Time: 10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00

Location: Room XIX, Palais des Nations, Geneva and online platform (Zoom)

As called for by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 51/12, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will convene an expert meeting for States, local and regional governments and other key stakeholders to discuss enhancing capacity-building for local governments to incorporate human rights into all their work.

What’s new:

Save the Date

Concept Note

Programme of work

Flyer

Guidance for speakers’ list

Panellists’ bios

Background information:

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on local government and human rights (A/HRC/42/22)

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on local government and human rights (A/HRC/51/10)

Final report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights (A/HRC/30/49)

Call for inputs: Human Rights Council resolution 51/12 on local government and human rights

Recordings:

Session 1

Session 2

Statements

Opening session

H.E. Mr. Václav Bálek, President of the Human Rights Council (video)

H.E. Mr. Seong deok Yun, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (video)

Session 1: Human rights cities – Enhancing capacity-building for local and regional governments

Mr. Etornam James Flolu, District Chief Executive (Mayor), Afadzato South District, Ghana

Ms. Ivonne González, High Counselor for Peace, Victims’ Rights and Reconciliation of the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá, Colombia

Mr. Carlos Garolla, Director, Human Rights Division of the Government of Canelones, Uruguay

Mr. Morten Kjaerum, Director, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Mr. Gyonggu Shin, Executive Director, International Human Rights Training Center of Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea

Session 2: Strengthening the capacity of local and regional governments to engage with the United Nations human rights mechanisms

Ms. Maja Bova, Legal Expert, Inter-ministerial Committee for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Ms. JoAnn Kamuf Ward, Deputy Commissioner, Policy & External Affairs, New York City Commission on Human Rights, United States of America

Mr. Miloon Kothari, Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

Ms. Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia, Vice-Chair, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Ms. Melissa Upreti, Member, UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

Closing session

Ms. Emilia Sáiz, Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments

Ms. Peggy Hicks, Director, Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division, OHCHR

Interventions

Colombia

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Delegation of the Catalan Government to Switzerland

Government of Catalonia

Human Rights Institute of Catalonia

International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels

Land Rights Defenders

Mexico City Commission on Human Rights

Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission

Province of Quebec

Public Services International - 1 | 2

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Indonesia

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