UNGA side event – “Driving sustainable development: the crucial contributions of Human Rights Defenders to the 2030 Agenda”

On Tuesday 15 October 2024, a side event will take place on the margins of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, discussing my new report on the contributions made by human rights defenders to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Opening Remarks: Amb. Joan Cedano, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations

Panellists:

  • UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Mary Lawlor 
  • Mr. Wellington (‘Wallito’) Gabriel de Jesus dos Santos, Pitanga dos Palmares Quilombola community, Brazil
  • Ms. Emily Donovan, Clean Cape Fear, USA

Closing Remarks: Amb. Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations

Organisers/co-sponsors: The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, with the Permanent Missions of Ireland and the Dominican Republic to the UN.

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