MORNING 16 March 2022 The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of a series of reports and then held a general debate on its agenda item three on the promotion and protection of all...

Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues and friends, In concluding its fifth session, the Expert Mechanism appreciates the rich discussions undertaken with Member States, civil society...

MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Gerard Quinn, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, on artificial intelligence in the...

Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues and friends, In concluding its fifth session, the Expert Mechanism appreciates the rich discussions undertaken with Member States, civil society...

Assistant Secretary-General, Fellow experts, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, When we were preparing for this session, we did not imagine the context in which we will be holding our discussions...

Dear Experts Distinguished Delegates, Colleagues and Friends, It is a pleasure to welcome you to the fifth session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right Development which is being held in New York for...

GENEVA/NEW YORK (7 March 2022) – The Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development , a subsidiary body of the Human Rights Council, will hold its 5th session from 9 to 11 March 2022 in New York in...

GENEVA / NEW YORK – Bilateral and multilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) should routinely plan to ensure the projects they finance do not harm people, and they and their clients should...

Colleagues, friends, thank you for being with us today. I am particularly grateful to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for joining us. Speaker Pelosi’s vital work on transparency and accountability has left a...

Bilateral and multilateral development finance institutions are critical actors in development and make important contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals as well as human rights...