On 20th October 2017, the President of the Human Rights Council, H.E. Mr Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli, Ambassador of El Salvador, called an extraordinary organisational meeting to try to agree a series of modest changes to the Council’s methods of work and, in turn, to agree on a request to the General Assembly (GA) for more resources and meeting time. This …
The UN Human Rights Council falls seriously short in its mandate to ensure effective enjoyment by all of all human rights. It needs real reform—not another reform process. With the close of the UN Human Rights Council’s 36th session—the third consecutive session without substantive engagement by the US—an air of unease continues to hang over the body. The US threat to withdraw from …
In english La commémoration du quinzième anniversaire de l’adhésion de la Suisse à l’ONU représente une occasion parfaite pour reconnaître l’importance stratégique de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève (l’ONUG). Il est important de noter que le Conseil des droits de l’homme (CDH), l’organe intergouvernemental chargé de promouvoir et protéger les droits de l’homme et le HCDH, qui a pour tâche de …
9th October, London The third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) began in April of this year and will continue until 2021. At the end of the second cycle, the then President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyong-lim, delivered a video message calling on member States to ‘ensure that the third cycle is one of follow-up and implementation’. Earlier this …
Este artículo fue originalmente publicado en El Mostrador el 13 de septiembre de 2017. En septiembre de 2015, la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas adoptó la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), un plan de acción para poner fin a la pobreza, proteger el planeta y garantizar que las personas, todas, gocen de paz y prosperidad. Se trata de un …
Quick summary The 36th regular session of the Human Rights Council (HRC36) was held from Monday 11th September to Friday 29th September 2017. On 11th September, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, H.E. Mr Zeid Ra’ad Al- Hussein, presented an oral update on the global human rights situation. A number of high level dignitaries delivered statements during the session, including inter alia, H.E. Mr …
Human rights analysis of high level speeches at the General Debate at the UN General Assembly What are the human rights situations and issues that keep world leaders up at night in 2017? What are the human rights priorities of governments for the next twelve months? The best place to get a sense of both is the general debate of …
En français The commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of Switzerland’s membership of the United Nations presents an excellent opportunity to recognise the strategic importance of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). Importantly, the Human Rights Council (HRC), the principal UN intergovernmental body mandated to promote and protect human rights globally, and the OHCHR tasked with its support, are both based at …
The commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of Switzerland’s membership of the United Nations presents an excellent opportunity to recognise the strategic importance of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). Importantly, the Human Rights Council (HRC), the principal UN intergovernmental body mandated to promote and protect human rights globally, and the OHCHR tasked with its support, are both based at …
El 1 de agosto de 2017 la Embajada de Turquía en Colombia, la Fundación el Nogal y Universal Rights Group, con el apoyo del Club El Nogal, organizaron un evento para dar a conocer la situación de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y tribales en Colombia. Este evento contó con la participación de representantes de alto nivel del Gobierno …
