Commemoration of Human Rights Day
Room XX
Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room
at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland
Live Webcast

Commemoration 2007 & 2008

Ms. Navanethem Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

[English] 1 minute

Human Rights Defenders - Speak Up to Stop Discrimination

[English] 8 minutes

Opening remarks
Ms. Sandrine Salerno
Mayor of the City of Geneva,

[English] [French] 8 minutes

Human Rights Day Statement
Ms. Navanethem Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

[English] 18 minutes عربي| 中文 | English | Français | Русский | Español

Human Rights Day Message
Dr. Aung San Suu Kyi

[English] 2 minutes

Ms. Navanethem Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

[English] 1 minute

Panel Moderator
Mr. Ahmad Fawzi, (Egypt)
Former Director of the UN News and Media Division in New York

[English] 3 minutes

Musical performance
Mr. Nelson Ebo (Angola) accompanied on the piano by United Nations staffer Graham Hobbs

"Il mio tesoro", by W.A. Mozart
"Si mes vers avaient des ailes", by Reynaldo Hahn

[Original Language] 6 minutes

Panel discussion - Human Rights Defenders Acting Against Discrimination

Moderator:

• Mr. Ahmad Fawzi, Former Director of the UN News and Media Division in New York
  

Presenters:

• Ms. Dora Alonzo, (Guatemala) Member of the Parliament for Children and Adolescents
  [English] [Spanish] 5 minutes
  
  
• Ms. Beatrice Achaleke, (Austria) President of the Black European Women’s Council
  [English] 4 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Otgonbaatar Tsedendemberel, (Mongolia) Lawyer and Advocacy Programme Manager of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Centre
  [English] 4 minutes
  
  
• Ms. Adala Abu Middain, (Gaza) Chairperson of the Right to Live Society
  [English] [Arabic] 7 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Nurbek Toktakunov, (Kyrgyzstan) Lawyer and Head of the Precedent Partnership Group
  [English] [Russian] 3 minutes
  

First responders:

• Mr. Roberto Garretón, Member of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
  [English] [Spanish] 6 minutes
  
  
• Ms. Ana Peláez Narváez, Member of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  [English] [Spanish] 8 minutes
  
  
• Mr. Chaloka Beyani, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Internally Displaced Persons
  [English] 6 minutes
  
  

Question & Answers with Audience Participation

[English] [Original Language] 24 minutes

Mr. Ahmad Fawzi,
Former Director of the UN News and Media Division in New York

[English] 2 minutes

Musical performance
Mr. Nelson Ebo (Angola) accompanied on the piano by United Nations staffer Graham Hobbs

"Muxima", by Liceu Vieira Dias
"Ah, la paterna mano", by G. Verdi

[Original Language] 6 minutes