In its quest to protecting and promoting Human Rights Defenders in South Sudan at international level, the network secretariat in collaboration with its regional partner Defend Defenders gave a video statement at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council sitting of the 45th Session last Wednesday 23rd Sept 2020.
The statement basically spoke of the deteriorating Human Rights situation in this country more especially with Journalists.
23 Sep 2020 – Interactive dialogue with:
Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
Item:4 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural right 45th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. HRC extranet (information on daily updates, draft documentation, copies of oral statements etc.)
SPEAKERS
Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)
Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
H.E. Mr. Ruben Madol Arol, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan
Mr. Yakdhan El Habib, Minister Counsellor, Political and Legal Affairs, Permanent Delegation of the African Union in Geneva
European Union, Ms. Marleen Steenbrugghe
Norway (on behalf of a Group of Countries), Ms. Tine Mørch Smith
Germany, Mr. Fridtjof Dunkel
France, Mr. François Gave
Sierra Leone, Mr. Samuel Housman Buggie Saffa
Mauritania, Ms. Warda Mohamed Khouye
Australia, Ms. Lisa Marie Gittos
China, Mr. Dai Dong
Belgium, Mr. Pieter Leenknegt
Switzerland, Ms. Samira Cizero Ntasano
Netherlands, Ms. Danielle Drost
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Manuel Enrique García Andueza
Ethiopia, Mr. Abdulkadir Mohammed Abdella
Russian Federation, Ms. Kristina Sukacheva
Sudan, Mr. Ali Ibn Abi Talib Abdelrahman Mahmoud
Albania, Mr. Ilir Nezaj
Ireland, Ms. Jean McDonald
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Rita French
Egypt, Ms. Yasmeen Abul Fadl Abdo Mahmoud Khattab
Kenya, Ms. Lucy N. Kiruthu
Burundi, Ms. Marie-Ancille Ntakaburimvo
United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation, Ms. Eya Essif
Lutheran World Federation, Mr. Emmanuel Gore
Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l’homme, Mr. Amock Alikuleti
East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project/South Sudan Human Rights Defenders, Mr. John Ador Akoy
The Next Century Foundation, Ms. Lara Miriam Ibrahim
Amnesty International, Ms. Hilary Power
Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Final Remarks)
Mr. Andrew Clapham, Member of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
Mr. Barney Afako, Member of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
H.E. Mr. Ruben Madol Arol, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan
Mr. Yakdhan El Habib, Minister Counsellor, Political and Legal Affairs, Permanent Delegation of the African Union in Geneva
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