Week Ahead at the UN: Human Rights Council to Hold Emergency Meetings on the Situation in Ukraine, NGOs Ask for Access, IPCC Releases Policy Brief, WTO and ILO Review Pandemic Impact on Labour Markets

And a look back at a week filled with events, conferences, consultations.

NGOs in Geneva Request to Participate In-Person at the Human Rights Treaty Bodies’ Ongoing Review Session

Human Rights Committee

Amnesty International, International Service for Human Rights, and a number of NGOs are requesting in-person access to the Human Rights Committee Treaty Bodies’ session. While most sanitary restrictions have been lifted in Switzerland, the UN Office in Geneva and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have continued to deny access to some NGOs to attend in-person the Human Rights Committee and the Human Rights Council sessions. These are two different entities in the international human rights’ protection mechanisms available within the UN system, and both are in session in Geneva.

On February 4th the NGO’s asked the UN Secretary-General to guarantee their access to UN Treaty Body reviews. Vincent Ploton, Director of Development and Treaty Body Advocacy at the Geneva office of the NGO International Service for Human Rights notes that there is a …