Panel discusion on Women's Rights - 17th Meeting…

Objectives: To discuss promising examples of measures to address gender-based violence against women and girls in public and political life in line with States' human rights obligations to prevent, investigate and punish such violence and promote women's participation.

Chair:    

• Mr. Václav Bálek, President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statements:

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Ms. Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

Panellists:

• Ms. Nicole Ameline, Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• Ms. Cristina Solano Díaz, Representative of the National Political Assembly of Indigenous Women of Mexico
• Ms. Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo, Member of the Swiss Parliament and President of the European Minority Parliamentarians Caucus
• Ms. Houda Slim, President of the Arab Women Parliamentarians Network for Equality "Ra'edat"

SPEAKERS:

• Mr. Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Ms. Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences
• Ms. Nicole Ameline, Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• Ms. Cristina Solano Díaz, Representative of the National Political Assembly of Indigenous Women of Mexico
• Ms. Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo, Member of the Swiss Parliament and President of the European Minority Parliamentarians Caucus
• Ms. Houda Slim, President of the Arab Women Parliamentarians Network for Equality "Ra'edat"                      
• Ms. Angeles Moreno Bau, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs of Spain
• Ms. Maya Morsy, President of the National Council for Women of Egypt
• Canada (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Patricia McCullagh
• European Union, Ms. Lotte Knudsen
• Latvia (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Bahtijors Hasans
• Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Mr. Afaq Ahmad
• Bahamas (on behalf of the Caribbean Community - CARICOM), Ms. Patricia Ann Hermanns
• Türkiye (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Güven Begeç
• Belgium (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve
• Australia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Amanda Gorely
• Costa Rica (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Shara Duncan Villalobos
• Italy, Mr. Vincenzo Grassi
• The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Ms. Nieves Molina Clemente
• Action Canada for Population and Development, Ms. Meghan Doherty
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Ms. Sholeh Zamini
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Maira Marieléa Macdonal Alvarez
• Luxembourg, Mr. Marc Bichler
• Costa Rica, Ms. Shara Duncan Villalobos
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Rita Frech
• Sierra Leone, Mr. Samuel Housman Buggie Saffa
• United Arab Emirates, Mr. Khalifa Al Mazrouei
• Slovenia, Ms. Jana Urh Lesjak
• Ecuador, Mr. Alejandro Dávalos
• Burkina Faso, Mr. Tiaho Emma Lombo
• France, Mr. Jerôme Bonnafont
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Felix Peña Ramos
• Monaco, Ms. Carole Lanteri
• Center for Reproductive Rights, Mr. Kiefer Kofman
• International Lesbian and Gay Association, Ms. Amélie Waters
• Institute for Human Rights, Ms. Diana Nazarets
• Ms. Nicole Ameline, Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• Ms. Cristina Solano Díaz, Representative of the National Political Assembly of Indigenous Women of Mexico
• Ms. Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo, Member of the Swiss Parliament and President of the European Minority Parliamentarians Caucus
• Ms. Houda Slim, President of the Arab Women Parliamentarians Network for Equality "Ra'edat"
• Ms. Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences