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23rd Meeting - 61st Session of Human Rights Council…

23rd Meeting - 61st Session of Human Rights Council

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61st regular session of the Human Rights Council (23 February – 31 March 2026)
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- Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child - Panel II

SPEAKERS:

  • Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
  • Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)
  • Sara, Child rights advocate from the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  • Mr. Robert Doya Nanima, Special Rapporteur on Children in Conflict Situations of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Ms. Hazel De Wet, Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes of UNICEF
  • Ms. Clara Sandoval, Director of Programmes at the Global Survivors Fund 
  • European Union, Mr. Michele Cervone D'Urso
  • Croatia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Andrea Javor
  • Ukraine, Mr. Andrii Pasternak
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Timothy Manley
  • Nigeria, Ms. Odunola Yetunde Oduwaiye
  • Eritrea, Ms. Nadja Micael
  • Ecuador, Ms. Katerine Benavides
  • Republic of Korea, Mr. Jongjin Kim
  • Malaysia, Mr. Rizar Azani Zainar Adzan
  • Zimbabwe, Ms. Mirriam Mwareya
  • UNFPA, Mr. Alfonso Barragues
  • Afghanistan, Mr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha
  • State of Palestine, Mr. Karam Khaldi
  • Lebanon, Ms. Rana El Khoury
  • Child Rights Connect, Sarah
  • China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), Mr. Bin Wang
  • Human Rights Research League, Ms. Viktoriia Tsymbaliuk
  • Defence for Children International, Zain
  • Institut International pour les Droits et le Développement, Mr. Ahmed Masood 
    Lumos Foundation, Sofiia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ms. Somayyeh Karimdoost
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Ms. Cony Mendez
  • Dominican Republic, Ms. Mavel Vegazo
  • Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
  • China, Ms. Zhu Yuejiangnan
  • Cuba, Ms. Aimé Triana Sevajanes
  • Sierra Leone, Mr. Samuel Saffa
  • Malawi, Mr. Joseph Tukula
  • Shaanxi Patriotic Volunteer Association, Mr. Guowei Cui
  • Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan, Ms. Romana Majid
  • Broad National Movement (BNM) Limited Ltd, Mr. Hisham Ahmed
  • Universal Peace Federation, Ms. Kimberly Martins
  • Ms. Hazel De Wet, Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes of UNICEF
  • Ms. Clara Sandoval, Director of Programmes at the Global Survivors Fund (Final remarks)

 

- ITEM 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children

SPEAKERS:

  • Ms. Mama Fatima Singhateh, Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children (Introduction)
  • Germany (Country concerned), Ms. Antje Leendertse
  • United Arab Emirates (Country concerned), Mr. Jamal Jama Al Musharakh
  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Simone Van Der Post
  • European Union, Ms. Nanna Andersen
  • Saudi Arabia (on behalf of Group of Arab States - Arab Group), Mr. Abdulrahman Habib Alolowi
  • Kenya (on behalf of Group of African States - African Group), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
  • Lithuania (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Darius Staniulis
  • Bahrain (on behalf of Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf - GCC), Mr. Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla
  • Singapore, Mr. Jaya Ratnam
  • Gabon, Ms. Nadège Moucketou Mvou
  • Holy See, Mr. Riyyan Chaves Mendoza
  • Uruguay, Ms. Florencia Rizzo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Serge Ndaie Musenge
  • Togo, Ms. Hassana Titipkina
  • Mauritius, Mr. David Lisette
  • Russian Federation, Ms. Olga Zinchenko
  • Nigeria, Ms. Odunola Yetunde Oduwaiye
  • Malaysia, Ms. Pushpamalar Govindaraju
  • Philippines, Mr. Neil Brillantes
  • Cameroon, Mr. Paul Serges Ntamack Epoh
  • Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mr. Halim Grabus
  • Ecuador, Ms. Katerine Benavides
  • UNICEF, Ms. Anne Grandjean
  • Costa Rica, Mr. Roberto Céspedes
  • Burkina Faso, Mr. Marcel Zongo
  • Kenya, Ms. Kizzy Miguda
  • Council of Europe, Ms. Agnes Von Maravic
  • Brazil, Ms. Daniele Luz
  • Paraguay, Ms. Ana Rolon Candía
  • United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Abdallah Saleh Possi
  • Malawi, Mr. Joseph Tukula
  • Rwanda (Right of reply), Mr. Edmond Tubanambazi
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