Training on “Working with the Human Rights Council”
24th regular session of the Human Rights Council
Training on “Working with the Human Rights Council”
September 21 – 22
The two-day workshop with trainer Diane Ala’I supports Iranian human rights defenders to use the human rights mechanisms of the Human Rights Council. Diane Ala’i has held the position of Representative to the United Nations for the Baha’i International Community at the United Nations Office in Geneva since 1992. In this position, she has participated in numerous sessions of United Nations organs such as the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights, the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and its Working Groups, the UN treaty monitoring bodies and other UN mechanisms, as well as the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She headed the delegation of the Baha’i International Community at the World Conference against Racism in Durban in 2001 and was a member of the delegation at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in 1993.