Human rights violations resulting from overcrowded prisons in Haiti.

Agent-x - July 4 2012, 5:25 PM

According to The United Nations Office in Geneva-UNOG, unog-ch, on 04 July 2012, Germany shared the Independent Expert's concern over human rights violations resulting from overcrowded prisons in Haiti.

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS
Discusses Report on Technical Cooperation on Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan and Concludes Dialogue with Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti
4 July 2012

The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity-building efforts under which it discussed an overview on technical cooperation efforts by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, a report on technical cooperation on human rights in Kyrgyzstan, and a report presented by the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights.

The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights in Haiti.

Kyung-wha Kang, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, presenting an overview of the successes, best practices and challenges in technical assistance and capacity building efforts provided by the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant United Nations agencies, said that the Office was mandated to provide assistance at the request of governments in the field of human rights.

Technical cooperation was guided by the Office

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