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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA
04 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-fifth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee heard solemn declarations by six newly elected members of the Committee, elected a new Chairperson and other officers of the Committee, and adopted the agenda and programme of work for the session.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Salama underlined the relevance of human rights treaties and the importance of the work of…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ON ADEQUATE HOUSING
04 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd, and with the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Leilani Farha.
Presenting his report, Mr. Boyd underlined that air pollution caused over seven million premature deaths…
2 years 5 months ago
Serbian exhibition on the life and works of Jovan Dučić
01 March 2019
| Michael Møller
Speech
1 mars 2019Exposition serbe sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Jovan Dučić
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Serbian exhibition on the life and works of Jovan Dučić
Angle A/C, 3rd floor, A Building, Palais des Nations
Friday 1 March 2019 at 12:30pm
Minister,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Dear friends,
A very warm welcome to this exhibition on the life and work of Jovan Dučić to commemorate 75 years since his death. A very warm thank you to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of…
2 years 5 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
01 March 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Prof. Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment
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OHCHR Press Conference
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Sharing of the main findings of the Special Rapporteur on torture’s report on the relationship between corruption and torture or ill-treatment, the predominant patterns of interaction between the two phenomena…
2 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN BOTSWANA
01 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women today concluded its review of the fourth periodic report of Botswana on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Magang Ngaka Ngaka, Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs of Botswana, said that the key priorities in the advancement of women’s rights included combating HIV/AIDS, addressing gender-based violence, eliminating discrimination,…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
01 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Joseph Cannataci, Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, and Karima Bennoune, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.
Presenting his reports, Mr. Cannataci said that gender-based breaches of privacy were a systemic form of denial of human rights, and their discriminatory nature frequently perpetuated unequal social, economic, cultural and political structures. On privacy and health data, he stated that indigenous data sovereignty, prisoner…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE COUNTERING TERRORISM
01 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism.
Presenting her report, Ms. Ní Aoláin reminded that security and human rights were fundamentally entwined and co-dependent. The clear link between the impact on civil society space and the enlargement of the security framework could be seen. Since its inception, 66 per cent of all relevant communications sent by the mandate of the Special…
2 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
01 March 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council and the Economic Commission for Europe.Update on humanitarian needs in Syria 2019
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), made the following statement:
“The United Nations in Syria remains gravely concerned about the plight of thousands of civilians fleeing…
2 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
01 March 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Silvia Elena Alfaro Espinosa, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Alfaro Espinosa had been serving as Director-General of Economic Promotion at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lima since August 2016. She was a Specialized Advisor at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru in Lima from December 2015 to July 2016.…
2 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
01 March 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Crispin Conroy, the new Permanent Observer of the International Chamber of Commerce to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Conroy had been working with the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) from June 2009 to November 2018. This included being Consul-General, Italy, and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Italy and Israel, based in Milan, from November 2016 to November 2018; Consul-…
