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June 10, 2010 Thursday
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ARMENIA
GENEVA, Switzerland
The following information was released by the United Nations Office at
Geneva (UNOG):
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, will undertake her first fact-finding
mission to Armenia from 14 to 18 June 2010, in what will also be the
first visit to the country by a United Nations Human Rights envoy
since 2000.
"The recent review of Armenia's human rights record in the Universal
Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council," the independent expert
said, "provides a good opportunity to discuss the recommendations
pertinent to the human rights defenders mandate and to assess the
mechanisms the Government has already and intends to put in place in
the future in order to implement them."
"The aim of the mission is to evaluate in person, in an objective and
impartial manner, the situation of human rights defenders in the
country, and to initiate a process of constructive cooperation with
the authorities," added Mrs. Sekaggya, who will visit Armenia at the
invitation of the Government.
In order to gather first-hand information, the Special Rapporteur will
meet with State officials, representatives of the legislative and
judicial branches, a broad segment of civil society and the press,
representatives of United Nations agencies and regional human rights
organizations, and the diplomatic corps.
A press conference will be held in Yerevan at the conclusion of the
Special Rapporteur's visit on 18 June 2010 at 4:30 pm, in the United
Nations Conference Hall (United Nations Development Program Armenia,
Petros Adamyan St., h. 14, Yerevan, 0010, Armenia).
A final report on the visit will be presented to the Human Rights
Council in 2011.
Margaret Sekaggya, a lawyer from Uganda, was appointed Special
Rapporteur in March 2008 by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
She is independent from any Government and serves in her individual
capacity.
For more information about the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, log
on to: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/defenders/index.htm
From: A. Papazian
June 10, 2010 Thursday
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ARMENIA
GENEVA, Switzerland
The following information was released by the United Nations Office at
Geneva (UNOG):
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, will undertake her first fact-finding
mission to Armenia from 14 to 18 June 2010, in what will also be the
first visit to the country by a United Nations Human Rights envoy
since 2000.
"The recent review of Armenia's human rights record in the Universal
Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council," the independent expert
said, "provides a good opportunity to discuss the recommendations
pertinent to the human rights defenders mandate and to assess the
mechanisms the Government has already and intends to put in place in
the future in order to implement them."
"The aim of the mission is to evaluate in person, in an objective and
impartial manner, the situation of human rights defenders in the
country, and to initiate a process of constructive cooperation with
the authorities," added Mrs. Sekaggya, who will visit Armenia at the
invitation of the Government.
In order to gather first-hand information, the Special Rapporteur will
meet with State officials, representatives of the legislative and
judicial branches, a broad segment of civil society and the press,
representatives of United Nations agencies and regional human rights
organizations, and the diplomatic corps.
A press conference will be held in Yerevan at the conclusion of the
Special Rapporteur's visit on 18 June 2010 at 4:30 pm, in the United
Nations Conference Hall (United Nations Development Program Armenia,
Petros Adamyan St., h. 14, Yerevan, 0010, Armenia).
A final report on the visit will be presented to the Human Rights
Council in 2011.
Margaret Sekaggya, a lawyer from Uganda, was appointed Special
Rapporteur in March 2008 by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
She is independent from any Government and serves in her individual
capacity.
For more information about the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, log
on to: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/defenders/index.htm
From: A. Papazian