26th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
6 June 2014 5:27 pm

The UN Human Rights Council will hold its 26th regular session from 10 to 27 June 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland.

FORUM-ASIA interventions, statements and events during this session will appear on this page.

 

Oral Statements

• Panel Discussion on the safety of journalists (Human Rights Council decision 24/116) (11 June 2014)

• Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association (11 June 2014)

• Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises ( 12 June 2014)

• Item 8 General Debate: Follow-up to and Implementation of Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) (24 June 2014)

• Item 6: Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Plenary on Cambodia (26 June 2014)

 

 Open Letter

• Open Letter: The Draft Resolution on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises to be Adopted During the 26th Session of the UN Human Rights Council for the Renovation of the Mandate of the Working Group

• Open Letter on the need to strengthen recognition and protection for human rights defenders working on issues of business and human rights

FORUM-ASIA Side Events

Freedoms of Expression, Assembly and Association in the Context of Elections: The Situation in Asia (12 June 2014, 17-18:30, Room IX)

The Role of International Human Rights Community in the Review of the TOR of AICHR: Towards an Effective and Independent ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism

 Other Side Events

Transparency and Social Participation in Foreign Policy (10 June 2014, 12-14:00, Room XXV) 

Pursuing Promises at the HRC (25 June 2014, 13- 15.00, Room XXIV)