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39th Special Session of the Human Rights Council…

39th Special Session of the Human Rights Council

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The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Friday 23 January 2026 - A/HRC/S.39/L.1 - ADOPTED
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Opening remarks:

  • Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council
  • Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Ms. Mai Sato, Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Ms. Sara Hossain, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission
  • Mr. Payam Akhavan, Civil Society Representative
  • H.E. Mr. Ali Bahreini, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Country concerned)

SPEAKERS:

  • Iceland (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdott
  • Estonia (on behalf of a group of countries)
  • European Union (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Michele Cervone d'Urso
  • North Macedonia, Mr. Dushko Uzunovski
  • Slovenia, Ms. Jana Urh Lesjak
  • Spain, Ms. Miryam Naveiras
  • Iraq, Mr. Jaffer Mohammed Ali Abud Abud
  • France, Ms. Celine Jurgensen
  • Republic of Korea, Mr. Seong Deok Yun
  • Switzerland, Mr. Julien Thöni
  • Egypt, Ms. Noran Atteya
  • Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike
  • Albania, Ms. Vasilika Hysi
  • Brazil, Mr. Tovar da Silva Nunes
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonore Sanders
  • Thailand, Ms. Usana Berananda
  • Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous
  • China, Mr. Guide Jia 
  • South Africa, Mr. Terence Tshisevhe
  • Ghana, Mr. Emmanuel Kwame Asiedu Antiwi
  • Pakistan, Mr. Muneeb Ahmed
  • Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallon
  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Ms. Erica Schouten
  • Angola, Ms. Ana Maria de Oliveira
  • Ethiopia, Mr. Haileselassie Subba Gebru
  • Bulgaria, Ms. Boyana Trifonova
  • Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
  • Italy, Mr. Luigi Maria Vignali
  • Ecuador, Mr. Marcelo Vazquez Bermudez
  • Dominican Republic, Mr. Iván Emilio de Jesús Ogando Lora
  • Czechia, Mr. Václav Bálek
  • Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mr. Olmer Torrejón Alcoba
  • Germany, Mr. Gunnar Berkemeier
  • Luxembourg, Ms. Anne Goedert
  • Ireland, Mr. Noel White
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Point of order), Ms. Somayeh Karimdoost
  • Ireland, Mr. Noel White
  • Ukraine, Mr. Roman Toder
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Point of order), Ms. Somayeh Karimdoost
  • Ukraine, Mr. Roman Toder
  • Belarus, Ms. Larysa Belskaya
  • Australia, Ms. Clare Walsh
  • Austria, Mr. Christoph Wieland
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze
  • Paraguay, Ms. Ana Rolon Candía
  • Belgium, Mr. Christophe Payot
  • Oman, Mr. Idris Abdul Rahman Al Khanjari
  • Uruguay, Ms. Emilia Eyheralde
  • Eritrea, Ms. Nadja Micael
  • Liechtenstein, Mr. Frank Büchel
  • Malta, Mr. Randolph de Battista
  • Zimbabwe, Ms. Mirriam Mwarey
  • Slovakia, Mr. Dušan Matulay
  • Greece, Mr. Ioannis Ghikas
  • Republic of Moldova, Mr. Vladimir Cuc
  • Montenegro, Ms. Slavica Milacic
  • Russian Federation, Mr. Aleksandr Letoshnev
  • New Zealand, Ms. Deborah Mary Geels  
  • Argentina, Mr. Carlos Foradori
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Ro Kwang Song
  • Portugal, Mr. João António Da Costa Mira Gomes
  • Burkina Faso, Mr. Adama Ouedraogo
  • Sri Lanka, Ms. Saritha Ranatunga
  • Mali, Mr. Fily Sissoko
  • Canada, Mr. Peter Macdougall
  • International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Ms. Fédora Bernard
  • Ensemble contre la Peine de Mort, Mr. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam
  • United Nations Watch, Mr. Hillel Neuer
  • Human Rights Watch, Ms. Bahar Saba
  • Amnesty International, Ms. Raha Bahreini
  • Association of Iranian Short Statured Adults, Ms. Akram Salehi
  • Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism, Mr. Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Sarkeshikzadeh Moghadas
  • Pars Non Trading Development Activists Co., Ms. Atieh Sadat Mousavi Zavaregh
  • Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, Mr. Shahin Milani
  • The Institute for Protection of Women's Rights (IPWR), Ms. Farzaneh Farzanegan
  • Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience, Ms. Christine Mirre
  • Jameh Ehyagaran Teb Sonnati Va Salamat Iranian, Mr. Ali Ahmadi Adib
  • Payamavaran Hamyari (Chatra), Ms. Fatemeh Bahramabadian
  • Article 19 - International Centre Against Censorship, Mr. Callum Birch
  • CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Mr. Olimjon Bakhtaliev
  • Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Mr. Mahdi Mohebirad
  • Alliance internationale pour la défense des droits et des libertés, Mr. Mehmet Guzel
  • Maloca Internationale, Mr. David Ricardo Lopez Torres
  • International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, Ms. Maeva Rene Barry
  • Imam Ali's Popular Students Relief Society, Mr. Hassan Nayeb Hashem
  • Iceland, Mr. Einnar Gunnarsson (Introduction A/HRC/S.39/L.1)
  • Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallon
  • Mexico, Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ms. Somayyeh Karimdoost
  • Chief of Section OHCHR, Mr. Benny Soejono
  • Pakistan, Mr. Muneeb Ahmed
  • Estonia, Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren
  • China, Ms. Li Xiaomei
  • Egypt, Ms. Noran Atteya
  • Viet Nam, Ms. Thanh Van Nguyen
  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
  • Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
  • Dominican Republic, Mr. Iván Emilio de Jesús Ogando Lora
  • Slovenia, Ms. Jana Urh Lesjak
  • Indonesia, Mr. Achsanul Habib
  • Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/S.39/L.1 - ADOPTED)
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