Panel discussion sexual orientation and Gender Identity, 22nd Meeting
Panel discussion on the issue of discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity: Concept Note
Chair:H.E Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights Council
Video message by H.E Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Opening statement :Ms. Navanetham Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights
Moderator:H.E Mr. Abdul Minty, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa
Panellists:
Irina Karla Bacci : Vice-President, National Council for LGBT Persons, Brazil
Laurence Helfer : Co-Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Duke University, USA
Hina Jilani : chair, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan; former Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders
Hans Ytterberg : Chairperson of the Council of Europe Expert Committee on Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
22nd meeting 19th Session of the Human Rights Council. Reports of the 19th Session
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