Czech Republic at the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
09.09.2019 / 18:11 | Aktualizováno: 27.09.2019 / 15:21
The 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council was held from 9 to 27 September with the Czech Republic actively participating. As one of the 47 Member States of the Council, Czechia took part in numerous meetings and in adoptions of resolutions on human rights situations in concrete countries as well as on traditional human rights issues.
During the Session the Czech Republic took part in the following debates and dialogues:
- General Debate with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (10.9.2019)
- Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner’s report on Nicaragua (10.9.2019)
- Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner’s report on Yemen (10.9.2019)
- General Debate under Item 3 - Joint Statement on behalf of 54 states on the topic of Equal Participation in Political and Public Affairs (13.9.2019)
- Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (16.9.2019)
- Interactive Dialogue with Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (17.9.2019)
- Interactive dialogue with Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (17.9.2019)
- General debate under Item 4 - human rights situations that require the Council's attention (17.9.2019)
- Interactive dialogue with Assistant Secretary-General on reprisals (19.9.2019)
- Interactive dialogue on UN High Commissioner’s for Human Rights oral update on Ukraine (24.9.2019)
- Interactive dialogue with Independent Expert on Sudan (25.9.2019)
- Interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Cambodia (25.9.2019)
Throughout the 42nd Session, the Czech Republic was engaging in negotiations of resolutions. As a Member State it jointly presented EU resolutions on the human rights situations in Myanmar and Burundi.
Bulding upon the resolution on equal political and public participation adopted in September 2018, presented by Czechia in cooperation with a group of countries, a joint statment on the implemenation of the resolution was presented on 13 September.
The Czech Republic is currently a member of the UN HRC for the term 2019 to 2021. Previously, it served as a Member during the first year of the Council's existence (2006-2007) and from 2011 to 2014.
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