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9 March 2021 Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of a series of thematic reports by the Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Human Rights, followed by a general debate on its agenda item on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. Peggy Hicks...

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 46th session Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Oral…

46th regular session of the Human Rights Council Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Madam President, The OMCT welcomes the focus of the report by the Special Rapporteur. We are worried by its findings on the lack of cooperation of States. Our network’s recent experience has been very similar. The protection against torture is slowly losing its importance even among allies and terminologies are being altered, as seen in the case of George Floyd whose treatment by the police has been labeled as mur...

'We see no contradiction between countering terrorism, protection of human rights': India at UNHRC ANI | Updated: Mar 04, 2021 23:54 IST Geneva [Switzerland], March 4 (ANI): Underlining that terrorism is an attack against human rights, India on Thursday said it has been at the forefront of global counter-terrorism efforts and does not see any contradiction between countering terrorism and promotion and protection of human rights. New Delhi said that India supports capacity building and technical assistance programmes extended to the Member States by the ...

US calls for strategy & timetable to implement OHCHR report’s recommendations on SL United States has urged Sri Lanka to make public a strategy and timetable for the implementation of recommendations in the report compiled by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. Daniel Kronenfeld of the US mission in Geneva informed the UN Human Rights Council that the United States shares the concerns of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Sri Lanka. His remarks came during the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s presentation of Sri L...