Event: High Level Event on implementation of the UN Common Position on Incarceration

Organised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Austria, Costa Rica, Colombia, Canada, Luxembourg, South Africa, and Switzerland; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Department of Peace Operations; Penal Reform International (with support from the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation); International Commission of Jurists; and the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London.

• 2 October 2023, 13:15-14:45 CET (hybrid)
• Room XXII, Palais des Nations, Geneva and online 
• Register to join in person or online: https://indico.un.org/event/1007829/
• Download the flyer

Programme (90 mins)

Opening remarks:

• Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Brief video messages:

• Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary General for Peace Operations
• John Brandolino, Director, Division of Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Panel Discussion:

• Camilo Eduardo Umaña Hernández, Deputy Minister for Criminal Policy and Restorative Justice, Colombia (Virtual)
• Catherine Heard, Director, World Prison Research Programme, Birkbeck, University of London
• Akosua Akuffo, Co-founder, Tithandizane Comfort Home, Zambia; Member of Experts by Experience Advisory Group, Penal Reform International
• Annette Verster, Technical Lead on Key Populations, Department of Global HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STI Programmes, Word Health Organization
• Edwin Cameron, Retired Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, Inspecting Judge, Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (Virtual)

Moderated by Priya Gopalan, Chairperson, United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention