"HUMAN RIGHTS DAY"

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said his Office will launch a year-long campaign to mark 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Türk, who this week visited Ukraine, said this miraculous, transformative text is as relevant today as when it was written. UNTV CH

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25th, a new report by UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicates that more than five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. UNIFEED

Marking the International Human Rights Day in Juba, the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) together with the South Sudan Human Rights Commission held a special event in an effort to promote human rights and equality across the nation. UNMISS

Noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General.

Marking Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said the past two years have demonstrated, “all too painfully, the intolerable cost of soaring inequalities,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters the Office of the High Commissioner was “appalled” by the killing of nine human rights activists in the Philippines. UNTV CH

Marking both the end of the 16 days of activism about violence against women and the celebration of International Human Rights Day, a 'March for Peace' in the Central African Republic’s capital, brought together several associations of women from the civil society, youth, and political parties in Bangui and its surroundings. MINUSCA

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.