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Human Rights Council
Eighth session
2 - 18 June 2008
at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,
Switzerland
Live
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9:00 - 12:00 - 10th Plenary Meeting
 [English][Original language] 1 hour and 20 minutes
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Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council
[English] 4 minutes
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Follow-up to the special session on the negative impact of the worsening of the world food crisis on the realization of the right to food for all |
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Briefing from the the Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Mr. Olivier de Schutter
[The Special Rapporteur on the right to food attended the High-Level Conference on World Food Security, held under the auspices of the FAO in Rome from 3-5 June 2008]
[English] 10 minutes |
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Review, rationalisation and improvement of mandates (RRI) |
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Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council
[English] 2 minutes
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children |
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Sponsors |
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Germany
Ms. Birgitta Maria Siefker-Eberle
[English] 3 minutes
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Philippines
Mr. Jesus Enrique G. Garcia II
[English] 4 minutes
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Mandate-holder |
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Director of the Special Procedures Division of the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council
Ms. Soussan Raadi-Azarakhchi, Director of the Special Procedures Division of the Secretariat
(in the absence of the Mandate-holder)
[English] 6 minutes
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Council Members |
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Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Dominik Frelih
[English] 2 minutes |
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Sri Lanka
Mr. Ameerajwad Omer Lebbe
[English] 3 minutes |
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Turkey
Mr. Fatih Ulusoy
[English] 2 minutes |
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Belarus
Mr. Evgeny Lazarev
[English] [Russian] 2 minutes |
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Spain
Ms. Silvia Escobar
[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes |
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Main sponsors - Wrap up |
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Germany
Ms. Birgitta Maria Siefker-Eberle
[English] 1 minute |
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education |
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Sponsor |
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Portugal
Mr. Carlos Pereira Marques
[English] 6 minutes
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Mandate-holder |
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Special Rapporteur
Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana
(on behalf of the Mandate-holder, Mr. Vernor Muñoz Villalobos)
[English] [Spanish] 8 minutes
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Council Members |
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Chile (on behalf of the GRULAC)
Mr. Rodrigo Donojo
[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes |
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Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Dominik Frelih
[English] 2 minutes |
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Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference)
Mr. Syed Ali Asad Gillani
[English] 1 minute |
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Cuba
Mr. Yuri Gala
[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes |
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Turkey
Ms. Tuğba Sarayönlü Etensel
[English] 1 minute |
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Morocco
Mr. Hassan El Mkhantar
[English] [French] 1 minute |
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Non-governemental Organizations |
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Pax Romana (Joint statement)
[English] 2 minutes |
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Main sponsors - Wrap up |
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Portugal
Mr. Carlos Pereira Marques
[English] 2 minutes
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Special event celebrating the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
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Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council
[English] 1 minute
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Special event celebrating the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
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Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council
[English] 5 minutes
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Ms Louise Arbour
High Commissioner for Human Rights
[English] 6 minutes
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Panelists |
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Ms. Theresia Degener
“Women and Disabilities”
[Ms. Degener has a long history working in the area of human rights and disability, and has undertaken substantive research in gender and disability as well as the impact of the Convention on international development cooperation]
[English] 9 minutes
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Mr. Luis Fernando Astorga Gatjens
“Accessibility”
[Mr. Astorga Gatjens is a journalist and human rights activist. He is, amongst others, the Executive Director of the Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development, and was an active member of the International Disability Caucus during the negotiations for the Convention and Optional Protocol]
[English] [Spanish] 7 minutes
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Ms. Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo
“Disability and poverty”
[Ms. McClain-Nhlapo is the Disability Advisor of the World Bank to East and South Asia and the Pacific Region. She worked for the South African National Human Rights Institution, and represented the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions at several sessions of the negotiation of the Convention]
[English] 12 minutes
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Mr. Lex Grandia
Statement on behalf of the CRPD Forum
[Mr. Grandia is the President of the World Federation of the DeafBlind and Chair of the International Disability Alliance. He is here in his capacity as chair of the CRPD Forum, which consists of many representatives with disabilities as well as organizations working in the area of disability world wide]
[English] 10 minutes
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Member States |
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Ecuador (Video-message)
Mr.
