GHR Expert Seminar ‘Strengthening the UN Special procedures’ , 21 June 2023

To mark its 20th Anniversary, Geneva for Human Rights (GHR) convenes its (41st) Expert Seminar on the theme ‘The strengthening of the Special procedures of the United Nations’ (UN).

The Seminar will be held on Wednesday 21 June 2023, from 15:00 to 18:00, in the Salle Communale de Plainpalais. The City of Geneva and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) co-sponsor the event.

Programme

Welcome and introduction

Round Table-1
The origins and the development of the Special procedures system
Chair: Prof. Bertrand RAMCHARAN, GHR board, former High Commissioner for Human Rights ai
Key-note speech: Mr. Adrien-Claude ZOLLER, GHR President

Round Table-2
The current challenges to the Special procedures & perspectives
Chair: Mr. Michael KHAMBATTA, Representative Gulf Center
Key note speech: Mr. Clement VOULE, SR on the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association

Conclusion
Measures and strategies to strengthen the Special procedures

Registration until 21th of June 2023 at : info@gdh-ghr.org - Hybrid Seminar (attendance link sent upon request)