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