2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE WORLD OF WORK AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN
27 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held the first part of its annual discussion on the human rights of women, with a panel on violence against women in the world of work. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, gave keynote statements.
In her opening remarks, Ms. Bachelet said that widespread violence against women in the world of work was a major impediment to women’s enjoyment of their fundament rights and freedoms…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUPS ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
27 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, Addresses the Council
The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Meskerem Geset Techane, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, and Surya Deva, Chairperson of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The Council concluded the clustered interactive…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS AND ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
26 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Agnès Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education.
Ms. Callamard said that she had undertaken the inquiry into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi under the terms of her mandate, compelled by what she had perceived to be the paralysis of the United Nations. The inquiry had found credible evidence, warranting…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION AND FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSOCIATION AND OF ASSEMBLY
26 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Mandate Holders on the Human Rights of Migrants and on Human Rights and International Solidarity
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with David Kaye, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression, and with Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council concluded its interactive discussion with…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MIGRANTS AND THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
25 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Right to Health and on Eliminating Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Felipe Gonzalez Morales, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, and with Obiora Okafor, the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity. The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue on the right to health and on eliminating discrimination against…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UPDATE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
25 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
During the meeting, two dignitaries took the floor.
Aierken Tuniyazi, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee and Vice Governor of Xinjiang People's Government, China, underscoring that he was an ethnic Uygur, said that by setting up vocational education and training centres in accordance with the law, the Government aimed to educate and save those who had been…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES VIOLENCE BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY, AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS
24 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.
At the beginning of the meeting, the President of the Human Rights Council, Coly Seck, said that the United Nations, including the Human Rights Council, had a zero tolerance policy for any kind of harassment, including sexual…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION, HEARS UPDATE BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
24 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
Presidents of Bulgaria and of the Marshall Islands, and Dignitaries from Armenia, Somalia, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, and Norway Address the Council
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-first regular session, hearing an update by Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, and the President of the Marshall Islands, Hilda C. Heine, addressed the Council, as did dignitaries from Armenia, Somalia, Netherlands, Republic of…
2 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SITUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AFFECTED BY LEPROSY
24 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and with Alice Cruz, Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members.
Mr. Puras said that the realization of the right to mental health required States to respect, protect and fulfil the social and underlying determinants that promoted mental health…
2 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION FROM 24 JUNE TO 12 JULY 2019
19 June 2019
Press Release
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-first regular session from 24 June to 12 July 2019 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session at 9 a.m. on Monday, 24 June and will update the Council on the situation of human rights worldwide and on the activities of her Office. During the three-week session, the Council will examine over 100 reports on a wide range of issues presented by 24 human…
