Women human rights defenders in focus at 43rd Human Rights Council

February 27, 2020

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bachelet, taking part in a panel discussion, held at the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday 25 February 2020, said that the Beijing Declaration should be celebrated but noted that the Plan of Action agreed at the event is still unfinished. According to Ms. Bachelet, the risks of setbacks to women’s rights are real, and growing. ….”Women’s rights are threatened and attacked” on many fronts, she warned, adding that there over this period there has been “a backlash and the resurgence of gender inequality narratives based on age-old discrimination”. Ms. Bachelet also welcomed the speech delivered to the Human Rights Council by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday. As part of his Call to Action for human rights [see https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2020/02/25/43rd-session-hrc-un-secretary-general-launches-call-to-action-on-human-rights/], He called on every country to “support policies and legislation that promote gender equality, to repeal discriminatory laws, to end violence against women and girls and to strive for equal representation and participation of women in all areas”.

Panellists:

Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders
Nazik Awad, Sudan
Aurelia Martin Arzu Rochez, Honduras
Luz Mary Rosero Garces, Colombia
Fatima Bentaleb, France
Hasmida Karim, Indonesia

Moderator:

Zephanie Repollo, Just Associates (JASS)

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This entry was posted on February 27, 2020 at 22:26 and is filed under AI, human rights, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Defenders, ISHR.

Tags: 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Aurelia Martin Arzu Rochez, Hasmida Karim, human rights of women, Michel Forst, Michelle Batchelet, side event, Violence against women, women human rights defenders

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8 March 2020 International Women’s Day | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders Says:

March 9, 2020 at 18:49
[…] Women’s Day 2020 to highlight work carried out by women human rights defenders. See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2020/02/27/women-human-rights-defenders-in-focus-at-43rd-human-rig…. Here one example: Civil Rights Defenders and […]

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International Women’s Day 2020: Joint Statement at 43rd session of UN Human Rights Council | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders Says:

March 9, 2020 at 18:57
[…] Women’s Day 2020 to highlight work carried out by women human rights defenders. See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2020/02/27/women-human-rights-defenders-in-focus-at-43rd-human-rig…. Here an example of how 18 NGOs came together for a Joint Statement during the 43rd session of the […]

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