1 March 2021
Committee Elects Photini Pazartzis as New Chairperson, also Elects Bureau
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its online one hundred and thirty-first session, hearing from Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and representative of the Secretary-General. The Committee elected Photini Pazartzis (Greece) as its new Chairperson. The Committee also adopted its agenda.
Mr. Cisse-Gouro opened the session, noting that it was taking place online. He welcomed the six new members to the Committee, all of whom came with a wealth of knowledge and experience: Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim (Egypt), Mahjoub El Haiba (Morocco), Carlos Gomez Matínez (Spain), Changrok Soh (Republic of Korea), Kobauyah Tchamdja Kratcha (Togo) and Imeru Tamerat Yigezu (Ethiopia). He also congratulated the re-elected members of the Committee: Tania Maria Abdo Rocholl (Paraguay), Marcia V.
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1 March 2021
Committee Elects Photini Pazartzis as New Chairperson, also Elects Bureau
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its online one hundred and thirty-first session, hearing from Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and representative of the Secretary-General. The Committee elected Photini Pazartzis (Greece) as its new Chairperson. The Committee also adopted its agenda.
Mr. Cisse-Gouro opened the session, noting that it was taking place online. He welcomed the six new members to the Committee, all of whom came with a wealth of knowledge and experience: Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim (Egypt), Mahjoub El Haiba (Morocco), Carlos Gomez Matínez (Spain), Changrok Soh (Republic of Korea), Kobauyah Tchamdja Kratcha (Togo) and Imeru Tamerat Yigezu (Ethiopia). He also congratulated the re-elected members of the Committee: Tania Maria Abdo Rocholl (Paraguay), Marcia V.
MORNING 23 February 2021
High Commissioner for Human Rights: There is no Evidence that the Death Penalty Deters Crime More Effectively than any other Punishment
The Human Rights Council this morning held its biennial high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty, with a focus on human rights violations related to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to whether the use of the death penalty has a deterrent effect on crime rate.
Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that there was no evidence that the death penalty deterred crime more effectively than any other punishment. Studies suggested that some States that had abolished the death penalty saw their murder rates unaltered or even decline. Studies had shown that it was the certainty of punishment, not its severity, that deterred criminals. There could be no greater call than an end to
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