Olivier De Schutter will address the Annual meeting of the Chairs of the UN human rights treaty bodies, exceptionally convened in Brussels this year. The address will open the discussion between the Chairs of the UN human rights treaty bodies and the representatives of the EU institutions, which is planned to take place on July 1st in the afternoon.
The purpose of this exchange is to have an exchange on the relationship of the EU to UN human rights treaties and on the follow-up by the EU, in the areas falling under the competence of the EU, of conclusions and recommendations adopted by the UN monitoring bodies, both within the EU and in the external policies of the EU.