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Round table 1, Human Rights 75 – High-level Event…

Round table 1, Human Rights 75 – High-level Event

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UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN GENEVA - UNOG
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75TH ANNIVERSARY
HUMAN RIGHTS
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UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
Summary
Round table 1: The Future of Human Rights and Peace and Security
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  • Conflicts are at the highest level since 1945, causing devastating loss of life and unimaginable harm. In a volatile, contested global environment, this round table will examine how we can leverage the full potential of human rights to prevent conflict and violence; strengthen protection; and shape solutions towards lasting peace.
  • Chair: Vice President of Colombia, H.E. Ms. Francia Márquez Mina
  • Keynote: President of Senegal, H.E. Mr. Macky Sall
  • Moderator: Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General, Department of Global Communications
  • Panellists:
    • President of Poland, H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda
    • Prime Minister of Cameroon, H.E. Mr. Joseph Dion Ngute
    • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt, H.E. Mr. Sameh Hassan Shoukry Selim.
    • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, H.E. Ms. Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi
    • Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, H.E. Mr. Riad Al-Malki
    • Minister of Justice and Public Security of Haiti, H.E. Ms. Emmelie Prophète-Milcé
    • Beatrice Fihn, Director, Lex International, former Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
    • Thant Mynt-U, Academic, Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge
  • Respondents:
    • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chad, H.E. Mr Mahamat Saleh Annadif
    • Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya, H.E. Mr. Eltaher Salem El-Baour
    • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, H.E. Mr. Filip lvanović
    • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, H.E. Mr Nabil Ammar
    • Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand, H.E. Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow
    • Deputy Minister of Justice of South Africa, H.E. Mr John Jeffrey
    • Chairperson of the Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mrs. Elvira Azimova
    • Eamon Gilmore, European Union, Special Representative for Human Rights
    • Isha Dyfan, Chair, UN Coordination Committee of Special Procedures
    • Pablo de Greiff, academic and former UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
    • Itonde Kakoma, President of Interpeace
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