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UN dialogue with activists and media on human and women rights

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On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day (10 December 2013), the UNHCR organised, in collaboration with the UN Media office in Beirut a discussion with a group of media people and representatives of civil society organisations as well as human rights experts.  The discussion carried the slogan of “20 Years Working for Your Rights”.
The president of the Parliamentary Commission on Human Rights, MP Michel Moussa noted that the national human rights plan which was completed last year after extensive preparations, research, consultation and input from parliamentarians, local and international experts, will finally be implemented as soon as it is endorsed by the Assembly.
For her part, the director of the Beirut Office of the Arab Institute for Human Rights, Ms. Joumana Merhi, pointed out to problems that women still face in Lebanon and which mainly revolve around their exclusion from political life and from peace building during transitional processes.  She highlighted the regression in the implementation of CEDAW calling for serious endeavor towards achieving women’s full citizenship as well as mainstreaming human rights and equality in the texts of the new constitutions of countries in transition. Finally, Merhi also called for the enactment of new laws notably with regards to protecting women and girls from violence notably family and sexual violence.  Discussions generally focused on the global decline in human rights and called on UNHCR to translate its words into actions.
Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Nahar 17 December 2013

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