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🔵 COMING SOON!
The Human Rights Council's unique peer-review process, in which, since 2006, each UN Member State submits its #HumanRights record for scrutiny by all the others, begins its 4th cycle on 7 November.
💦 UN Human Rights Social Forum 2022: Water for #HumanRights + #SustainableDevelopment , 3 & 4 November 2022
'Water is critical to human rights, but 3 in 10 people worldwide have no access to safe drinking water.'
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In addition to the honour of being the #IESOGI , I have the privilege of belonging to the UN Special Procedures Coordination Committee. In this journey, the UN Human Rights Council is the mother ship & the UNGA 3rd Committee, the flagship. Today we were in great company w/ Jose Blanco & Federico Villegas.
El día de hoy Federico Villegas (Presidente UN Human Rights Council) brindó una conferencia magistral, titulada 'El Consejo de DDHH en el actual contexto geopolítico. Desafios y oportunidades'. Presentó Gladyst y comentó la Dra. Miryam Colacrai.
#100rrii #ConDemocracia FCPolit UNR
Our right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warns in an open letter calling for #HumanRights to be at the heart of efforts to tackle climate change: ow.ly/qM2A50LrKgP
#COP27 #ActNow
Human Rights Council president Federico Villegas presented the annual report of the Council before the 3rd Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on 2 November 2022.
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El Presidente del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, Federico Villegas, presentó el informe anual del Consejo ante la Tercera Comisión de la Asamblea General de la Naciones Unidas.
VEA su discurso COMPLETO ▶️youtu.be/csq227Wfs-c
I chaired an event “The role of Special Procedures & the human rights system & their contribution to mainstreaming of human rights, in line with the Call to Action for Human Rights & our Common Agenda. TY Jose Blanco Chair of the 3rd Committee Federico Villegas President UN Human Rights Council
The role of Special Procedures independent experts is to:
1⃣ help victims, identify suffering & assess violations
2⃣ assist states in overcoming difficulties
“This is what constructive engagement is about,” said Human Rights Council President Federico Villegas at UN Special Procedures event
Sign up for the second seminar in a UN Human Rights series to discuss good practices, and identify gaps + challenges in how #development contributes to #HumanRights .
2️⃣ Arabic-speaking countries
🗓️ 8-9 November 2022
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#CD2HR #Agenda2030
On 1 November, Federico Villegas presented the latest annual report of the Human Rights Council to the United Nations General Assembly.
📑REPORT 🔗bit.ly/3DycMhT
📰MEETING SUMMARY on remarks by United Nations_PGA and United Nations_HRC President + statements by delegations 🔗bit.ly/3fvwxPm
Human Rights Council President Federico Villegas met with Muhammad Muhith 🇧🇩, United Nations (@BangladeshUN1) 's Twitter Profile">BangladeshUnited Nations Ambassador & Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission.
He shared his view on the importance of human rights for the prevention of conflict & for the reconstruction of societies after conflict