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The Rights of Older Persons: A Historic Step Forward
At its 58th session, the Human Rights Council adopted Draft Resolution A/HRC/58/L.24/Rev.1, establishing an open-ended intergovernmental working group tasked with elaborating an international legally binding…
The Debate on the Debate on Xinjiang at the Human Rights Council: Three Framings
For all the nice talk about human rights and accountability, on 6 October 2022, a majority of States at the Human Rights Council (HRC) voted against even debating…
‘Biased’, ‘Selective’, ‘Antisemitic’: Accusations against the UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Last week UN independent expert Miloon Kothari publicly questioned why Israel is a UN member and accused Jews of controlling social media, which is a…
The subtle erosion of democracy in Latin America: the case of Lula in the Human Rights Committee
On 12 March 2022, the Human Rights Committee delivered its views on the complaint filed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President of the Federal Republic…
Russia and the UN Human Rights Council: A Step in the Right Direction
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council. This is only the second…
Right to Development in Today’s Draft Convention: Retransformation into a State’s Right?
From 22 to 26 November 2021, the 22nd session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development (IGWG) was held at the Human Rights Council…
The UN HRC recognizes the right to a healthy environment and appoints a new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. What does it all mean?
On Friday 8 October, the UN Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 48/13, recognising for first time that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human…
What’s wrong with this picture? The UN Human Rights Council hears the military Junta as the legitimate government of Myanmar
Introduction to the representation issue A few weeks ago, on 26 February 2021, Rebecca Barber wrote a piece in EJIL:Talk! asking whether the UN General…
Parliaments as Human Rights Actors – Proposed Standards from the UN
On 13 June 2018, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its report on the Contribution of parliaments to the work of…
Should Commitments to Implementation Factor into Elections to the Human Rights Council?
Following the recent celebration of the UN Human Rights Council’s tenth anniversary, one of the key questions for its next decade is how it can play a more…