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Conference primer: Human Rights Council: 2021 - HRC48

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Last updated / dernière mise à jour : 21.06.22

33rd special session of the Human Rights Council
on the grave human rights situation in Ethiopia

17 December 2021

Summary records for HRC 48th Session
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Human Rights Council Decides to Establish an International Commission of Human Rights Experts to Investigate Allegations of Violations in Ethiopia
UN Geneva News, 17 December 2021
UN votes for human rights probe into violations in Ethiopia
Geneva Solutions, 17 December 2021
Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Urges All Parties to Pull Back from a Posture of War in Ethiopia
UN Geneva News, 17 December 2021
The special session is being convened following an official request submitted on 13 December by the European Union
UN Geneva News, 13 December 2021
Crisis Watch Digest Ethiopia
October 2021

10th Annual Forum on on Business and Human Rights

29 November - 1 December 2021

Young Activists Summit 2021, 18 November 2021 (Hybrid Event)

#YAS21: NEW GENERATION, NEW SOLUTIONS
Palais des Nations (hybrid event)
Six young entrepreneurs, six solutions to global crises at Young Activist Summit
Geneva Solutions, 19 November 2021
What young people hope to achieve at the UN
Swissinfo, 17 November 2021. Available in 9 languagues
Young Activists Summit: le sommet des jeunes formidables
Interview de Marina Wutholen, qui est à l'initiative de ce sommet.
RTS, 11 November 2021

Geneva University (UNIGE) / Université de Genève (UNIGE)

Semaine des droits humains (22 - 26 Novembre 2021)
Une organisation vient en aide aux victimes de l'esclavage moderne
RTS, 22 novembre 2021

Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

Third session: "Equal access to justice for all: a necessary element of democracy, rule of law and human rights protection"
16-17 November 2021
Live webcast

Universal Periodic Review / Examen périodique universel

UPR Info
Information on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) segment of the Human Rights Council
(Not an official UPR website)

OHCHR - official website / OHCHR - site Internet officiel

Main page of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council
13 September to 8 October 2021
Human Rights Council News
Webcast (recordings)
Human Rights Council official site

Special Sessions

Side Events / Événements parallèles

Road to Recovery: Improving the response to contemporary forms of slavery for vulnerable groups including displaced persons
Webinar: 21 September 2021
1.30 to 3.00 pm (Geneva time)

OHCHR News

Contacts:

Mr Rolando GOMEZ, Communications Officer, HRC

Email: rgomez ( at ) ohchr.org

Tel. +41 (0)22 917 9711

OHCHR Library

Email: OHCHR-library@un.org

Tel. +41 (0)22 928 9790

UN Geneva Information Service (UNIS) / ONU Genève Service de l'information (SINU)

Aristide Nononsi, Expert indépendant sur la situation au Soudan entre 2014 et 2020
Podcast en français de l'ONU Info Genève, 10 novembre 2021
Human Rights Council Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Designate an Expert on the Human Rights Situation in Sudan
5 November 2021
Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session on Sudan on Friday, 5 November
2 November 2021

More meeting summaries from UNIS / Plus de comptes rendus de séances du SINU
Digital recordings - UN Geneva conferences / Enregistrements numériques - Conférences de l'ONU Genève
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UN News / ONU Info

Alleged reprisals and intimidation against 240 who cooperated with UN
29 September 2021

NGOs & Media - summaries and analyses / ONGs & Media - résumés et analyses

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

7th Session of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on a proposed treaty on business and human rights
Please note that the sessions are closed to the public.

International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

The International Service for Human Rights is an independent, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights.

Human Rights Council News

Civicus

CIVICUS at the UN Office in Geneva

Genève Vision

La Suisse et 47 pays demandent une enquête sur les crimes des talibans
14 septembre 2021

Geneva Solutions

UN Human Rights Council to monitor Sudan coup violations
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the military coup in Sudan and appointing an envoy to monitor alleged violations in the country.
5 November 2021
United States rejoins UN Human Rights Council
21 October 2021
Major win for environmental rights at UN Human Rights Council
11 October 2021
United Nations human rights experts investigating abuses in Libya revealed evidence on Monday of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the conflict-wracked country.
4 October 2021
UN rights chief calls for moratorium on AI systems that threaten human rights
16 September 2021
Countries band together to appoint UN climate expert
15 September 2021
UN rights chief reveals new initiative to protect environmental defenders
13 September 2021
Human Rights Council: spotlight on Afghanistan, Covid and indigenous rights
13 September 2021
No international human rights mechanism for Afghanistan
30 August 2021

Universal Rights Group

Report of the 31st Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the Serious Human Rights Concerns and Situation in Afghanistan
25 August 2021

Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue

HRC48 Ongoing monitoring report

International Observary Human Rights

Geneva Environment Network

Environment @ 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

The Geneva Observer

The UN Human Rights Council Dithers While the Earth Burns
16 September 2021
Financial Trouble at the Human Rights Council
9 September 2021

Reuters

UN rights body agrees to monitor Sudan violations
5 November 2021
Clean environment could become U.N. human right. Not so fast, say U.S., Britain
5 October 2021
Environemental threats are biggest challenge to human rights
13 September 2021

Al Jazeera

UN to appoint special rapporteur to monitor rights in Afghanistan
7 October 2021

The Guardian

The climate crisis is destroying the human rights of those least responsible for it The UN must urgently appoint a special rapporteur on climate change and human rights to galvanise action on the biggest threat to fundamental freedoms
30 September 2021

Amnesty International

Afghanistan: Appointment of Special Rapporteur an important first step towards robust UN oversight of human rights situation
7 October 2021

Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva) / Académie de droit international humanitaire et de droits humains (Genève)

2021 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform
The Connectivity between National Human Rights Actors and the Geneva-Based International Mechanisms
12 October 2021 (9:00 - 18:00), Maison de la Paix (Pétale 5), Geneva and Zoom
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2021 Human Rights Week Scientific Colloquium: Discrimination and Inequalities
Event taking place on 25-26 November 2021
Register starts 30 September and ends 22 November 2021

Human Rights and Democracy / Droits de l'homme et démocratie

2021 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy
13th Summit for Human Rights and Democracy
Virtual event on 7 and 8 June 2021
Watch it live on YouTube

More about Human Rights / En savoir plus sur les droits de l'homme

Download from UN Documents

The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: guidance on ensuring respect for human rights defenders
Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (A/HRC/47/39/Add.2 - 22 June 2021)
Disinformation and freedom of opinion and expression
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan (13 April 2021)
10th anniversary of Human Rights Council’s endorsement of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights - 10th anniversary, 16 June 2021
UN human rights standards for business reach 10-year milestone: time to gear up for new decade of action
Milestone moment for UN principles on business and human rights, but abuses persist
UN Geneva News, 16 June 2021
Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI)
An OHCHR database containing all recommendations issued by the human rights mechanisms, searchable by SDGs
The SDG - Human Rights Data Explorer
Making the link between human rights and development
By the Danish Institute for Human Rights
Geneva Human Rights Platform

From the UN Library & Archives Geneva

Campaigns / Campagnes

10 December is Human Rights Day

Stand up for Human Rights! Join the Campaign

16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence

25 November to 10 December 2021

Twitter

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