19th Meeting - 9th Regular Session of Human Rights…

15:00 - 18:00 - 19th Plenary Meeting      

Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development continued

Panel discussion on missing persons

• Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner of Human Rights (Introduction)

Panellists:

• H.E. Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, the Permanent Representative of Mexico, Moderator
• Ms. Cordula Droege, Legal Adviser, Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross
• Dr. Vefaeddin Ibayev, Judge of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan
• Ms. Karine Minasyan, Director of the Human Rights Center for Prisoners of Wars (POWs), Hostages and Missing in Action (MIA), Coordinator in Armenia International Working Group for PoWs, Hostages and MIA
• Mr. Marco Sassoli, Professor, Geneva Academy on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
• Mr. Michel Veuthey, Professor, Vice-President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law
• Ms. Kathryne Bomberger, Director-General of the International Commission on Missing Persons

Interactive dialogue:

• Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Ms. Tehmina Janjua
• Cyprus, Mr. Andreas Hadjichrysanthou
• Morocco, Mr. Mohammed Loulichki
• France (on behalf of the European Union), Ms. Sidonie Thomas
• Greece, Mr. Franciscos Verros
• Turkey, Mr. Fatih Ulusoy
• Azerbaijan, Mr. Firidun Sadiqov
• Israel, Mr. Walid Abu-Haya
• Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mr. Mohammad Reza Najafi
• Argentina, Mr. Sebastian Rosales
• Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme (CCDH) of Morocco, Mr. Malijoub El-Haiba
• Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos, Guatemala, Ms. Katharina Rose
• Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
• International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM)
• International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)
• Interfaith International
• European Union of Public Relations (Joint Statement)
• Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy (Joint Statement)
• Latin American Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights
• Al-Hakim Foundation
• Association of World Citizens
• Ms. Kathryne Bomberger, Director-General of the International Commission on Missing Persons (Final Remarks)
• Mr. Michel Veuthey, Professor, Vice-President of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law
• Mr. Marco Sassoli, Professor, Geneva Academy on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
• Dr. Vefaeddin Ibayev, Judge of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan
• Ms. Cordula Droege, Legal Adviser, Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross
• Moderator: H.E. Ambassador Luis Alfonso De Alba, the Permanent Representative of Mexico

Rights of reply:

• Algeria
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Sri Lanka
• Morocco
• Algeria
• Morocco

Mr. Marius Grinius, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Closing Remarks)