Panel Discussion on Integration of a Gender Perspective…

Objectives: The panel discussion will focus on gender parity as a key element of gender equality and how it contributes to the integration of a gender perspective in the work of international human rights bodies, including the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms. The panel discussion aims to:

• Take stock of developments since the last annual discussion focusing on gender parity, held in September 2019, including the most recent assessments and the available figures on the current levels of gender parity in international human rights bodies, in particular the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms;

• Discuss the progress achieved in the past years, including new gender-responsive initiatives and successful practices and their potential to drive change in the international human rights bodies;

• Analyse remaining challenges to achieve parity in international human rights bodies, in particular the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms and to ensure more balanced participation of men and women in decision-making processes.

Chair:   

• H.E. Ms. Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statement:   

• Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Panellists:

• Ms. Aua Baldé, Chair of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
• Prof. Frans Viljoen, Member of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
• Ms. Alejandra Vicente, Legal Director of Redress and member of the GQUAL Campaign Secretariat

SPEAKERS:

• Spain, Ms. Ángeles Moreno Bau
• Norway (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Tormod C. Endresen
• Canada (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Patricia Lyn McCullagh
• European Union, Ms. Lotte Knudsen
• Indonesia (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Febrian A. Ruddyard
• Jamaica (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Roshelle Henry
• Luxembourg (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Marc Bichler
• Chile (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
• Brazil, Ms. Cecília Kiku Ishitani
• France, Mr. Lucas Froment
• Switzerland, Mr. Jurg Lauber
• Costa Rica, Ms. Marcela Coen
• Action Canada for Population and Development, Ms. Ana Laura Zarco Fuentes
• Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Ms. Anjali Vishwanath Shenoi
• International Lesbian and Gay Association (Joint Statement), Ms. Luz Elena Aranda Arroyo
• Slovenia, Ms. Jana Urh Lesjak
• UN Women, Ms. Adriana Quinones
• Republic of Korea, Mr. Woohyun Kang
• Egypt, Mr. Shady Hesham Ibrahem Elsheha
• Colombia, Mr. Yesid Andrés Serrano Alarcón
• China
• Georgia, Ms. Ekaterine Khositashvili
• United Nations Population Fund, Ms. Wenqin Zhang
• Romania, Mr. Bogdan Neagu
• South Africa, Ms. Bronwen Levy
• Angola, Ms. Marilia Manuel
• Peru, Ms. Romy Sonia Tincopa
• Plan International, Inc., Ms. Tenar G Lorente
• Sikh Human Rights Group, Ms. Bethan Walters
• Akshar Foundation (Joint Statement), Ms. Parmita Sarma
• Togo, Ms. Hassana Titikpina
• Senegal, Ms. Marie Yvonne Gaye
• Mauritius, Ms. Tejaswinee Burumdoyal
• Sierra Leone, Mr. Samuel Saffa
• Ms. Aua Baldé, Chair of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances   
• Mr. Frans Viljoen, Member of HRC Advisory Committee   
• Ms. Alejandra Vicente, Legal Director of Redress and Member of the GQUAL Campaign Secretariat (Final Remarks)