Ms. Virginia B. Dandan was appointed by the Human Rights Council as the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity in June 2011. She assumed her functions on 1 August 2011. Ms...

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The Human Rights Council in its resolution 17/6 , broadly defines the mandate of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity as the promotion of “the realization of the right...

In 2017, the mandate was renewed and the Human Rights Council, in its commitment to promoting human rights and international solidarity in resolution 35/3, decided, inter alia : Request[ed] all States...

The Independent Expert submits annual thematic reports to the Human Rights Council (HRC) and to the General Assembly (GA). Thematic reports document the Independent Expert’s findings on particular...

International cooperation is the core of international solidarity, but that international solidarity is not limited to international assistance and cooperation, aid, charity or humanitarian assistance...

Published: 25 April 2017 and 19 July 2017 Issued by: The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity Presented: At the 35 th session of the HRC Link: A/HRC/35/35 and A/72/171...