Human Rights Council
Twelfth session

14 September - 2 October 2009

at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Live Webcast

Thursday, 17 September 2009
10:00 - 13:00 | 15:00 - 18:00

Panel discussion on "human rights of migrants in detention centres"

Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
President of the Human Rights Council

[English] [English / French] 4 minutes

Opening remarks

Ms. Navanethem Pillay
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

[English] 9 minutes

Moderator:

• Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen, President of the Human Rights Council
  

Panellists:

• Mr. El Hadji Malick Sow, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention
  [English] [French] 9 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Jorge A. Bustamante, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
  [English] 6 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri, Chairperson of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
  [English] [French] 5 minutes
  
  
• Ms. Vanessa Lesnie, representative of national human rights institution (Australian Human Rights Commission)
  [English] 5 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Ashley William Bonaventure Gois, representative of non-governmental organization (Migrant Forum in Asia)
  [English] 6 minutes

Interactive discussion

Côte D'Ivoire (on behalf of the African Group)
Mr. N’Vadro Bamba

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Colombia (on behalf of the GRULAC)
Mr. Angelino Garzón

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Sweden (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Hans Dahlgren

[English] 2 minutes

Tunisia (on Behalf of the Arab Group)
Mr. Abdelwahèb Jemal

[English] [Arabic] 3 minutes

Mexico

[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes

Italy
Ms. Laura Mirachian

[English] 5 minutes

Australia
Ms. Angela Robinson

[English] 2 minutes

Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference)
Mr. Abrar Hussain Hashmi

[English] 3 minutes

France
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattéi

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Uruguay (on behalf of Mercosur)
Ms. María Lourdes Boné

[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes

China
Ms. Yang Xiaoning

[English] [Chinese] 2 minutes

Egypt
Ms. Heba Mostafa Rizk

[English] [Arabic] 2 minutes

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Ms. Carolina Lindholm Billing

[English] 3 minutes

Brazil

[English] [English / French] 3 minutes

United States of America
Mr. Douglas M. Griffiths

[English] 3 minutes

Algeria
Ms. Nadia Lamrani

[English] [French] 3 minutes

National Human Rights Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations

Conseil Consultatif des Droits de L’Homme du Maroc

[English] [French] 2 minutes

Migrants Rights International (MRI)

[English] 2 minutes

World Organization Against Torture

[English] [French] 2 minutes

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

[English] 2 minutes

Comments and answers by Panelists:

• Mr. El Hadji Malick Sow, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention
  [English] [French] 3 minutes
  
  
• Ms. Vanessa Lesnie, representative of national human rights institution (Australian Human Rights Commission)
  [English] 3 minutes
  

• Mr. Ashley William Bonaventure Gois, representative of non-governmental organization (Migrant Forum in Asia)
  [English] 3 minutes

Interactive discussion (continued)

Ecuador
Mr. Juan Holguín

[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes

South Africa
Ms. Kgomotso Daphne Rahlaga

[English] 3 minutes

Burkina Faso
Ms. Sabine Bakyono Kanzie

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Indonesia
Mr. Rezlan Ishar Jenie

[English] 2 minutes

Senegal
Mr. Abdoul Wahab Haidara

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Republic of Korea
Ms. Chun Hye Ran

[English] 3 minutes

Switzerland
Ms. Damaris Carnal

[English] [French] 1 minute

Angola
Mr. José Maria Capon Duarte E Silva

[English] 2 minutes

Philippines
Ms. Erlinda F. Basilio

[English] 2 minutes

Peru
Mr. Carlos Sibille Rivera

[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes

Bangladesh
Mr. Md. Mustafizur Rahman

[English] 3 minutes

Gabon
Mr. Samuel Nang Nang

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Morocco
Mr. Omar Rabi

[English] [French] 3 minutes

National Human Rights Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations

Human Rights First (HRF)

[English] 2 minutes

Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GATW)

[English] 2 minutes

Joint Statement: Centre indépendant de Recherches et d’Initiatives pour le Dialogue (CIRID) ; Espace Afrique International

[English] [French] 2 minutes

Médecins Sans Frontières

[English] 3 minutes

Closing Remarks by Panelists:

• Mr. El Hadji Malick Sow, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention
  [English] 2 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Jorge A. Bustamante, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
  [English] 2 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri, Chairperson of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
  [English] [French] 2 minutes
  