[Mr. XX, Vice-President of Ecuador is also the Head of the National Council for Disabilities]
[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes |
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New Zealand
Mr. Don Mackay
[English] 4 minutes |
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Mexico
Mr. Gilberto Rincon Gallardo
[English] [Spanish] 7 minutes |
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Egypt
Mr. Mr. Ihab Gamaleldin
[English] 4 minutes |
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China
Mr. Zhu Yanwei
[English] [Chinese] 3 minutes |
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Russian Federation
Mr. Semen Lyapichev
[English] [Russian] 4 minutes |
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Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Dominik Frelih
[English] 3 minutes |
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South Africa
Ms. Beulah Naidoo
[English] 3 minutes |
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India
Mr. Rajiv Kumar Chander
[English] 3 minutes |
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Spain
Ms. Silvia Escobar
[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes |
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Civil Society |
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Landmine Network Survivors El Salvador
[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes |
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Inclusion International
[English] 5 minutes |
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Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council
[English] 1 minutes
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12:00 - 15:30 - 11th Plenary Meeting
[English] [Original language] - 1st part (Alternative care for children): 1 hour and 26 minutes
[English] [Original language] - 2nd part (Myanmar):
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Mr. Alejandro Artucio Rodríguez
Vice-President of the Human Rights Council
[English] [Spanish] 5 minutes
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Special Events on the Draft UN Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children |
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Panelists |
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Ms. Patricia Lamego
Coordinator of the Group of Friends
[Ms. Lamego is project manager in the Cabinet of the Special Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, and is responsible for the National Authority for Adoption and Abduction of Children (Palermo Convention)]
[English] 5 minutes |
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Ms. Moushira Khattab
[Ms. Khattab is a Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child]
[English] 6 minutes |
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Ms. Alexandra Yuster
[Ms. Yuster is a Senior Adviser of the Social Welfare and Justice Systems Child Protection Section, Programme Division at UNICEF]
[English] 5 minutes |
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Mr. Nigel Cantwell
[Mr. Cantwell
is an expert on the area of the rights of the child. He is a representative of civil society]
[English] 6 minutes |
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Member States |
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Egypt
Mr. Amr Roshdy
[English] 2 minutes |
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China
Mr. Zhou Xianfeng
[English] [Chinese] 3 minutes |
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Azerbaijan
Mr. Elchin Amirbayov
[English] 3 minutes |
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Chile
Mr. Alejandro Rogers
[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes |
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Italy
Mr. Roberto Vellano
[English] 3 minutes |
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Morocco
Mr. Mohammed Loulichki
[English] [French] 3 minutes |
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Philippines
Ms. Erlinda F. Basilio
[English] 2 minutes |
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Russian Federation
Ms. Marina Viktorova
[English] [Russian] 3 minutes |
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Uruguay
Ms María Lourdes Boné
[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes |
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Austria
Ms. Eva Schöfer
[English] 2 minutes |
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Nigeria
Mr. Mohammed Haidara
[English] 2 minutes |
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Mexico
Mr. Salvador Tinajero Esquivel
[English] [Spanish] 1 minute |
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Malaysia
Ms. Norami Hashim
[English] 2 minutes |
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Portugal
Ms. Ana Maneira
[English] 1 minute |
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Civil Society |
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International Social Service (ISS) (Joint statement)
[English] 2 minutes |
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SOS Kinderdorf (SOS-KDI) (Joint statement)
[English] 2 minutes |
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Panelists - Concluding Remarks |
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Ms. Patricia Lamego
Coordinator of the Group of Friends
[Ms. Lamego is project manager in the Cabinet of the Special Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, and is responsible for the National Authority for Adoption and Abduction of Children (Palermo Convention)]
[English] 1 minute |
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Ms. Moushira Khattab
[Ms. Khattab is a Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child]
[English] 1 minute |
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Ms. Alexandra Yuster
[Ms. Yuster is a Senior Adviser of the Social Welfare and Justice Systems Child Protection Section, Programme Division at UNICEF]
[English] 2 minutes |
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Mr. Nigel Cantwell
[Mr. Cantwell
is an expert on the area of the rights of the child. He is a representative of civil society]
[English] 4 minutes |
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Mr. Alejandro Artucio Rodríguez
Vice-President of the Human Rights Council
[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes
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Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Follow-up to the fifth special session of the Council |
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Mr. Alejandro Artucio Rodríguez
Vice-President of the Human Rights Council
[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana
A/HRC/8/12
[English] [Spanish/ English] 8 minutes |
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Concerned Country |
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Myanmar
Mr. Wunna Maung Lwin
[English] 7 minutes |
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Member States |
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India
M. Swashpawan Singh
[English] 2 minutes |
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Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Andrej Logar
[English] 3 minutes |
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Philippines
Ms. Erlinda F. Basilio
[English] 4 minutes |
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Germany
Ms. Anke Konrad
[English] 2 minutes |
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Malaysia
Mr. Azwa Affendi Bakhtiar
