New York - Side event in the framework of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly: Human rights defenders more than ever at risk
- Event Date: 25.10.11
- Event Time: 04:00:00

Event
25 October 2011
New York
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH),
the International Service for Human Rights
and
the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
Human rights defenders more than ever at risk
The event did focus both on the Annual Report 2011 of the Observatory and the report to the 66th session of the General Assembly by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders,
Ms. Margaret Sekaggya
Panel of Speakers
Margaret Sekaggya
UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Gerald Staberock
Secretary General
World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
Introduction by Gerald Staberock
Souhayr Belhassen
President
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Luis Arriaga
Former Director
Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (PRODH Center)
and a member of OMCT General Assembly, Mexico
Justine Masika Bihamba
Coordinator
NGO “Women’s Synergy for the Victims of Sexual Violence” (SFVS) Democratic Republic of Congo
Moderated by
HE Tine Mørch Smith
Deputy Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
OMCT,FIDH and ISHR wish to thank the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations for their support to this event