Human Rights Council High-Level panel discussion on Beijing +25

The high-level panel discussion will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The panel discussion will provide a space to celebrate the vision of women’s rights as human rights articulated in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
recall the progress made in the past 25 years towards its implementation, discuss the continued relevance of this visionary document to address remaining and new challenges and accelerate progress towards the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all women and girls.

Chair: H.E. Ms. Elisabeth TICHY-FISSLBERGER, President of the Human Rights Council
Opening statements:

• Ms. Michele BACHELET, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• H.E. Ms. Trine RASK THYGESEN, Secretary of State for Development Policy of Denmark
• H.E. Mr. CHEN Xu, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland

Panellists:

• Ms. Phumzile MLAMBO-NGCUKA, Executive Director of UN-Women
• Ms. Bandana RANA, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Ms. Magalys AROCHA DOMINGUEZ, Expert on Human Rights and Gender Equality

Watch live here. More information here.

Download the concept note here.