Summary
61st regular session of the Human Rights Council (23 February – 31 March 2026)
Description
- Global update by the High Commissioner (Presentation only) SPEAKERS: Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Item 2: Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner's report on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Cont'd) SPEAKERS: Lebanon, Ms. Caroline ZiadehTürkiye, Mr. Burak AkçaparSovereign Order of Malta, Mr. Yannick GaleazziEritrea, Ms. Nadja MicaelOman, Mr. Mohammed Al BulushiPeru. Ms. Alison UrquizoSomalia, Ms. Khadra Ahmed DualehLeague of Arab States, Mr. Hichem BayoudhThailand, Ms. Usana Berananda Portugal, Mr. João António Da Costa Mira Gomes New Zealand, Ms. Clare Van Bohemen Hunter Bangladesh, Mr. G. M. Iftekhar Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Mr. Lars Tummers Sierra Leone, Mr. Samuel Saffa France, Ms. Céline JurgensenGreece, Mr. Ioannis Ghikas Chile, Ms. Karla Cahue Slovenia, Ms. Nina CinkolePalestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH), Ms. Khadeja IbrahimInstitute for NGO Research, Ms. Anne HerzbergMIDLINE for HumanRights – MHR, Mr. Noureldin Mahmoud Rashad Gaffar AbdouAssociation Ma'onah for Human Rights and Immigration, Ms. Tamira Gibbs ChumillasMedical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Ms. Mai ElawawdaThe Palestinian Return Centre Ltd, Mr. Ahmad HosainCairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Ms. Mayssa AchekEgypt Peace for Development and Human Rights, Mr. Ahmed RagabInternational Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Mr. Wassim AtrissiMr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Final remarks) - Item 2: Enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the Commission of Human Rights in South Sudan SPEAKERS: Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)H.E. Mr. Michael Makuei Lueth, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of South Sudan (Country concerned)Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in South SudanMs. Memory Bandera, Representative of civil societyIceland (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Einar GunnarssonEuropean Union, Ms. Deike PotzelKenya (on behalf of Group of African States - African Group), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi TooNetherlands (Kingdom of the) (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Lars TummersUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Eleonor SandersUganda, Mr. Arthur Sewankambo KafeeroAngola, Ms. Ana Maria De OliveiraUNICEF, Ms. Anne GrandjeanSouth Africa, Ms. Frankye Bronwen LevySri Lanka, Mr. Thanuja MeegahawattaEritrea, Ms. Nadja MicaelSomalia, Mr. Mohamed HassanAlbania, Mr. Ardian LubonjaKenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi TooUN Women, Mr. Akseli LamminmakiUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor SandersMalawi, Mr. Pacharo KayiraSudan, Mr. Hassan Hamid HassanRwanda, Ms. Urujeni Bakuramutsa Manzi Saudi Arabia, Mr. Abdulrahman Habib AlolowiNorth Macedonia, Ms. Natasha HroneskaGermany, Ms. Nikola GillhoffGhana, Ms. Akosua Okyere-BadooIreland, Mr. Noel WhiteDemocratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Ho Tong HyokJapan, Ms. Minami SakuraiGambia, Ms. Bafou JengSierra Leone, Mr. Samuel SaffaZimbabwe, Ms. Vinbai NyembaEthiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet TessemaSwitzerland, Ms. Anna-Lena SchluchterDominican Republic, Mr. Carlos GarciaSpain, Mr. Marcos Gómez MartínezTürkiye, Ms. Zeynep Gizem HançerliChina, Ms. Zhang JieyaRussian Federation, Mr. Andrei BashilovVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Ms. Cony Mendez
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HUMAN RIGHTS
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UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC