By 15 January 2021, the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) is expected to elect the Council’s President for the 15th cycle in 2021 from the Asia-Pacific Group. The State Representatives who have put forward their candidacies are: Bahrain, Fiji and Uzbekistan. Our organisations* urge all members of the Council to elect the Council President based on Council membership criteria.
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11 Jan
Here are some of the things we are most proud of; impacts that reflect and were made possible thanks to the creativity, solidarity and resilience of our partners, our staff and the human rights defenders we collectively serve.
05 Jan
In a joint reaction coordinated by Amnesty International, NGOs welcomed the report of the co-facilitators of the 2020 review of the treaty body system, Switzerland and Morocco. It remains to be seen whether the General Assembly will take any action in follow up to their report. So far, the President of the General Assembly has not re-appointed the co-facilitators to continue the process, nor communicated anything further on the subject.
28 Dec
On 28 December 2020, Saudi Arabia’s Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced Saudi women human rights defenders Loujain Al-Hathloul and Miyaa al-Zahrani to 5 years and 8 months in prison.
18 Dec
ISHR and ILGA World have updated their factsheets on different UN experts – check out the references to LGBTI persons and recommendations that these Special Procedures have made.
Opinion:
El gobierno de López Obrador ha estado utilizando selectivamente el respaldo y apoyo de ciertas agencias de la ONU para emprender proyectos e implementar políticas de manera contraria a sus obligaciones internacionales en materia de derechos humanos.
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