42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Response to resolution on Burundi CIVICUS and members welcome the renewal of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Statement on the situation of human rights in Sudan CIVICUS and the Sudanese Development Initiative are encouraged by the agreement reached between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council on 5 July 2019.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Joint statement during interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia CIVICUS and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report.

ARABIC 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Free Saudi WHRDs Coalition* praise the significant joint statement which was delivered  by Australia on behalf of a cross-regional group States expressing their concern over the persecution and intimidation of activists, including women human rights defenders, as well as in relation to reports of torture, extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearances, unfair trials, arbitrary detention and impunity.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Joint statement on Ethiopia's adoption of Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights Mr President, CIVICUS and Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia (AHRE) welcome the government of Ethiopia’s engagement with the UPR process and particularly for accepting 131 out of 327 UPR recommendations.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Joint statement on Qatar's adoption of Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights CIVICUS and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights note that since its 2nd UPR cycle in 2014, Qatar acceded to the ICCPR and the ICESCR as a major step towards realizing human rights in the country.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Joint statement on Equatorial Guinea's adoption of Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights Mr President, EG Justice, Centro de Estudios e Iniciativas para el Desarrollo, ONG – Cooperación y Desarrollo, and CIVICUS welcome the government of Equatorial Guinea’s engagement with the UPR process and particularly for accepting 202 of 221 UPR recommendations.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Joint statement on Nicaragua's adoption of Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights Red Local and CIVICUS welcome the government of Nicaragua's engagement with the UPR process.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Joint Statement: 20 NGOs express support for the Coordination Committee’s process to strengthen the work of the Special Procedures We deliver this statement on behalf of 20 NGOs.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Statement during Adoption of the UPR report of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Mr President, CIVICUS welcomes the government of Côte d’Ivoire’s engagement with the UPR process.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Statement during interactive dialogue with the Assistant Secretary General on Reprisals We thank the Assistant Secretary General for presenting this essential report which shows that acts of reprisals are not aberrative, but rather are calculated steps taken to prevent human rights defenders from exposing human rights violations.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Countries of concern Civic space restrictions often precede wider human rights abuses.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Statement during Adoption of the Universal Periodic Review report of the Democratic Republic of Congo The Ligue des Droits de la personne dans la région des Grands Lacs (LDGL) and CIVICUS welcome the government of DRC's engagement with the UPR process.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi CIVICUS and independent Burundian civil society organisations welcome the important work of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, and specifically this report which provides critical oversight of the human rights situation in the country.

ARABIC NGOs: Alarming trend of intimidation and reprisals on UN premises must be addressed urgently Joint Letter On August 23, 2019, 23 NGOs wrote to the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (ASG), the President of the Human Rights Council (HRC), and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, to raise concerns over an alarming pattern of intimidation and reprisals faced by members of civil society during sessions of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Bodies.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council -Statement on report of Working Group on Arbitrary Detention CIVICUS thanks the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for their report.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council -Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on Nicaragua -Joint statement from CIVICUS & RedLad It has been more than a year since the crisis began in Nicaragua, and violence and repression continue unabated.

42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council -General Debate on the oral update by the High Commissioner CIVICUS thanks the High Commissioner for your oral update, and especially the attention given to the risks faced by those exercising their rights to participation and freedom of peaceful assembly.

The forty-second Session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 9 to 27 September.

As UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet prepares to present her report on Nicaragua on September 10th, in compliance with the March 21st Human Rights Council resolution “Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua” (A/HRC/40/L.

All UN member states have their human rights records reviewed every 4.

Joint statement at the end of the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council By renewing the mandate of the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), the Council has sent a clear message that violence and discrimination against people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities cannot be tolerated.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on Sudan CIVICUS notes the efforts that have been made by the Sudanese authorities and Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) towards establishment of an OHCHR country office in Sudan in line with resolution 39/22 of the Human Rights Council.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on the Democratic Republic of the Congo CIVICUS welcomes some positive first steps with regards to civic space taken by President Felix Tshisekedi during his first six months in office, including his commitment to release more than 500 political prisoners.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council -Interactive dialogue on the report from the High Commissioner on Nicaragua -Joint statement from CIVICUS & Red Local We note that the government of Nicaragua has yet to comply with some of the agreements reached with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy during negotiations earlier this year.

