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What to expect at the General Assembly's 64th session |
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At first blush, this year’s Third Committee of the General Assembly looks set to be less eventful than recent years. Although there are no new resolutions, no new standard-setting instruments requiring adoption, no resolution on a moratorium for the death penalty (it is now biennial), and no formal proposal to follow up on last year’s statement to the General Assembly on sexual orientation and gender identity, a few controversial developments are forecast. Chief among these is the Committee’s dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism (Mr Scheinin), whose report to the General Assembly discusses the 'gendered impact of counter-terrorism measures on men and persons of diverse sexual orientation and gender identities'.
Other highlights that ISHR will be reporting on include: how the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference will be dealt with; new voting patterns by the Obama Administration on key human rights resolutions; country resolutions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Iran and Myanmar; and the fate of the Secretary-General’s request for the head of OHCHR in New York to be upgraded to the level of Assistant Secretary-General.
For more information, see ISHR's New York Alert on the opening of the 64th session of the General Assembly.
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Last Updated on Monday, 09 November 2009 09:55 |
