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Building forward better
“If we place human rights at its heart, the recovery from the pandemic presents an opportunity to choose a better, fairer and greener path,” stressed Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris at an event on human rights and the 2030 Agenda.
18-01-2022

Women human rights defenders
The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ilze Brands Kehris, participated in the launch of a new funding opportunity by the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund to provide financial support for the participation and protection for women human rights defenders.
18-01-2022











OPT report
UN expert calls for international community to impose accountability measures on Israel to inforce resolution to be adopted.
26-10-2020

Launch of the yourHRC.org Guide to the 2020 HRC elections
ASG Brands Kehris delivers keynote remarks on the membership of the HRC – an issue at the heart of the Human Rights Council’s effectiveness, credibility and legitimacy.
08-10-2020

Reprisals for cooperating with UN continue unabated
Reprisals against people who cooperate with the United Nations are continuing unabated, with alleged cases in 45 countries, Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris tells the Human Rights Council.
30-09-2020

Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Remarks by Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, at the opening of the Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies
27-07-2020

Virtual Counter Terrorism Week 2020
Introductory remarks of Ilze Brands Kehris Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
09-07-2020

Online launch of the report on practices of “conversion therapy”
Online launch of the report on practices of “conversion therapy” by the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
09-07-2020

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Remarks by ASG Ilze Brands Kehris at the Virtual Launch Event for the Handbook for UN Field Missions on Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence; 5 June 2020
05-06-2020

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