COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN HAITI AND IN LIBYA UNDER ITS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING AGENDA ITEM
(WorldNews Switzerland)

21 March 2017 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Gustavo Gallon, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, after hearing the presentation of his report. The Council also held an interactive dialogue with Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, after she presented the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Libya. Presenting his report, Mr. Galon said that Haiti had just come out of a serious electoral crisis but continued to face a painful human rights situation that deserved to be monitored and accompanied by the international community. Progress was needed in areas...