What are the human rights priorities of world governments in 2023?

by Amalia Ordóñez Vahí, Research Fellow, URG, Lola Sanchez Arcos, Researcher, URG and Ana Botchoidze, Intern, Universal Rights Group Beyond the Council, Beyond the Council, Blog, Climate change, Contemporary and emerging human rights issues, General Assembly, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, SDGs, Thematic human rights issues, UNGA

Human rights analysis of high-level speeches during the general debate of the UN General Assembly Every autumn, leaders from around the world come together in New York for the UN General Assembly (GA) general debate. This gathering brings together Heads of State, Heads of Government, Foreign Affairs Ministers, and other dignitaries to address global issues and their impact on their …

Report of the 34th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression 

by the URG team Accountability, Blog, Blog, Human Rights Council, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, Prevention, Prevention, accountability and justice, Special session, Uncategorized

On Thursday 12 May 2022, the Human Rights Council convened a Special Session to address ‘the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression’. The Special Session was requested via an official letter dated 9 May and signed by H.E. Yevheniia Filipenko, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in Geneva. This letter, addressed to H.E. …

What are the human rights priorities of world governments in 2022?

by the URG team Blog, Blog, Climate change, Hate speech, HRC, Human Rights Council, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, International human rights institutions, mechanisms and processes, SDGs, Special Procedures, Thematic human rights issues, UPR

An independent analysis of the High-Level Segment of the Human Rights Council The High-Level Segment of the 49th session of the Human Rights Council , held from February 28 to March 3 2022, saw the active participation of more than 120 world leaders, including six heads or deputy heads of State, five heads or deputy heads of Government, and 107 ministers or vice-ministers. In the statements delivered …

Report of the Council’s urgent debate on the situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression during HRC49

by the URG team Accountability, Blog, Blog, HRC, Human Rights Council, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, International human rights institutions, mechanisms and processes, Prevention, Prevention, accountability and justice

On 3 and 4 March 2022, in the context of the 49th session of the Human Rights Council, which opened on Monday 28 February, an urgent debate was convened on the ‘situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression’. The urgent debate was requested through an official letter from H. E. Ms Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine, addressed to the President …