Event
Details
Co-organised with UPR-Info, the side event will enable a dialogue between practicioners, experts, civil society, and states on the way forward when it comes to the engagement of media professionals with the UN Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). For more information on other official side events, follow this link to the OHCHR (at the top right corner).
The online event will be held via Zoom and in English.
Please register here.
Program
Opening
Ms. Mona M'Bikay, Director UPR-Info
Dr. Olaf Wientzek, Director Multilateral Dialogue KAS Geneva
Interventions
Ms. Meryn Schneiderhan, Second Secretary, US Mission Geneva
Mr. Guilherme Canela Godoi, Chief of Section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, UNESCO
Mr. Albert Sharra, Multi-award winning Journalist, Malawi
Ms. Laura O'Brien, UN Advocacy Officer, Access Now