Over 1300 civil society organisations from across the globe call for the renewal of the mandate of the Independent Expert on violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council The Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR), Eritrea Focus, and CIVICUS welcome the government of Eritrea’s engagement with the UPR process and for its acceptance of 131 UPR recommendations.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council CIVICUS, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and IFEX welcome the Royal Government of Cambodia's engagement with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner on Venezuela  CIVICUS thanks the High Commissioner for her report, which shows how deeply the human rights situation has deteriorated in Venezuela.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Our organisations are gravely concerned by the proliferation of reprisals against Special Procedures mandate holders and members of Expert Mechanisms and Commissions of Inquiry (COI) by States, including members of the Council, as well as threats against the Special Procedures system as a whole.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Afghanistan Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) and CIVICUS welcome the government of Afghanistan's engagement with the UPR process.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN), The Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation (MCIC) and CIVICUS welcome the government of North Macedonia's engagement with the UPR process.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Pro Acceso and CIVICUS welcome the government of Chile's engagement with the UPR process.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Mr President, VOICE, CIVICUS and FORUM-ASIA welcome the government of Vietnam's engagement with the UPR process including its decision to accept 241 recommendations on a range of human rights issues.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on Countries of Concern CIVICUS is deeply concerned by the grave situation in Sudan, and we call once again on the Council to take immediate steps to address this crisis, at the very least by establishing a fact-finding mission to monitor, verify and report on the situation to prevent further bloodshed and ensure that the perpetrators of these atrocities are held to account.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar We welcome the Special Rapporteur’s oral update on Myanmar and urge the Government to resume its cooperation and grant access to the Special Rapporteur, and to address the situation on the ground.

The three-week human rights council sits from 30 June to 17 July, and there are a number of critical human rights resolutions up for debate, and for the 47 Council members to address.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on the Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea CIVICUS, along with eight other Africa-based organisations, (see below) welcomes the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Eritrea and we ask the UN Human Rights Council as a matter of urgency to renew the mandate, so that the Special Rapporteur can continue its vital monitoring of and reporting on the human rights situation in Eritrea.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi CIVICUS and independent Burundian civil society organisations thank the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi for its update and ongoing work on highlighting human rights abuses.

41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to peaceful assembly and association  Joint statement by ICNL, Article 19, CIVICUS, ECNL, and World Movement for Democracy Activists, peaceful protesters, and civil society have harnessed the power of the Internet and digital technologies, to share information, and to build and mobilise communities at unprecedented scale and speed.

ARABIC Your Excellency, We remain highly concerned about the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, in particular the recent mass executions of 37 men on 23 April, the continued arbitrary detention of human rights defenders including women human rights defenders and the ongoing impunity for serious human rights violations, including torture.

Joint Statement at the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council CIVICUS and the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) welcome the High Commissioner’s update.

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, are writing to urge you to support the adoption of a resolution at the upcoming 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council (“Council”) to maintain a monitoring and reporting mandate on the human rights situation in Eritrea.

To:All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva and New York Cc:UN Secretary GeneralUN High Commissioner for Human RightsChairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty BodiesCoordination Committee of UN Special Procedures It is with a sense of urgency that we convey our deep concern regarding the critical funding situation affecting the UN’s human rights mechanisms and OHCHR.

#Tanzania: Activists & journalists are experiencing a rapid decline in #civicspace.

  CIVICUS makes seven joint UN Universal Periodic Review submissions on civil society space in Angola, Egypt, El Salvador, Iran, Iraq, Fiji and Madagascar CIVICUS and its partners have made joint UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) submissions on 7 countries in advance of the 34rd UPR session (October-November 2019).

  Joint NGO Statement - End of 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council We welcome the positive step the Council has taken in the direction to effectively protect environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) from the grave reality they face every day.

TO: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council 15 March, 2019 Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organisations, urge your government to support resolution A/HRC/40/L.

  UN Human Rights Council – 40th Session 15 March 2019 Oral Statement The Arab NGO Network on Development, the Phenix Center for Economic & Informatics Studies and CIVICUS welcome the government of Jordan’s engagement with the UPR process, including its decision to accept over 100 recommendations on a range of human rights issues.

  UN Human Rights Council – 40th Session 15 March 2019 Oral Statement The Nigeria Network of NGOs and CIVICUS welcome the Government of Nigeria’s engagement in the 3rd cycle of the UPR process, including accepting a range of recommendations presented by the UPR Working Group in November 2018.