This report is the first submitted to the Council by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the fifteenth thematic report on the situation of human rights defenders submitted since 2000. In the present report, submitted pursuant to Council resolutions 7/8 and 16/5, the Special Rapporteur provides an account of his activities during the reporting period and draws the attention of Member States to the communications sent to governments under the mandate during the past year.
Thank you Mr. President,
This is a statement of the Federation for Women and Family Planning on behalf of the Great Coalition for Equality and Choice from Poland. We welcome the tenth anniversary report and strategies for advancing cultural rights for the next decade presented by the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.
We recognise the importance of those rights within the universal human rights framework.
Human Rights Council 40th Session
Item 3: Interactive Dialogue Special Rapporteurs on the situation of Human Rights Defenders and Torture
Thank you, Mr. President. Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative and the Coalition of African Lesbians.
Human Rights Council – 28th session – March 2015
Item 3: Clustered ID with the SR on Torture and the SR on HR Defenders
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Country: Albania
Collaborators: SRI, Albanian Centre for Population and Development, Albanian Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Roma Active Albania, Stop AIDS, Aksion Plus, National Center for Community Services, Psicho-Social Center “Vatra”, Center Act for Society
Key Words: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; HIV/AIDS; Discrimination; Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Country: République Démocratique du Congo
Collaborators: SRI, Si Jeunesse Savait