Inside Track: HRC45

by Geneva Human rights institutions and mechanisms BORRAR

Inside Track: HRC45

Inside Track HRC45 looks ahead at the 45th regular session of the Council, which runs from 14th September to 6th October 2020. It aims to provide those interested in the Council’s work with an at-a-glance brief on what to expect from HRC45: the key issues, debates, and questions that are expected to keep delegates busy; the country situations that will require the …

Inside Track: HRC48

by Geneva Human rights institutions and mechanisms BORRAR

Inside Track: HRC48

Inside Track HRC48 looks ahead at the 48th regular session of the Council, which runs from 13 September to 8 October 2021. It aims to provide those interested in the Council’s work with an at-a-glance brief on what to expect from HRC48: the key issues, debates, and questions that are expected to keep delegates busy; the country situations that will require the …

Inside Track: HRC43

by Geneva Human rights institutions and mechanisms BORRAR

Inside Track: HRC43

Inside Track HRC43 looks ahead at the 43rd regular session of the Council, which runs from 24th February to 20th March 2020. It aims to provide those interested in the Council’s work with an at-a-glance brief on what to expect from HRC43: the key issues, debates, and questions that are expected to keep delegates busy; the country situations that will …

Placing human rights at the core of climate action: towards a human rights-based approach to loss and damage

by Amalia Ordóñez Vahí, Researcher, URG Climate, Thematic human rights issues

The summer of 2022 will be remembered by many as the time when the effects of climate change became for them all too real: water scarcity, droughts and desertification, loss of habitats and displacement due to wildfires , growing health conditions and deaths as a result of record-breaking heatwaves , displacement and destruction of housing and infrastructures due to record flooding . However, while these impacts are …

Report on the 75th session of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly

by Geneva

Quick summary During the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Third Committee, tasked with addressing human rights issues and concerns, ran from 5 October – 20 November at UN Headquarters in New York, and online (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). This year’s Third Committee featured presentations by a number of senior UN officials, including Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the High Commissioner for Human …

Report on the 75th session of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly

by URG-NYC Team Human rights institutions and mechanisms, UN General Assembly/Third Committee

Quick summary During the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Third Committee, tasked with addressing human rights issues and concerns, ran from 5 October – 20 November at UN Headquarters in New York, and online (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). This year’s Third Committee featured presentations by a number of senior UN officials, including Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the High Commissioner for Human …

Report on the 74th session of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly

by URG-NYC Team Blog BORRAR, Blog BORRAR, General Assembly BORRAR, HRC BORRAR, Human rights implementation and impact, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, New York City BORRAR, Universal Rights Group NYC BORRAR

Quick summary During the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Third Committee, the UNGA Committee tasked with addressing human rights issues and concerns, ran from 1 October 2019 through 21 November 2019, at UN Headquarters in New York. This year’s Third Committee featured presentations by a number of senior UN officials, including Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the High …

Report on the 74th session of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly

by the URG team

Quick summary During the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Third Committee, the UNGA Committee tasked with addressing human rights issues and concerns, ran from 1 October 2019 through 21 November 2019, at UN Headquarters in New York. This year’s Third Committee featured presentations by a number of senior UN officials, including Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the High …