Global Alliance for Human Rights - Launch Event.


In Geneva, UN rights chief Volker Türk will launch "a global alliance to mobilize, to influence, to uphold, to protect, and to advance human rights."



Programme:

Welcome (1:30 pm) Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights
Christina Kitsos, Mayor of Geneva

Dialogue Segment (1:35-2:10 pm)

Interaction with Audience (2.10-2.50 pm)
Speakers
Camila Asano - Executive Director, CONECTAS Human Rights (Online)
Emilia Saiz Carrancedo - Executive Director, United Cities and Local Governments
Shailendra Singh - Associate Professor, University of the South Pacific (Online)
Roberto Santos - Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers
Daniel Odongo - Director of Engineering and Product, Ushaidi

Master of Ceremony
Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General, Department of Global Communications

Watch the Global Alliance for Human Rights - Launch Event!



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Location: Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève, Switzerland

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