Human Rights Day 2012 - Events in New York and Geneva

Human Rights Day 2012 - Events in New York and Geneva

GENEVA

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will chair an event in Geneva, which will highlight the Human Rights Day theme, Inclusion and the Right to Participate in Public Life.

The Geneva event will bring together a group of participants from different backgrounds to share their experiences and views on this year’s topic and  discuss how the compliance to the law is fundamental to the functioning of a democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver the keynote speech at the event.

Members of the diplomatic and UN community, civil society, the media, the general public and students from Geneva’s universities will attend the event, which will be broadcast live on the UN webcast (only holders of a valid UN badge will be allowed into the room).

Find out information : http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Day2012/Pages/EventsNewYorkandGeneva.aspx