REVIEWING THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conference

28th October 2010Dr. Alfred de Zayas, GSD Professor of International Law and former senior UN official and Dr. Doebbler, GSD Professor of Diplomacy & Climate Change and American international human rights lawyer,  are panel members at the Human Rights Council during the Ninth Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

THE NINTH SESSION OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

The Extra-Territorial Application of Human Rights
Reviewing the Human Rights Record of the United States of America
United Nations- Geneva 3 November 2010
11.00-17.00h- Room XXVII- Palais des Nations

The United States’ human rights record will be reviewed by the Human Rights Council during the Ninth Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) being held in Geneva from 1 to 12 November 2010. The United States will be reviewed on Friday morning, 5 November.


The UPR was established to undertake a review of the each States obligations and commitments under international human rights law taking in account the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law in a manner that prompts, supports, and expands the promotion and protection of human rights.

NGOs are not allowed to speak during the official session, but they can exercise influence by bringing relevant information to the attention of States. It is for this reasons that a coalition of NGOs have organized a side event on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 at the site of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. At this event, prominent human rights defenders familiar with the situation of human rights in the United States will speak and NGOs and other observers will have the opportunity to submit information relevant to the review of the human rights record of the United States. The focus will be on extra-territorial violations of human rights, namely in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.

Among the speaker will be:

  • Mr. Ramsey Clark                 66th United States Attorney General
  • Dr. Dirk Adriaensense        Chair of the Brussels Tribunal Executive Committee
  • Prof. Alfred De Zayas           US Attorney and Professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations
  • Prof. Curtis Doebbler          American international human rights lawyer and Representative of the NGO Nord-Sud XXI
  • Mr. Sabah Al-Mukhtar          President of the Arab Lawyers Network in the United Kingdom
  • Dr. Aziz Al- Qazaz                 Iraqi human rights defender
  • Mr. Jose del-Prado             Member of the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Mercenaries

Room XXVII- Palais des Nations. 

Organizers: Nord-Sud XXI, Arab lawyers Union, International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations.