UN human rights chief to address ICC Conference and visit Uganda and Kenya, 2-8 June

GENEVA (1 June 2010) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will on Wednesday begin a seven-day visit to Uganda and Kenya.

UGANDA
Her stay in Uganda (2-5 June) has two separate components. Firstly, the High Commissioner will hold a series of meetings with top Government officials, civil society and other actors to discuss a range of Uganda-related issues, including the situation in the troubled Karamoja region in the north-east of the country.

While in Uganda, Ms. Pillay will also, on 3 June, undertake a separate engagement at the Review Conference of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is being held near Kampala from 31 May to 11 June.

The High Commissioner will hold an end-of-visit press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday 5 June at the Serena Hotel in Kampala, before proceeding to the Kenyan capital Nairobi (for details, please contact Bernard Amwine at OHCHR Kampala, Tel: +256 (0) 772446020, email: Public.Information.Uganda@ohchr.org)

KENYA
In Kenya, Ms. Pillay will hold meetings with top Government officials and parliamentarians, as well as with Kenya’s National Commission for Human Rights, civil society organizations and other actors.

On the last day of her visit, Tuesday 8 June, the High Commissioner will deliver a keynote public lecture at the University of Nairobi from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., followed by a press conference at the Norfolk Hotel at 6:00 p.m. (for more details, please contact Patterson Siema, UNDP press officer on +254 725058820 / +254 20 7625357)

Ms. Pillay’s keynote speeches and various press releases and articles will be posted on www.ohchr.org at regular intervals during the course of the visit.

For more information about the mission in general contact Rupert Colville at + 41 79 506 1088