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GENEVA (27 June 2019) – The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children.  Ms. Šimonović said that her thematic report analysed 25 years of the …

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The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion women’s rights and climate change: climate action, good practices and lessons learned. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that across the planet, the climate crisis was stripping people of their rights and identity, and even in some cases, their homes, countries …

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he Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its twenty-third session from 22 to 26 July 2019 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Chamber (Room XX) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Over the course of the one-week-session, the Committee’s independent experts will finalise a number of studies and reports, and begin …

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