(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Noting that more and more people around the world were taking to the streets to lay claim to their rights, United Nations officials opened the latest session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva with calls for the protection of members of civil society who pursue justice in their countries.
"Streets, airwaves, entire countries are buzzing with demands for economic, social and political justice," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said, as she opened the high-level segment of the 25th session of the Council, the Organization's major human rights orga
The session, which runs through 28 March, will include presentations by the independent commissions of inquiry on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and on Syria, as well as discussions on human rights mainstreaming, the death penalty and genocide as well as the promotion and protection of civil society activitie
The 47-member body will also review the rights records of members and hold events addressing the prevention of large-scale abuses and on combatting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with the annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child and the annual debate on the rights of persons with disabilities
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