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8th Meeting - 61st Session of Human Rights Council…

8th 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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- Item 2: Enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan and the OHCHR country report

SPEAKERS:

  • Mr. Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
  • Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)
  • Mr. Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
  • Mr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva (Country concerned)
  • Ms. Suraya Dalil, Representative of civil society from Afghanistan
  • Ms. Lima Khoshal, Representative of civil society from Afghanistan
  • Australia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Clare Walsh
  • Pakistan (on behalf of Organization of Islamic Cooperation - OIC), Mr. Jawad Ali
  • European Union, Ms. Deike Potzel
  • Belgium (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Christophe Payot
  • Denmark (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Mette Knudsen
  • UN Women, Mr. Akseli Lamminmaki
  • Pakistan, Mr. Bilal Ahmad
  • Sierra Leone, Mr. Robert Koroma
  • Croatia, Ms. Andrea Javor
  • Republic of Korea, Mr. Seong Deok Yun
  • Spain, Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez
  • Costa Rica, Ms. Marcela Coen Moraga
  • Italy, Mr. Luigi Maria Vignali
  • Austria, Ms. Malina Gepp
  • Montenegro, Ms. Slavica Milacic
  • Japan, Mr. Yasuaki Takeuchi
  • Kuwait, Mr. Abdulrahman Alashim
  • Indonesia, Ms. Indah Nuria Savitri
  • Czechia, Mr. Vilém Allo
  • Qatar, Ms. Juhara Abdulaziz Al-Suwaidi
  • South Africa, Ms. Frankye Bronwen Levy
  • Chile, Ms. Solange Dufourcq
  • Cyprus, Ms. Emily Petrou
  • Bulgaria, Ms. Liana Parapanova
  • Russian Federation, Mr. Andrei Bashilov
  • Albania, Ms. Vasilika Hysi
  • Malta, Mr. Bernard Charles Mifsud
  • France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet
  • Liechtenstein, Mr. Daniel Batliner
  • Romania, Ms. Sorana Popa
  • Slovenia, Ms. Nina Cinkole
  • North Macedonia, Mr. Burim Bilali
  • Switzerland, Mr. Michael Meier
  • Türkiye, Mr. Burak Akçapar
  • Mexico, Ms. Jennifer Feller
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor Sanders
  • Ireland, Ms. Juliet Rouse
  • Malaysia, Ms. Sivaranjini Anbalagan
  • Dominican Republic, Mr. Iván Emilio De Jesús Ogando Lora
  • UNICEF, Ms. Delaney Murphy
  • Madre, Inc., Mr. Morteza Akbary
  • Human Rights Watch, Ms. Fereshta Abbasi
  • Action for Development (Suisse), Ms. Shogofa Danish
  • Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie Van Homoseksualiteit - COC Nederland, Ms. Zohra Mousavi
  • Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, Ms. Rahima Toufan
  • Human Rights Research League, Ms. Nazifa Jalali
  • Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Mr. Hafizullah Saeedi
  • Stichting Global Human Rights Defence, Mr. Greta Charlotte Zehrer
  • Amnesty International, Mr. Ragupathy Iniyan Ilango
  • Interfaith International, Ms. Liridona Krasniqi Popovici
  • Ms. Lima Khoshal, Representative of civil society from Afghanistan
  • Ms. Suraya Dalil, Representative of civil society from Afghanistan
  • Mr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva (Country concerned)
  • Mr. Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
  • Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Final Remarks)


- Item 2: Enhanced interactive dialogue on report of the independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan, combined with the dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Expert on human rights in the Sudan

SPEAKERS:

  • Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)
  • Mr. Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the FFM
  • Mr. Moneim Adam, Program Director of Sudan Human Rights Hub
  • Mr. Abdullah Mohamed Dirif, Minister of Justice of the Sudan (Country concerned)
  • Sweden (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Magnus Hellgren
  • European Union, Ms. Deike Potzel
  • Kenya (on behalf of Group of African Group), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
  • United Arab Emirates, Mr. Jamal Jama Al Musharakh
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Kumar Yver
  • Qatar, Mr. Sheikh Sultan Khalid Al-Thani
  • UNICEF, Ms. Anne Grandjean
  • Canada, Ms. Patricia Lyn Mccullagh
  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Mr. Lars Tummers
  • Eritrea, Ms. Nadja Micael
  • Peru, Mr. Augusto Cabrera
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