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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS ON FOREIGN DEBT AND ON ADEQUATE HOUSING
01 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting heard the presentation of reports by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, and by Leilani Farha, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living.
Mr. Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on foreign debt, introduced his thematic report which focused…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS BIENNIAL HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE DEATH PENALTY
01 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its biennial high-level panel discussion on the death penalty, focusing on human rights violations related to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli, President of the Human Rights Council, said the 2017 panel discussion would address human rights violations related to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to the prohibition of torture…
4 years 5 months ago
Press Conference by the Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
01 March 2017
Press Conference Announcement
(The Commission is scheduled to present this report, along with a periodic update on the overall human rights situation in Syria, to the Human Rights Council on 14 March.)Mr. Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Ms. Carla del Ponte, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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Press Conference by the Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the…
