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The United Nations Information Service Geneva covers a range of activities taking place at the United Nations Office at Geneva, from meeting of the Human Rights Council and peace talks to other major conferences and events. Accredited journalists can participate in bi-weekly briefings chaired by the UN Geneva spokesperson and attended by the spokespeople of UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies based in Geneva. Correspondents also have access to scheduled press conferences, stakeouts and background briefings on an almost daily basis.

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Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Seventh Regular Session after Adopting 37 Resolutions and One Statement by the President

Council Extends Mandates of Nine Country and One Thematic Mandate HoldersThe Human Rights Council today concluded its fifty-seventh regular session after adopting 37 resolutions and one Statement by the President, in which it, among others, extended the mandates of nine country and one thematic…
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Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-seventh regular session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.   The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 9 September under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening…
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AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council How Governments Have Implemented Restrictive Laws and Intense Stigmatising Campaigns to Silence Civic Activism

Over 10 Per Cent of Women Globally Are Trapped in a Cycle of Extreme Poverty, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells the Council The Human Rights Council this afternoon held the second part of its annual discussion on the human rights of women with a panel discussion on human rights…
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MORNING - At the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk Calls on States to Overhaul Discriminatory Laws and Practices Enabling Economic Violence against Women

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Working Group on Discrimination against Women and GirlsThe Human Rights Council this morning held the first panel of its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, focusing on economic violence as a form of gender-based violence against…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Is Intensifying

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, and started an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls. Cecilia Bailliet, Independent Expert on human…
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MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons

Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Opinion and ExpressionThe Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and concluded an interactive dialogue with the …
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AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council

Council Concludes Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and LawyersThe Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.  It also…
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MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations

 Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations, Concludes Discussion on the Human Rights of MigrantsThe Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. …
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AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council that $669 Billion in Remittances from Migrants in 2023 Exceeded Foreign Investment and Official Development Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers.The Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants. It also concluded an interactive dialogue with the…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Concludes Discussion on the Right to Education

The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.  It also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education.Margaret Satterthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the…

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