8th Meeting - 61st Session of Human Rights Council
Summary
61st regular session of the Human Rights Council (23 February – 31 March 2026)
Description
- 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 AfghanistanMr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva (Country concerned)Ms. Suraya Dalil, Representative of civil society from AfghanistanMs. Lima Khoshal, Representative of civil society from AfghanistanAustralia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Clare WalshPakistan (on behalf of Organization of Islamic Cooperation - OIC), Mr. Jawad AliEuropean Union, Ms. Deike PotzelBelgium (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Christophe PayotDenmark (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Mette KnudsenUN Women, Mr. Akseli LamminmakiPakistan, Mr. Bilal AhmadSierra Leone, Mr. Robert KoromaCroatia, Ms. Andrea JavorRepublic of Korea, Mr. Seong Deok YunSpain, Mr. Marcos Gómez MartínezCosta Rica, Ms. Marcela Coen MoragaItaly, Mr. Luigi Maria VignaliAustria, Ms. Malina GeppMontenegro, Ms. Slavica MilacicJapan, Mr. Yasuaki TakeuchiKuwait, Mr. Abdulrahman AlashimIndonesia, Ms. Indah Nuria Savitri Czechia, Mr. Vilém AlloQatar, Ms. Juhara Abdulaziz Al-SuwaidiSouth Africa, Ms. Frankye Bronwen LevyChile, Ms. Solange DufourcqCyprus, Ms. Emily PetrouBulgaria, Ms. Liana ParapanovaRussian Federation, Mr. Andrei BashilovAlbania, Ms. Vasilika HysiMalta, Mr. Bernard Charles MifsudFrance, Ms. Claire ThuaudetLiechtenstein, Mr. Daniel BatlinerRomania, Ms. Sorana PopaSlovenia, Ms. Nina CinkoleNorth Macedonia, Mr. Burim BilaliSwitzerland, Mr. Michael MeierTürkiye, Mr. Burak AkçaparMexico, Ms. Jennifer FellerUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor SandersIreland, Ms. Juliet RouseMalaysia, Ms. Sivaranjini AnbalaganDominican Republic, Mr. Iván Emilio De Jesús Ogando LoraUNICEF, Ms. Delaney MurphyMadre, Inc., Mr. Morteza AkbaryHuman Rights Watch, Ms. Fereshta AbbasiAction for Development (Suisse), Ms. Shogofa DanishFederatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie Van Homoseksualiteit - COC Nederland, Ms. Zohra MousaviLawyers' Rights Watch Canada, Ms. Rahima ToufanHuman Rights Research League, Ms. Nazifa JalaliAsian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Mr. Hafizullah SaeediStichting Global Human Rights Defence, Mr. Greta Charlotte ZehrerAmnesty International, Mr. Ragupathy Iniyan IlangoInterfaith International, Ms. Liridona Krasniqi PopoviciMs. Lima Khoshal, Representative of civil society from AfghanistanMs. Suraya Dalil, Representative of civil society from AfghanistanMr. 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 FFMMr. Moneim Adam, Program Director of Sudan Human Rights HubMr. Abdullah Mohamed Dirif, Minister of Justice of the Sudan (Country concerned)Sweden (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Magnus HellgrenEuropean Union, Ms. Deike PotzelKenya (on behalf of Group of African Group), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi TooUnited Arab Emirates, Mr. Jamal Jama Al Musharakh United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Kumar YverQatar, Mr. Sheikh Sultan Khalid Al-ThaniUNICEF, Ms. Anne GrandjeanCanada, Ms. Patricia Lyn MccullaghNetherlands (Kingdom of the), Mr. Lars TummersEritrea, Ms. Nadja MicaelPeru, Mr. Augusto Cabrera
Categories
Meetings & Events → Human Rights Council → Regular Sessions → 61st Session
Topics
HUMAN RIGHTS
Organizations
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC