The panelists included :

• H.E. Omar Zniber, President of the UN Human Rights Council, and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the UN in Geneva
• H.E. Emily Roper, Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the UN in Geneva
• H.E. Fernando Israel Espinosa Olivera, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN in Geneva
• Adriana Quinones, Head of Human Rights and Development, UN Women Geneva
• Benyam Mezmur, Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Stéphane Jaquemet, COO and Director of Policy, International Catholic Migration Commission
   

The panelists highlighted the need to fight xenophobia as one of the more pressing issues that confront societies around the globe. This calls for a comprehensive and multi stakeholder approach. Human rights offer a powerful framework to combat xenophobia. They remind us that every person—regardless of nationality, race, or religion—deserves to be treated with respect and fairness. The event reflects on the broad political consensus and support the process leading to the CERD-CMW joint general recommendation/comment on the eradication of xenophobia and its impact on the rights of migrants. . 

This side event to the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council is co-organized by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), in partnership with the Graduate Institute’s Global Migration Centre, the Geneva Human Rights Platform of the Geneva Academy, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and co-sponsored by UN Women, and  the Permanent Missions of Australia, Colombia, and Mexico.

The video of the event can be found here.