CARICOM SIDS lead historic resolution securing technical assistance and capacity-building for the region and demonstrating the value of the Council’s item 10

by Sasha D. T. Dixon, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to The United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva By invitation, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, Item 10

On 12 October 2023, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) made history at the Human Rights Council. Not only did they present for adoption their first joint initiative at the Council since its establishment, but they also presented the first item 10 resolution (A/HRC/RES/54/33) that seeks the establishment of a regional office of the Office of …

The urgent need to reform and revitalise item 10

by Marc Limon, Executive Director of the Universal Rights Group Human rights institutions and mechanisms, Item 10

On 20 April, the Human Rights Council convened an intersessional meeting to review the effectiveness of its work under agenda item 10 on technical assistance and capacity building, and to seek ideas from States and civil society on how the Council might strengthen the effectiveness and impact of that work in the future In other words, is the Council effectively …

Human rights in Sudan: the new test case for the Human Rights Council

by Marc Limon, Executive Director of the Universal Rights Group and Sandra Petrovic, Universal Rights Group Human rights institutions and mechanisms, Item 10

The situation of human rights in Sudan, and the fortunes and history of the UN human rights system, have been closely intertwined for decades. Indeed, one of the reasons the former Commission on Human Rights collapsed after the turn of the century was because Sudan won a seat on the Commission at the same time as the State was responsible …