press Conferences
To listen to the Press stakeout by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, please click here.
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Press stakeout by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
Press Item Subject
Intra-Syrian negociations
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OHCHR Press Conference
03 March 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Ben Emmerson, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
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OHCHR Press Conference
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Human Rights and Counter Terrorism
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OHCHR
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
02 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on climate change and the rights of the child, highlighting the wide-ranging effects of climate change and its disproportionately adverse impact on children’s health, education and development.
Amr Ramadan, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, explained that the Council had convened the panel discussion on the adverse impacts of climate change on States’ efforts to realize the rights of the child pursuant to Council resolution 32/33.
In her opening remarks, Peggy Hicks…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON FOREIGN DEBT AND ON THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING
02 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Addresses the Council
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt, and Leilani Farha, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. At the beginning of the meeting, Miguel Ruiz-Cabañas Izquierdo, Undersecretary for Multilateral…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH MANDATE HOLDERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND ON TORTURE
02 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Michel Forst, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and with Nils Melzer, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Mr. Forst, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said that over the past years, the threats and constraints faced by human rights defenders around the world had been steadily growing and changing, and that in many countries,…
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OHCHR Press Conference (SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HOUSING)
02 March 2017
Press Conference Announcement
The report will be presented to the Human Rights Council on 1st March. The report examines structural changes that have occurred in recent years whereby massive amounts of global capital have been invested in housing as a commodity, as security for financial instruments that are traded on global markets, and as a means of accumulating wealth. It also assesses the effect of those historic changes on the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing and outlines an appropriate human rights framework for States to address them. Ms. Leilani Farha, Special Rapporteur on the right to…
4 years 5 months ago
WHO Press Conference
02 March 2017
Press Conference Announcement
UNDER EMBARGO: 6 March 2017 00:01 GMT (London time) and 01:01 CET (Geneva time). Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. Annette Prüss-Ustün, Scientist, WHO Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. Marie-Noel Brune Drisse, Technical Officer, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health.
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WHO Press Conference
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
01 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
Hears from Dignitaries from Bulgaria, Iraq, Sweden and Venezuela
The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded the high-level segment of its 2017 session after hearing addresses from dignitaries from Bulgaria, Iraq, Sweden and Venezuela.
Lubomir Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, said that the Arms Trade Treaty, now in the third year since its entry into force, was one of the positive developments in the arms control and disarmament domain. For Bulgaria, that Treaty had always been among the national priorities in the export and arms control area.
Ibrahim…
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INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
01 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
Aleppo aerial campaign deliberately targeted hospitals and humanitarian convoy amounting to war crimes, while armed groups’ indiscriminate shelling terrorised civilians – UN Commission
GENEVA, 1 March 2017 – The brutal tactics used by the parties to the conflict in Syria as they engaged in the decisive battle for Aleppo city between July and December 2016 resulted in unparalleled suffering for Syrian men, women and children and amount to war crimes, according to a UN report released today.
In their report based on 291 interviews, including with residents of…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS FROM 23 DIGNITARIES AND CONCLUDES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
01 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
Council Holds its General Segment
The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its high-level segment after hearing statements from 19 States and four organizations, and then heard statements from States and civil society organizations in its general segment.
Srdjan Darmanović, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, said terrorism, escalation of hostilities and instability around the globe continued to be one of the major threats to human rights, and called for greater accountability for gross and systematic human rights violations, including…
