19th Meeting - 56th Regular Session of Human Rights…

- Quadrennial panel discussion on promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal - 1st segment

SPEAKERS:

• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council
• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights      
• Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (Introduction)
• Ms. Alexandra Xanthaki, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
• Mr. Yiech Pur Biel, Olympic Refuge Foundation Board Member and Member of the first Refugee Olympic Team Rio 2016
• Ms. Najlah Imad Al-Dayyeni, Table Tennis Paralympian in Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024
• Ms. Ginous Alford, Director of Sport and Human Rights at the World Players Association
• Greece (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Ioannis Ghikas
• European Union (on behalf of European Union), Ms. Lotte Knudsen
• Egypt (on behalf of Group of Arab States - Arab Group), Mr. Shady Hesham Ibrahem Elsheha
• Qatar (on behalf of Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf - GCC), Ms, Hend Abdalrahman Al-Muftah
• Russian Federation (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Stanislav Kovpak
• Iraq (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Abdul Karim Toma Kaab
• United States of America, Ms. Michele Taylor
• Qatar, Mr. Abdulla Alsowaidi
• Armenia, Ms. Anna Sargsyan
• Nepal, Mr. Ram Prasad Subedi
• Russian Federation, Mr. Stanislav Kovpak
• UNESCO
• Sovereign Order of Malta, Mr. Michel Veuthey
• Belarus, Mr. Maksim Sapsai
• Jamaica, Ms. Tyesha Turner
• World Jewish Congress, Mr. Leon Saltiel
• International Lesbian and Gay Association, Ms. Venus Alves
• Alliance Defending Freedom, Mr. Giorgio Mazzoli
• Defence for Children International, Ms. Korotoumou Diarra
• Gin Ssogie Npc, Mr. Nicoleta Turcan
• Asociacion HazteOir.org, Anne Brunette

- Quadrennial panel discussion on promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal - 2nd segment

• State of Palestine, Ms. Riham Barghouthi      
• Vanuatu, Mr. Albert Nalpini
• Monaco, Gilles Realini
• Azerbaijan, Ms. Dilara Abdullayeva
• Lithuania, Mr. Darius Staniulis
• Egypt, Ms. Nora Atteya
• Algeria, Ms. Ahlem Sara Charikhi
• Malaysia, Mr. Muhammad Zuhaili Mat Rani
• Cyprus, Ms. Maria Teresa Failli
• Brazil, Mr. Benhur Peruch Viana
• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla Román
• Ukraine, Ms. Ganna Zavalykut
• France, Ms. Christine Toudic
• Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mr. Yaser Salarian
• Christian Solidarity International (CSI), Mr. Joel Veldkamp
• China Ethnic Minorities' Association for External Exchanges , Ms. Yangjingkun Zheng
• Human Rights Now, Ms. Ritika Sharma
• International Human Rights Internship Program, Mr. Michael Gibbons
• Shaanxi Patriotic Volunteer Association, Ms. Mengyuan XU
• International Bar Association, Ms. Ewelina Ochab
• Ms. Alexandra Xanthaki, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (Closing Remarks)
• Mr. Yiech Pur Biel, Olympic Refuge Foundation Board Member and Member of the first Refugee Olympic Team Rio 2016 (Closing Remarks),
• Ms. Najlah Imad Al-Dayyeni, Table Tennis Paralympian in Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 (Closing Remarks)
• Ms. Ginous Alford, Director of Sport and Human Rights at the World Players Association (Closing Remarks)

- ITEM 3: ID with SR on peaceful assembly (Cont'd)

SPEAKERS:

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Janie Dunkerley
• Switzerland, Mr. Jurg Lauber
• Romania, Ms. Sorara Popa
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Manuel Enrique García Andueza
• South Africa, Ms. Kedibone Ramaisa
• State of Palestine, Ms. Dima Asfour
• Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
• Vanuatu, Mr. Albert Nalpini
• Malawi, Mr. Trouble Kalua         
• Botswana, Gaolatlhe Pule
• Namibia, Mr. Donald Lamek 
• India, Ms. Suman Sonkar
• Ukraine, Ms. Yevheniia Kononenko
• Kenya, Mr. Titus Maki
• Dominican Republic, Mr. Héctor Virgilio Alcántara
• Indonesia, Ms. Blandina Pella
• Burundi: Commission nationale indépendante des droits de l'homme, Ms. Chantal Bakamiriza
• International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Ms. Aissa Rahmoune
• Family Health Association of Iran, Mr. Mahdi Mohebirad
• Centre Europe - tiers monde, Mr. Danilo Borghi Gonçalves Pinto
• Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) Asociación Civil, Ms. Victoria Darraidou
• Association for the Prevention of Torture, Ms. Valentina Cadelo
• Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Mr. Mouloud Boumghar
• Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Mr. Majid Feizikhah
• CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Ms. Sigrid Lipott
• Peace Brigades International, Mr. Yannick Wild
• Rahbord Peimayesh Research & Educational Services Cooperative, Ms. Maryam Erzi
• Ms. Gina Romero, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (Final Remarks)