  
• Ms. Vanessa Lesnie, representative of national human rights institution (Australian Human Rights Commission)
  [English] 1 minute
  
  
• Mr. Ashley William Bonaventure Gois, representative of non-governmental organization (Migrant Forum in Asia)
  [English] 2 minutes

Item 3 - Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development (continued)

Report of the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation
Ms. Catarina De Albuquerque

A/HRC/12/24, A/HRC/12/24/Add.1, A/HRC/12/24/Add.1/Corr.1, A/HRC/12/24/Add.2, A/HRC/12/24/Add.2/Corr.1, A/HRC/12/G/3, A/HRC/12/NI/2, A/HRC/12/NI/4, A/HRC/12/NGO/18

[English] [English / Spanish] 13 minutes

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights
Mr. Okechukwu Ibeanu

A/HRC/12/26, A/HRC/12/26/Add.1, A/HRC/12/26/Add.2

[English] 13 minutes

Costa Rica as concerned country
Ms. Eugenia Gutiérrez Ruiz

[English] [Spanish] 5 minutes

Egypt as concerned country
Mr. Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin

[English] 5 minutes

Côte D'Ivoire as concerned country
Mr. Kouakou Kouadio

[English] [French] 4 minutes

Netherlands as concerned country
Ms. Susanna Terstal

[English] 3 minutes

Interactive dialogue

Sweden (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Hans Dahlgren

[English] 4 minutes

Spain
Mr. Beatrice Lorenzo Didic

[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes

China
Mr. Yao Shaojun

[English] [Chinese] 1 minute

Germany
M. Reinhard Schweppe

[English] 2 minutes

Cuba
Ms. Margarita Valle

[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes

India
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singla

[English] 4 minutes

Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group)
Mr. Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi

[English] 4 minutes

Norway
Ms.  Bente Angell-Hansen

[English] 4 minutes

Brazil
Mr. Rui Antônio Jucá Pinheiro De Vasconcellos

[English] 5 minutes

Netherlands
Ms. Frytskje Simonis

[English] 1 minute

Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference)
Mr. Abrar Hussain Hashmi

[English] 4 minutes

Switzerland
Ms. Alexandra Ruppen

[English] [French] 2 minutes

Djibouti
Mr. Abbas Daher Djama

[English] [French] 3 minutes

European Commission
Ms. Joelle Hivonnet

[English] 3 minutes

Ecuador
Ms. María del Carmen Vivar

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Italy
Mr. Pasquale D’Avino

[English] 2 minutes

Turkey
Mr. Fatih Ulusoy

[English] 4 minutes

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Mr. Enzo BITETTO Gavilanes

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Indonesia
Mr. Dersra Percaya

[English] 4 minutes

Kyrgyzstan
Mr. Dersra Percaya

[English] [Russian] 4 minutes

South Africa
Mr. David Azwianeni Mbedzi

[English] 3 minutes

United States of America
Ms. Courtney Musser

[English] 2 minutes

Morocco
Mr. Mohamed Achgalou

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Chile
Mr. Luciano Parodi

[English] [Spanish] 5 minutes

Japan
M. Akira Matsumoto

[English] 1 minute

National Human Rights Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations

NHRI-Provedoria dos Direitos Humanos e Justica de Timor-Leste

[English] 3 minutes

Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

[English] 3 minutes

Africa Network of National Human Rights Institutions

[English] 3 minutes

Amnesty International

[English] 2 minutes

Joint Statement: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF); Centre Europe Tiers-Monde (CETIM); Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP); Solar Cookers International (SCI),

[English] 2 minutes

International Federation of Human Rights

[English] 3 minutes

Joint Statement: Centre Europe Tiers-Monde (CETIM), France Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, World Federation Of Trade Unions (WFTU), Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP); International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), International Federation Of Rural Adult Catholic Movements (FIMARC)

[English][French] 3 minutes

Federacion de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

International Institute for Non-aligned Studies

[English] 1 minute

International Club for Peace Research

[English] 1 minute

International Educational Development, Inc.

[English] 3 minutes

New Humanity

[English] 3 minutes

Joint Statement: Association of World Citizens, Nord Sud XXI

[English] 2 minutes

Closing Remarks

Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation
Ms. Catarina De Albuquerque

[English] [French / Spanish / English] 5 minutes

Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights
Mr. Okechukwu Ibeanu

[English] 4 minutes

Algeria

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Morocco

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Algeria

[English] [French] 2 minutes

Morocco

[English] [French] 2 minutes