Panel Discussion on Human Rights of IDPs - 18th…

Panel discussion on the human rights of internally displaced persons in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement Chair: H.E. Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council Opening statements: Mr. Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Mr. Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Moderator: Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Panellists: • Ms. Maya Sahli Fadel, Member of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa • H.E. Ms. Alba Marcela Castañeda, Under-Secretary for Human Rights of Honduras • H.E. Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations Office in Geneva A/HRC/DEC/35/101 38th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. HRC extranet (information on daily updates, draft documentation, copies of oral statements etc.) SPEAKERS Mr. Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division of OHCHR Mr. Volker Turk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection UNHCR Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Moderator, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Ms. Maya Sahli Fadel, Panelist, Member of the ACHPR and SR on refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons in Africa H.E. Ms. Alba Marcela Castañeda, Panelist, Under-Secretary for Human Rights of Honduras H.E. Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan, Panelist, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UNOG European Union, Mr. Jerôme Bellion Jourdan Togo (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ousmane Salifou United Arab Emirates (on behalf of the LEA), Mr. Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi China, Ms. Sisi Zhang Azerbaijan, Mr. Javid Sadikhov Russian Federation, Mr. Egar Shulgin Colombia, Ms. Beatriz Londoño Soto Ecuador, Ms. Ana Jacome Iraq, Mr. Yahya Ibraheem Fadhil Al-Obaidi Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Lenín Antonio Pérez Rangel Serbia, Mr. Vladan Lazovic Denmark, Mr. Carsten Staur Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Ms. Katerina Rose Christian Aid, Ms. Opha Atumga Franciscans International, Mr. Alberto Quero Garcia Botswana, Mr. Bolokang Mothusi Motshwane Lesotho, Ms. Molebatseng Lydiah Makhata UNDP, Ms. Sara Sekkenes Ireland, Ms. Amy Sheils Austria, Ms. Julia Isabelle Thallinger United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Matthew Forman Syrian Arab Republic, Ms. Rania Al Haj Ali Switzerland, Ms. Ariadna Pop Kuwait, Mr. Abdullah Alkhubaizi Armenia, Ms. Anahit Harutyunyan Tunisia, Ms. Intissar Ben Attitallah Norway, Mr. Kjetil Elsebutangen Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man, Ms. Mona Sabella Verein Sudwind Entwicklungspolitik, Ms. Jaleh Razmi International Institute of Mary Our Help of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Ms. Giuditta Gualandi H.E. Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan, Panelist, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UNOG H.E. Ms. Alba Marcela Castañeda, Panelist, Under-Secretary for Human Rights of Honduras Ms. Maya Sahli Fadel, Panelist, Member of the ACHPR and SR on refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons in Africa