Today the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Raad Zeid al-Hussein, gave his first address to the Human Rights Council. You can read his address at: tinyurl/speech80914 The Human Rights Council opened today its twenty-seventh regular session (8 - 26 September 2014) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the three-week session, the 47-member body will hear the presentation of the latest report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, an oral report from the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) on the situation in Ukraine and updates on the situations pertaining to its recent special sessions on the human rights situations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Iraq, held on 23 July and 1 September, respectively. The Council will also hold dialogues with 19 human rights experts and bodies, take part in ten thematic panel discussions, as well as dedicated meetings on the integration of a gender perspective and the rights of indigenous peoples. Agenda and documents : tinyurl/hrc27doc - Live webcast: webtv.un.org #HumanRights - United Nations Human Rights - #HRC27
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:00:01 +0000
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