37^th session of the Human Rights Council

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 26 February to 23 March 2018

Overview of oral GANHRI/NHRI statements delivered at HRC37 

​​Agenda Item	​GANHRI /NHRI statement	Oral statement	​Webcast
​General Segment	​ Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf, GANHRI Chairperson	​	​Webcast
​Item 3: Clustered ID with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapportuer on torture	Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Australian Human Rights Commission. Speaker: Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner – country mission report Comisión nacional de Derechos Humanos México. Speaker: Lic. Luis Raúl González Pérez, President - country mission report Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf, GANHRI Chairperson	​ EN ES EN	​ Webcast Webcast
​Item 3: Individual ID with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion	​People’s Advocate Albania. Speaker: Ms Erinda Ballanca, People’s Advocate - country mission report	​EN	​
Item 3: Clustered ID on the joint study on transitional justice	​Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme du Maroc. Speaker: M.Mohammed Essabbar, Secretary General	​ AR	​
​Item 7: ID with the Special Rapporteur on OPT	​The Independent Commission for Human Rights in Palestine. Speaker: PhD Varseen Shaheen, Commissioner General – NHRI concerned	​EN	​
​Item 10: Other HC/SG country reports or oral briefings	​Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. Speaker: Dr Sima Samar, Chairperson  Office de la Protection du Citoyen. Speaker : Mr Renan Hedouville, Protecteur du citoyen	​EN FR	​
Item 6: UPR Outcomes	Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos de Guatemala. Speaker: Sr Augusto Jordán Rodas Andrade, Procurador National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea. Speaker: Katharina Rose, GANHRI Geneva Representative      Human Rights Commission of Zambia. Speaker: Mr. Mudford Z. Mwandenga, Chairperson	​ES EN EN	​
​Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming Theme: The promotion and protection of human rights in the light of the universal periodic review mechanism: challenges and opportunities	​Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf, GANHRI Chairperson Commission nationale des droits de l’homme Mauritanie. Speaker: Ms Irabiha Abdel Wedoud, President	​EN FR	​Webcast
​High-level panel discussion on the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action	​Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf, GANHRI Chairperson	​EN	​Webcast
​Annual Debate on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	Australian Human Rights Commission. Speaker: Alastair McEwin, Disability Discrimination Commissioner	​EN	​
​Debate on Promoting Tolerance in Context of Racial Discrimination	​Australian Human Rights Commission. Speaker: Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner   Joint statement UK NHRI - Equality and Human Rights Commission of Great Britain, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Speaker: Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission of Great Britain	​EN EN	​

  

 

Information on side events:

Beyond jargon: Reframing our communication on human rights, Tuesday 6 March 2018, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m, Room XXIII, Palais des Nations in Geneva

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