Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: the COVID-19 Pandemic has Laid Bare the Inequities of the Food System and Accelerated it
Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Persons with Albinism Presents Report on Accomplishments by the Mandate as well as Challenges
2 March 2021
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, followed by an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.
Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, in reference to COVID-19, noted that the world had been falling behind on fully realizing the right to food even before the current pandemic, which had laid bare the inequities of the food system and accelerated this trend. There remained no internationally coordinated action responding to the hunger crisis caused by the pandemic, as had been the case with the global public health response
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Union power minister RK Singh today denied reports of cyberattacks behind the Mumbai blackout last year and said it was caused due to human error .
Singh, however, did confirm that some cyberattacks took place on India s northern and southern region load dispatch centres but added that the malware could not reach the operating system. Two teams had investigated the Mumbai power outage and submitted a report, he added. Read more
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today surged ahead of Congress in the Gujarat civic body polls.
BJP won 2,085 seats gaining a lead ahead of Congress which won 602 seats so far across various municipalities, district and taluka panchayats in Gujarat. The results for 2,771 seats out of the total 8,474 were declared till 1 pm. Counting of votes is underway since 9 am in 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats, and 231 taluka panchayats where elections were held on Sunday. Read more
India slams Pakistan for misusing UNHRC for malicious propaganda, rejects OIC stand on J&K
At the Human Rights Council session, India s representative said Pakistan should stop state-sponsored cross-border terrorism and end institutionalised violation of human rights.
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Geneva: India on Tuesday hit out at Pakistan, a country in dire economic situation but provided pensions to dreaded and listed terrorists out of state funds, and asked Islamabad to stop state-sponsored cross-border terrorism.
Using its Right of Reply at the ongoing 46th Session of the Human Rights Council in response to a statement by Pakistan’s representative, India said Pakistan should also end institutionalised violation of human rights of its minority and other communities in the country.
HRCHTMLField1 Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: the COVID-19 Pandemic has Laid Bare the Inequities of the Food System and Accelerated it
Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Persons with Albinism Presents Report on Accomplishments by the Mandate as well as Challenges
2 March 2021
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, followed by an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.
Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, in reference to COVID-19, noted that the world had been falling behind on fully realizing the right to food even before the current pandemic, which had laid bare the inequities of the food system and accelerated this trend. There remained no internationally coordinated action responding to the hunger crisis caused by the pandemic, as had been the case with the global publ