10 months 2 weeks ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CLOSES ONLINE LIMITED EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
01 October 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its online limited eighty-fifth session.
Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said the Committee had held its eighty-fifth limited session online due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, with the Interprefy platform, starting 14 September. The Committee had held 12 meetings. An account of the Committee's deliberations would be included in the corresponding summary records. Due to time difference and connectivity issues, not all members had been able to…
10 months 2 weeks ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
01 October 2020
Meeting Summaries
Hears Presentations by the Chair of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Systemic Racism and on the International Decade for People of African Descent
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance after hearing presentations by the intergovernmental Working Group on the effective…
10 months 2 weeks ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
01 October 2020
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Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Report of the Secretary-General on Alleged Reprisals, and General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories
The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. It also concluded its interactive dialogue on the report of the Secretary-General on alleged reprisals, and the general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
Speaking in the…
10 months 2 weeks ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT ON ALLEGED REPRISALS
30 September 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent and on the Secretary-General’s report on alleged reprisals.
Speaking during the interactive dialogue with the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent were the European Union, Ecuador on behalf of a group of countries, Canada, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Cuba, Indonesia, Libya, Senegal, India, Togo, Morocco, South Africa…
10 months 2 weeks ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION VIRTUALLY
30 September 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon opened its sixty-eighth session virtually.
Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, said that for the first time in all its history, the Committee would hold its session virtually, applying means, procedures and technology that were still being tested. Despite the difficulties and contradictions inherent to this way of working, the Committee had decided to confront this challenge. The terrible COVID-19 pandemic had seriously…
10 months 2 weeks ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE GENERAL DEBATES ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW, AND ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
30 September 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held separate general debates on the Universal Periodic Review, and on the situation of human rights in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
Speaking in the general debate on the Universal Periodic Review were Germany on behalf of the European Union, Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Kuwait on behalf of the Group of Arab States, Azerbaijan on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, India,…
10 months 2 weeks ago
LE GROUPE D’EXPERTS SUR LE YÉMEN APPELLE LE CONSEIL DE SÉCURITÉ À SAISIR LA CPI ET SOUTIENT LA CRÉATION D'UN MÉCANISME D'ENQUÊTE DU CONSEIL DES DROITS DE L’HOMME
29 September 2020
Meeting Summaries
Il soutient également la poursuite des discussions sur la possibilité de créer un tribunal spécialisé pour traiter des crimes internationaux commis pendant le conflit au Yémen
Le Conseil des droits de l'homme a tenu, cet après-midi, son dialogue avec le Groupe d’éminents experts internationaux et régionaux sur le Yémen, dont le Président, M. Kamel Jendoubi, a présenté le troisième rapport en date, intitulé : «Une pandémie d’impunité sur un…
10 months 2 weeks ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF SWEDEN, GRENADA, TURKEY AND KIRIBATI
29 September 2020
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Begins General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Sweden, Grenada, Turkey and Kiribati. It also started the general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms.
Speaking in the Universal Periodic Review of Sweden were South Sudan
Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, China, Djibouti, Ethiopia, India and Iran.
Also taking the floor were the following non-governmental…
10 months 2 weeks ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN ITS WORK
28 September 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual panel discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout its work and that of its mechanisms, with a focus on gender and diversity : strengthening the intersectional perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council.
Speaking in the discussion were Finland on behalf of a group of countries, Chile on behalf of a group of countries, Luxembourg on behalf of a group of countries, European Union, United Kingdom, Austria on behalf of group of countries, Viet Nam…
10 months 2 weeks ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF LESOTHO, KENYA AND ARMENIA
28 September 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Lesotho, Kenya and Armenia.
Refiloe Litjobo, Permanent Representative of Lesotho to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said the recommendations had allowed Lesotho to take a critical look at the promotion and protection of human rights in the country. He praised the impartiality that characterized this review. He emphasized that certain recommendations had already been implemented, in particular the one aimed at combatting trafficking in…
