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“Today’s crises have put a magnifying glass on the social and economic injustices that bedevil our societies,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, and proposed “governance models and structures that work for the common good, with an intergenerational perspective.” UNIFEED

High level meeting discussing the death penalty and gender dimension: exploring disadvantage and systemic barriers affecting death sentences.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said, “women face gender discrimination in the application of the death penalty,” adding that “women are judged not only on the basis of their crime, but because they are perceived to have betrayed traditional gender roles.” UNIFEED

The Belarus Government should end “violent crackdowns” and “increasing repression” against protesters who are still contesting the result of last month's Presidential elections, UN deputy rights chief Nada Al Nashif told the Human Rights Council. UNTV CH

At the 45th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, opening the urgent debate on the human rights situation on Belarus, Nada Al-Nashif Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s statement on the situation in Belarus. UNTV CH

Amid rising COVID-19 infection rates, medical supply shortages in Syria, more testing key to gauging extent of outbreak, humanitarian chief tells Security Council.

On the opening day of the 45th session of the Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights provided an oral update on Human Rights impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. UNTV CH

At the opening of the Global Human Rights Update in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said "a fast-moving and global health crisis has collided with many slower, and more entrenched, political, social and economic crises around the world." UNTV CH

UN Member States gathered in person in Geneva on Monday for a new session of the Human Rights Council; proceedings began with a decision to hold a rare Urgent Debate on the situation in Belarus. UNTV CH

Since the end of July, 24 human rights defenders in Cambodia have been arrested – eight in September alone, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported on Friday, calling for the Cambodian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release those detained for their exercise of these rights, and to bring an end to the intimidation of civil society actors.” UNTV CH