#Thailand: CIVICUS & @adn_asia urge @UN member states to raise concerns about civic freedoms, including the systematic repression of pro-democracy activists & journalists in the upcoming #UPR39 review at the @UN_HRC tomorrow https://t.

UN Human Rights Council – 32nd Special Session on Sudan Delivered by Abdel-Rahman El Mahdi We welcome this Special Session on Sudan.

A military coup targeting the civilian government in Sudan took place on Monday 25 October 2021.

Following the 25 October 2021 military coup in Sudan, CIVICUS and partners have released a call on the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session to address the crisis in the country.

Joint statement from the end of the United Nations' 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council1 13 organisations share reflections on the key outcomes of the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council, as well as the missed opportunities to address key issues and situations.

Resolution on Cambodia adopted at the 48th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council The Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia, but the resolution adopted by the Council today does not reflect nor adequately address the escalating political and human rights crisis in the country.

UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights 

  CIVICUS welcomes the adoption by consensus of a resolution on equal participation in political and public affairs by the UN Human Rights Council.

Statement at 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by Roneo Clamor, Karapatan CIVICUS and Karapatan welcome the High Commissioner’s update.

Statement at 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President, and thank you Special Rapporteur.

Statement at 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 10: Enhanced Interactive Dialogoue on the High Commissioner's report on the Democratic Republic of Congo Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President, and thank you High Commissioner for your report.

Statement at 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review outcome adoption of Mozambique Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President.

Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights -- Outcome Adoption for Paraguay Delivered by Inés M.

Niger must take opportunity to consolidate its democracy and lift restrictions on civic space Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights -- Outcome Adoption for Niger  Delivered by David Kode Thank you, Mr President.

Amidst emerging threats to civic space, representatives from civil society called on Singapore’s Government to abide by its international legal obligations and commitments to respect fundamental freedoms in a Human Rights Council side event held on 29 September, a day before the adoption of the outcomes from Singapore’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights -- Outcome Adoption for Singapore Delivered by Cornelius Hanung Thank you, Madame President.

Statement at 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 5: Interactive Dialogue on the Secretary-General’s report on reprisals Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President, and thank you Secretary-General for this important report.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council General Debate – Item 4 Madam President, In the spirit of Agenda Item 4, we would like to call the attention of the Council to the Human Rights situation of LGBTI persons in Ghana in light of the recent Anti-LGBTI draft bill being discussed in the country.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by Paul Mulindwa Thank you, Madame President.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Delivered by Paul Mulindwa CIVICUS and its partners in South Sudan thank the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan for their update and this crucial continued scrutiny.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council  Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Delivered by Lisa Majumdar We thank the Special Rapporteur for his progress report.

#Malaysia: The government should respect human rights and implement a comprehensive program of reforms as it seeks UN Human Rights Council membership https://t.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President.

To Members and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council The undersigned civil society organizations are writing to draw your attention to the ongoing human rights crisis in Cambodia and to call for your support at the upcoming 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council (the “Council”) to ensure that the resolution on Cambodia effectively reflects the significant deterioration of the human rights situation in the country and enhances the monitoring and reporting by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Tigray region of Ethiopia Delivered by Paul Mulindwa Thank you, Madame, President, and thank you High Commissioner for this timely update which indicates serious violations of international law, possibly amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Statement at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on report of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President.

We, the undersigned organisations, write to urge UN Member States to ensure the adoption of a robust resolution to establish a Fact-Finding Mission or similar independent investigative mechanism on Afghanistan as a matter of priority at the upcoming 48th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).

The 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council will sit from 13 September - 08 October, 2021 and there are a number of critical human rights resolutions up for debate and for the 47 Council members to address.

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland Excellencies,   At the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) in October 2020, the Council renewed the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Burundi for a further year.

🇺🇳🇦🇫The UN Human Rights Council has failed the people of #Afghanistan.

CIVICUS makes joint UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) submissions on civil society space in Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, and Venezuela The United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States once every 4.

Statement at the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue ID with Working Group on arbitrary detention on its study on drug policies CIVICUS, Karapatan and FORUM-ASIA welcome the study of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on human rights violations related to drug policies.

The 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council sat from 21 June - 13 July, 2021 and there were a number of critical human rights resolutions up for debate and for the 47 Council members to address.

Statement at 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights -- Outcome Adoption for Rwanda CIVICUS and its partners welcome the government of Rwanda’s engagement with the UPR process and particularly for accepting 160 out 284 UPR recommendations.

Statement at 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights -- Outcome Adoption for Australia CIVICUS welcomes Australia's engagement in the UPR process.

CIVCUS welcomes the adoption by the Human Rights Council of a new resolution on human rights on the internet, particularly the resolution’s focus on internet shutdowns.

Statement at the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council CIVICUS, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Omani Association for Human Rights (OAHR) welcome the participation of Oman in the UPR process.

Statement at 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Adoption of the Universaly Periodic Review report of the Lebanese Republic CIVICUS welcomes Lebanon’s participation in the UPR process and for accepting 20 recommendations relating to civic space during this UPR cycle.

Statement at 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights -- Special Rapporteur on Eritrea CIVICUS and the Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report and engagement with the mandate.

CIVICUS welcomes a new Human Rights Council resolution which ensures Council scrutiny on the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Today, the United Nations Human Rights council adopted a new resolution recognising the role of civil society during the pandemic and in the recovery efforts.

Statement at the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council CIVICUS thanks the High Commissioner for her report, which shows the continued deterioration of the human rights situation in Venezuela and lack of effective implementation of the recommendations made in the last report.

 Statement at 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council  Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President, We welcome the High Commissioner’s oral update, and that this critical opportunity to address the ongoing crisis in Myanmar was not lost.

🇵🇭#Philippines: The lethal war on drugs continues with the number of victims rising again in the past six months.

🇨🇴#Colombia: At least 83 people have lost their because of #PoliceBrutality.

Joint letter To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Multilateral action is needed to address the human rights crisis in Cameroon Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned over ongoing grave human rights violations and abuses in Cameroon.

Statement at the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by Lisa Majumdar Thank you, Madame President, and thank you High Commissioner for your report.

🇨🇳#China: Impunity persists for attacks against human rights.