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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND OF PERSONS WITH ALBINISM
05 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon began its clustered interactive dialogue with Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and with Ikponwosa Ero, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.
Presenting her report, Ms. Devandas Aguilar noted that the deprivation of liberty of persons with disabilities was a serious human rights problem which continued to be underestimated around the world. Persons with disabilities were considerably…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES EMPOWERING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING THROUGH INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
04 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held the first part of its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child, with a panel discussion focusing on empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights, including through inclusive education.
In his opening statement, Coly Seck, President of the Human Rights Council, reminded that in its resolution 7/9 on the rights of the children, the Human Rights Council had decided to dedicate at least one full day a year to the rights of children. As confirmed by…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES ANNUAL MEETING ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD WITH A PANEL FOCUSING ON GOOD PRACTICES IN INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN EDUCATION SETTINGS
04 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
Hear Address by the Prime Minister of Somalia
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child with a panel discussion on including children with disabilities in education settings: good practices and accountability.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Council heard a statement by Hassan Ali Khayre, Prime Minister of Somalia, who said that Somalia’s election to the Council was an encouragement and support by…
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
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
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND ON THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DEBT ON THE FULL ENJOYMENT OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
28 February 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights.
At the beginning of the meeting, it heard delegations speak in right of reply in response to statements made during the high-level segment. China, India, Bahrain, Armenia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Cyprus, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon,…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND ON TORTURE
28 February 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, started by paying homage to all women human rights defenders who had been assassinated like Berta Caceres in Honduras. These deaths could have been avoided if States had honoured their engagements to protect human…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT AND ITS GENERAL SEGMENT
27 February 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its high-level segment, hearing addresses from seven dignitaries, who spoke about the situations in their countries and pointed to the surge of extreme right policies, migratory crises, and large numbers of displaced persons. The Council also concluded its general segment.
Nhial Deng Nhial, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of South Sudan, noted that the three United Nations mechanisms currently monitoring the human rights situation in South Sudan discharged similar mandates, and created…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS FROM 17 DIGNITARIES ON THE THIRD DAY OF ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
27 February 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning continued with its high-level segment, hearing addresses from 17 dignitaries, who stressed the importance of the Council in effectively addressing human rights violations, and pointed to the interconnectedness of the three fundamental pillars of the United Nations, human rights, peace and security, and development. Speakers also raised numerous concerns over diminished trust in international cooperation, the weakened concept of multilateralism, and challenges the world was facing.
Sakeus Shanghala, Minister of…