[English] 3 minutes |
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Japan
Mr. Osamu Yamanaka
[English] 2 minutes |
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Thailand
Mr. Pitchayaphant Charnbhumidol
[English] 2 minutes |
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Sweden
Mr. Hans Dahlgren
[English] 2 minutes |
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China
Mr. Zhou Xianfeng
[English] [Chinese] 3 minutes |
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Canada
Mr. Marius Grinius
[English] 3 minutes |
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Republic of Korea
Mr. Chang Dong-Hee
[English] 3 minutes |
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New Zealand
Mr. Michael Mcbryde
[English] 2 minutes |
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Ireland
Ms. Tara murphy
[English] 3 minutes |
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Singapore
M. Tan York Chor
[English] 2 minutes |
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Argentina
Mr. Sebastian Rosales
[English] [Spanish] 1 minute |
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Sri Lanka
Mr. Ameerajwad Omer Lebbe
[English] 2 minutes |
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Switzerland
Ms. Muriel Berset
[English] [French] 4 minutes |
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Indonesia
Mr. Dicky Komar
[English] 1 minute |
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Non-governemental Organizations |
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International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH)
[English] 2 minutes |
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Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
[English] 2 minutes |
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Human Rights Watch
[English] 2 minutes |
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Amnesty International
[English] 2 minutes |
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Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
[English] 2 minutes |
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Concluding Remarks |
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana
[English] [Spanish] 5 minutes |
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15:30 - 18:00 - 12th Plenary Meeting
[English] [Original language] 2 hours and 16 minutes
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General debate on Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention |
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Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council
[English] 1 minutes
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Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Andrej Logar
[English] 6 minutes |
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Netherlands
Mr. Robert-Jan Sieben
[English] 6 minutes |
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France
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattei
[English][French] 5 minutes |
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Canada
Mr. Marius Grinius
[English] [English/ French] 5 minutes |
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Germany
Mr. Michael Klepsch
[English] 4 minutes |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mr. Anwar Choudhury
[English] 5 minutes |
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Japan
Mr. Makio Miyagawa
[English] 4 minutes |
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Switzerland
Ms. Muriel Berset
[English][French] 3 minutes |
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China
Mr. Qian Bo
[English] [Chinese] 4 minutes |
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Bolivia
Ms. Angélica Navarro Llanos
[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes |
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Sweden
Mr. Hans Dahlgren
[English] 2 minutes |
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Australia
Mr. Guy O'brien
[English] 3 minutes |
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Ireland
Mr. Mícheál Tierney
[English] 3 minutes |
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Iceland
Ms. Ingibjörg Davíosdóttir
[English] 3 minutes |
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New Zealand
Mr. Michael McBryde
[English] 3 minutes |
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Non-governemental Organizations |
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France Libertés : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP), Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Europe-Third World Centre (Joint statement)
[English] [French] 3 minutes |
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Baha’i International Community (BIC)
[English] 3 minutes |
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Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
[English] 3 minutes |
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Colombian Commission of Jurists
[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes |
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Human Rights Watch (HRW)
[English] 3 minutes |
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Amnesty International (AI)
[English] 3 minutes |
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Liberation
[English] 3 minutes |
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International Educational Development (IED), Inc.
[English] 3 minutes |
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Interfaith International
[English] 3 minutes |
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International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) (Joint statement)
[English] 3 minutes |
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Society for Threatened Peoples
[English] 3 minutes |
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International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH)
[English] 3 minutes |
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International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO)
[English] 3 minutes |
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Association of World Citizens
[English] 3 minutes |
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International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM)
[English] 3 minutes |
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Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM Asia)
[English] 2 minutes |
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Rights of reply |
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Sri Lanka
Mr. Sharinda Fernando
[English] 3 minutes |
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Zimbabwe
Mr. Enos Mafemba
[English] 2 minutes |
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Sudan
Mr. Omer Dahab Fadol Mohamed
[English] 3 minutes |
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Mr. Choe Myong Nam
[English] 2 minutes |
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Iran (Islamic Republic of )
Mr. Asadollah Eshragh Jahromi
[English] 2 minutes |
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China
Mr. Qian Bo
[English] [Chinese] 3 minutes |
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Bangladesh
Mr. Md Mustafizur Rahman
[English] 2 minutes |
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Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council
[English] 3 minutes
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