GenevaLunch » UN High Commissioner for Human Rights http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no US lambasts UN representative Richard Falk; Falk says was unaware of anti-semitismhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/us-lambasts-un-representative-richard-falk-falk-says-was-unaware-of-anti-semitism/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/us-lambasts-un-representative-richard-falk-falk-says-was-unaware-of-anti-semitism/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:21:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59558 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US Ambassador to the UN Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe used unusually strong words in a statement issued Friday 8 July to suggest that UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk should step down, saying that “his continued status as a UN mandate holder is a blight on the UN system”. The US and Falk have [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/08/us-lambasts-un-representative-richard-falk-falk-says-was-unaware-of-anti-semitism/feed/ 0 UN’s Navi Pillay sends human rights team to Tunisiahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/uns-navi-pillay-sends-human-rights-team-to-tunisia/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/uns-navi-pillay-sends-human-rights-team-to-tunisia/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:57:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52620 GenevaLunch.com (video) Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Wednesday said at a press briefing in Geneva that she is sending a team to Tunisia. “”Human rights abuses were at the heart of Tunisia’s problems. Therefore, human rights must be right at the forefront of the solutions to those problems,” she [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/uns-navi-pillay-sends-human-rights-team-to-tunisia/feed/ 0 Human rights investigations and their methodologieshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/20/human-rights-investigations-and-their-methodologies/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/20/human-rights-investigations-and-their-methodologies/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:42:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=37451 GenevaLunch.com Title: Human rights investigations and their methodologies Location: Geneva, Graduate Institute Link out: Click here Description: Lecture by Navanethem Pillay, UN high commissioner for human rights Start Time: 18:30 Date: 2010-02-24

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/20/human-rights-investigations-and-their-methodologies/feed/ 0 Death penalties down in US, UN ban appealhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/18/death-penalties-down-in-us-un-ban-appeal/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/18/death-penalties-down-in-us-un-ban-appeal/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:14:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33973 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has issued a call to abolish the death sentence, as a new US report shows that its use is decreasing there and that several states are considering ending its use. The 20th anniversary of the international death penalty treaty was marked by Pillay’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/18/death-penalties-down-in-us-un-ban-appeal/feed/ 0 Minaret vote may run foul of international treatieshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:19:26 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=32772 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland risks being found non-compliant with its obligations under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, according to the UN Committee of Human Rights. The committee voiced concern about the political campaign to ban minarets 3 November, and said then that the anti-minaret ban initiative, if adopted, would conflict with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/feed/ 1 US takes up seat at UN Human Rights Councilhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/14/us-takes-up-seat-at-un-human-rights-council/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/14/us-takes-up-seat-at-un-human-rights-council/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:46:43 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=27692 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Esther Brimmer, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, addressed the UN Human Rights Council as US representative, and announced 14 September that the US was committed to ensuring the council’s operational independence. She pointed out that the US is already the council’s top donor, and that the US would [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/14/us-takes-up-seat-at-un-human-rights-council/feed/ 0 Nigerian leaders make Geneva plea over Boko Haram deathshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/18/nigerian-leaders-make-geneva-plea-over-boko-haram-deaths/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/18/nigerian-leaders-make-geneva-plea-over-boko-haram-deaths/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:30:56 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=25298 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The “extra-judiciary” deaths of at least two Islamist leaders in captivity during July 2009 fighting in northern Nigeria prompted top leaders from the country to visit Geneva 15-16 August to apologize to the United Nations and plea with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay, reports African newspaper the Daily [...]

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