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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF TAJIKISTAN
14 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Tajikistan under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its initial reports under two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
Introducing the reports, Rustam Shohmurod, Minister of Justice of Tajikistan, explained the institutional architecture for the protection of the rights of the child in which the Commission on…
3 years 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
14 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Mr. Baskut Tuncak, Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
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OHCHR Press Conference
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a) Thematic report to the Human Rights Council on Guidelines on human rights in the context of hazardous substances and wastes; b) Report of the Special…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES MEETS WITH STATES AND CIVIL SOCIETY
13 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon held separate meetings with the United Nations Member States, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations.
Suela Janina, Committee Chairperson, opened the meeting by welcoming Member States, and thanking them for their contribution to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, emphasizing the importance of its ratification.
Representatives of Member States and State parties to the International Convention for the Protection…
3 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON USE OF MERCENARIES AND ON HAZARDOUS WASTES
13 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Arbitrary Detention and on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Hears Addresses by Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Minister of Human Rights of Yemen
The Human Rights Council this morning began a clustered interactive dialogue with Gabor Rona, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, and with Baskut Tuncak, Special Rapporteur on the…
3 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS DIALOGUE ON A DEMOCRATIC AND EQUITABLE INTERNATIONAL ORDER, AND ON UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES
13 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Use of Mercenaries and on Hazardous Waste
The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on a democratic and equitable international order and the Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures.
The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, and…
3 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CLOSES ITS TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION
13 September 2017
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Situation in Ecuador, Indonesia and Mexico
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded this afternoon its twenty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Ecuador, Indonesia and Mexico. The Committee also adopted two joint general comments with the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the human rights of children in the context of international migration.
Jose Brillantes, Committee…
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UNCTAD Press Stakeout
13 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
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Building Productive Capacities in Least Developed Countries and other vulnerable developing economie[Mukhisa Kituyi - UNCTAD Secretary-General Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia - Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey - Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission
3 years 11 months ago
OHCHR / Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
13 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Houria Es-Slami (Chair) Bernard Duhaime (Vice-Chair) Luciano Hazan Henrikas Mickevicius Tae-Ung Baik
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OHCHR / Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
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"Enforced disappearances in the context of migration: a pressing concern requiring urgent action. WGEID report to the Human…
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Press Conference requested by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland
13 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Simon Plüss, Head Arms Control and Arms Control Policy, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Switzerland Eric Berman, Director, Small Arms Survey Paul Holtom, Senior Researcher, Small Arms Survey Emilia Dungel, Communications Officer, Small Arms Survey
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3 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DIALOGUE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PERSONS, AND ON THE RIGHTS TO WATER AND SANITATION
12 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by the Minister of Justice of Burkina Faso
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, and Leo Heller, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to drinking water and sanitation. The Council also heard an address by the Minister of Justice of Burkina Faso.
In his address to the Human Rights Council, Bessolé Réné Bagoro, Minister of Justice of Burkina…
