60th Session of UN Human Rights Council (8 September–8 October 2025)
Overview
Structural Challenges at the Human Rights Council
Thematic Priorities
Country-Specific Priorities
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Overview
As civic space continues to shrink globally, amid funding challenges and a UN liquidity crisis, the Human Rights Council remains a vital space for defending human rights and amplifying the voices of those most affected.
News
Indonesia has witnessed violent crackdowns on protests, with reports of arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment, unlawful killings, and digital attacks.
Positive steps taken by interim government to investigate protest violations and address enforced disappearances
Lack of reforms related to NGO laws and protection for human rights defenders and journalists
New cyber law ordinance still problematic and restrictive defamation provisions remain
Police reforms stalled, controversial Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) remains untouched despite UN calls for disbandment
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, welcomes the positive steps taken by the interim government to respect and protect civic space since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime a year ago.
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri Indigenous Peoples in Tajikistan.
Volunteer Activists and CIVICUS call for an immediate end to violence in Iran, Israel, and the Middle East.
