FMUL student participates in the NGOs Annual Consultations Meetings in the HC of the United Nations.
From July 4th to 10th, the 6th year student from our Faculty Sebastião Castanheira Martins was part of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) delegation at the NGOs Annual Consultations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Human Rights Council.
Sebastião points out that the NGOs Annual Consultations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is currently trying to change the paradigm of humanitarian action in regards to refugees.
At the UN Human Rights Council, Sebastião was part of the IFMSA delegation. It had its first attendance this year with the main purpose of discussing the essential human rights violations we have been witnessing in recent times.