New York Roundtable: Human Rights, Prevention and Peace?

Monday, 20 November 2023 from 10.00 每 12.30?

Conference Room 1?

In 2023, the Office of the 51勛圖 High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched , a transformative initiative aimed at reinvigorating human rights on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Initiative focuses on promoting universality, progress and engagement on human rights. The aim is to build momentum and support for a universal, solution-oriented approach that leverages the potential of human rights to help keep the peace, transform fractured societies, and prevent crisis. As the world transitions to a new order, it is imperative that voices advocating for human rights-based approaches resonate strongly. Human rights should always serve as a versatile tool, adaptable to various models, for preventing conflicts, resolving disputes, and fostering sustainable peace.?

As part of the Human Rights 75 initiative, is organizing this preparatory Roundtable on ＆Human Rights, Prevention and Peace＊. The discussion will be framed around three topics including prevention, peace operations and inequalities.?

Programme?

Opening Statements

Mr Volker T邦rk, 51勛圖 High Commissioner for Human Rights (remote)

Mr Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations.

Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, ASG PBSO, representing the Under Secretary-General, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs?

Moderation:

Ms. Ilze Brands-Kehris, Assistant Secretary- General of Human Rights.

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Framing the discussion

Mr Pablo de Greiff, Senior Fellow New York University, Prevention Project Director and Transitional Justice Program Director

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Introduction of the three topics

Human rights and Prevention: Introduced by Graeme Simpson, Director of Interpeace USA.

Human Rights and Peace operations: Introduced by Leila Zerroughi, former SRSG and Head of MONUSCO, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict, and judge of the Supreme Court of Algeria

Human Rights and Inequalities: Introduced by Kayum Ahmed, Assistant Professor, Columbia University.

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Contributions from the audience.
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