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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS TIMETABLE FOR THE WORK OF THE WORKING GROUP ON THE WAY AHEAD
08 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning agreed on a timetable for the work of the Working Group on the way ahead.
The Working Group was mandated to take stock of the progress on all agenda items of the Conference, identify issues for substantive work under the agenda, taking into account the efforts and priorities of the international community, identify common ground for a programme of work with a negotiating mandate, and consider steps for the way ahead.
The President of the Conference and delegates expressed their…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS AN INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ON MIGRANTS
08 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Michael K. Addo, Chair of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and with François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants.
In the presentation of the Working Group’s reports, Mr. Addo explained that one of the findings of the Working Group was that there was a low level of awareness by small and medium-sized enterprises of the Guiding Principles on…
4 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY
08 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and with Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
In the discussion about the human rights of internally displaced persons, speakers stressed the fact that the search for durable solutions must be the backbone of the solutions to displacement, and a priority. It was necessary to adopt a…
4 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ENHANCING CAPACITY BUILDING IN PUBLIC HEALTH
08 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on realizing the right to health by enhancing capacity building in public health, hearing keynote statements by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
The moderator of the panel was Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva. The panellists were Tolbert Nyenswah, Deputy Minister of Health of Liberia and Director General of the…
4 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS THE REPORT OF LIECHTENSTEIN
08 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the second and third periodic report of Liechtenstein on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Martin Frick, Ambassador and Director of the Office for Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein, introduced the report and said that Liechtenstein had undergone major changes since the presentation of the last report in 2006. Mr. Frick reassured the Committee that the implementation of the rights under the Covenant…
4 years 2 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
08 June 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Mrs. Renate Winter (CRC Chair) Mr. Benyam Dawit Mezmur Mrs. Kirsten Sandberg Mrs. Suzanne Aho Assouma * The US has signed in 1995 but not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child but it did ratify in 2002 the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child: OPAC on involvement of children in armed conflict and OPSC on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
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OHCHR Press Conference
08 June 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Ms. Giammarinaro identifies and analyses main challenges in adopting voluntary standards and certification schemes to detect trafficking in companies’ supply chains. She also provides recommendations to strengthen voluntary standards and the certification processes to improve detection and remediation of cases of trafficking in persons. The report will be presented to the Human Rights Council on Friday 9 June.Mme Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Rapporteuse spéciale sur la traite des êtres humains, en particulier les femmes et les enfants
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COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY
07 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon began its clustered interactive dialogue with Cecilia Jimenez-Dimary, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and with Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
Presenting her first report to the Council, Ms. Jimenez-Dimary noted that in recent years, the picture of internal displacement and the plight of internally displaced persons globally offered little positive news. The numbers of internally…
4 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION, AND ON EDUCATION
07 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Annalisa Ciampi, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and with Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education.
In the discussion on peaceful assembly and association, speakers noted with concern the shrinking space for civil society, including in the digital domain. Indeed, increasing constriction was one of the main threats to the rights to…
4 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HIGH COMMISSIONER’S ORAL UPDATE
07 June 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the oral update of Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The High Commissioner addressed the opening of the Council’s session on Tuesday, 6 June, and a summary of his statement can be found here.
In the general debate, speakers agreed that human rights continued to face challenges the world over. Some said the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights should continue to observe strictly the United Nations Charter, to follow strictly its mandate and…
