Since June 2019, the budgetary restrictions have been affecting the media coverage of the Human Rights Council. Negative impact of the lack of the information coverage was reported by a number of permanent missions, civil society and other stakeholders.
To tackle this issue, starting from the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, the Geneva Centre decided to start producing concise analytical reports on the meetings attended.
The main annual session of the Human Rights Council, which initially was to take place from 24 February to 20 March 2020, was suspended on 13 March 2020 to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. It was resumed on 15 June and ended on 22 June 2020. The Geneva Centre attended more than 30 meetings and issued 39 concise reports that were available promptly.
On the request of Burkina Faso, the Council has held an urgent debate on racism and police violence which took place on 17 and 18 June 2020. The Geneva Centre followed this important debate and published a comprehensive report.
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| REPORTS ON PANEL DEBATES | Date | View |
|---|---|---|
Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming: Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities |
24 February 2020 | |
Annual high-level panel discussion on 25th Anniversary of Beijing Conference |
25 February 2020 | |
Panel discussion on the midterm review of the International Decade for People of African Descent: Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
13 March 2020 |
| REPORTS ON INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES |
Date | View |
|---|---|---|
ID on the High Commissioner’s report on ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem |
26 February 2020 | |
ID on the High Commissioner’s Report on the root causes of the human rights violations and abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority and other minorities in Myanmar |
27 February 2020 | |
ID with Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment |
2 March 2020 | |
ID with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion |
3 March 2020 | |
ID with Special Rapporteur on the right to food |
3-4 March 2020 | |
ID with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders |
4 March 2020 | |
ID with the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
9-10 March 2020 | |
ID with the Commission of Inquiry on Syria |
10-11 March 2020 |
| SUMMARIES OF GENERAL DEBATES | Date | View |
|---|---|---|
Item 3: Key issues |
5-6 March 2020 | |
Item 4: Main country situations brought to the Council’s attention by the States |
9-11 March 2020 | |
Item 4: Human rights situation brought to the Council’s attention by the States by civil society (1) |
11-12 March 2020 | |
Item 4: Human rights situation brought to the Council’s attention by the States by civil society (2) |
11-12 March 2020 | |
Item 5: Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms |
15 June 2020 | |
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review |
15 June 2020 | |
Item 7: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, including on HC/SG reports |
15-16 June 2020 | |
Item 8: Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action – General Debate |
16 June 2020 | |
Item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action |
16 June 2020 | |
Item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action |
19 June 2020 |
| OTHER REPORTS |
Date | View |
|---|---|---|
Opening of the session: High-Level Segment |
24 February 2020 | |
High-Level Segment: Middle East region dignitaries |
24-26 February 2020 | |
Oral Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Country Situations across the world |
27 February 2020 | |
High Commissioner’s oral update on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
10 March 2020 | |
Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms: Presentation of Reports |
11 March 2020 | |
UPR Outcomes (Egypt, Iran, Iraq) |
12 March 2020 | |
UPR Outcomes (Egypt, Iran, Iraq) |
18 June 2020 | |
Presentation of the report of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, and technical assistance achievements in the field of human rights |
19 June 2020 | |
Presentation of the report of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, and technical assistance achievements in the field of human rights |
19 June 2020 | |
Presentation of the annual report of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights |
19 June 2020 |
| FINAL REPORTS |
Date | View |
|---|---|---|
Urgent debate on Current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful protest |
17-18 June 2020 | |
Resolutions adopted during the 43rd session of the Council |
19, 21 June 2020 |