En français The commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of Switzerland’s membership of the United Nations presents an excellent opportunity to recognise the strategic importance of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). Importantly, the Human Rights Council (HRC), the principal UN intergovernmental body mandated to promote and protect human rights globally, and the OHCHR tasked with its support, are both based at …
The commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of Switzerland’s membership of the United Nations presents an excellent opportunity to recognise the strategic importance of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). Importantly, the Human Rights Council (HRC), the principal UN intergovernmental body mandated to promote and protect human rights globally, and the OHCHR tasked with its support, are both based at …
El 1 de agosto de 2017 la Embajada de Turquía en Colombia, la Fundación el Nogal y Universal Rights Group, con el apoyo del Club El Nogal, organizaron un evento para dar a conocer la situación de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y tribales en Colombia. Este evento contó con la participación de representantes de alto nivel del Gobierno …
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has set about the modernisation of some sectors of the United Nations and has been fulsome in his recognition of the interrelatedness of the three sectors of the UN: peace and security, development, and human rights. He has made impassioned statements about the need to protect human rights. But, beyond rhetoric, there has so far been no …
16 February 2017 In 2015, on the occasion of its 35th anniversary, the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances traveled to our country to hold periodic meetings. It held meetings with human rights organisations and various State bodies working on the ground to prevent and guarantee justice in each case of enforced disappearances. The expert group concluded that Argentina is …
On 1 August 2017, the Embassy of Turkey in Colombia, the Fundación el Nogal, and the Universal Rights Group, with the support of Club El Nogal, organised an event to raise awareness of the situation of the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs) in Colombia. This event saw the participation of high-level representatives of the Colombian Government, leaders of indigenous communities, …
16 de febrero de 2017 En 2015, al cumplirse el aniversario número 35 de su conformación, el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Desapariciones Forzadas e Involuntarias viajó a nuestro país para realizar las sesiones periódicas y mantuvo reuniones con los organismos de derechos humanos y los diferentes órganos del Estado que trabajan en pos de prevenir y garantizar la justicia en …
The ongoing process of strengthening the UN Treaty Body system provides a welcome opportunity to reflect on some of our hidden assumptions. The Treaty Bodies have over time gravitated towards Geneva, and it now appears to be the assumption that this is simply the way things should be done. Notwithstanding, we want to argue that reform of the human rights Treaty …
When UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, addressed the Human Rights Council for the first time earlier this year, he did not mince his words: ‘Disregard for human rights is a disease, and it’s a disease that is spreading.’ He appealed to the Council to be ‘part of the cure,’ especially through being ‘pivotal for prevention – sounding early warnings of crises.’ …
Nota: Este artículo está basado en una nota presentada por S.E. Sr. Michael Møller, Secretario Adjunto de las Naciones Unidas y Director General de La Oficina en Ginebra de las Naciones Unidas, el jueves 19 de junio de 2017, durante una consulta informal de un día completo sobre ‘Derechos Humanos y la Agenda 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible: Oportunidades y retos …
