23rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, 27 May-14 June 2013
31 May 2013 6:04 pm

The UN Human Rights Council will hold its 23rd regular session (HRC-23) from 27 May to 14 June 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. FORUM-ASIA interventions, statements and events during this session will appear on this page.

Oral Statements

• 31 May 2013 – Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
• 3 June 2013 – Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
• 5 June 2013 – Item 4: Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention – General Debate (Joint Statement)
• 7 June 2013 – Item 5: Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms – General Debate
• 10 June 2013 – Item 6: Universal Periodic Review – General Debate (Joint Statement)

Written Statements

• 23 May 2013 – Item 3: “Sri Lanka: Systematic attacks of freedom of expression and the media requires specific attention of the Human Rights Council”

Side Events

• 31 May 2013 – “Moving from Defunding Civil Society to Defending Civil Society: A Discussion of Foreign Funding Constraints on Civil Society”, 13h00-15h00, Room XXV (25), Palais des Nations
• 4 June 2013 – Rights Deteriorate in Asian Countries in the Context of Elections, 11h00-13h00, Room IX (9), Palais des Nations