Czechia at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council
26.02.2023 / 21:15 | Aktualizováno: 19.02.2025 / 12:35
The 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council takes place from 27 February to 4 April. Czechia participates as voting Member State.
Czechia is currently a member of the Human Rights Council until the end of 2023. This year, the Permanent Representative Václav Bálek also serves as the President of the Council. For more information on the Human Rights Council’s Presidency see https://www.mzv.cz/mission.geneva/cz/rlp_pres_2023/index.html.
With the programme exceeding d 5 weeks, this is the longest Session of the Council's history. At the beginning of the Session, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, will address the Human Rights Council by a videostatement. During the Session, Czechia together with other EU Member States, will present resolutions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Myanmar and Belarus, as well as thematic resolutions on the rights of the child and freedom of religion and belief. It will actively support, among others, a resolution on the situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression which is presented by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine.
Czechia will deliver the following national statements (to be updated):
- > Opening high-level segment - speech by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala (27.2.2023)
- > General Debate under Item 2 - Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Secretary-General (7.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (14.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (15.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (20.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Islamic Republic of Iran (20.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the DPRK (20.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (20.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on Belarus (23.3.2023)
- > General Debate under Item 4 - Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention (23.3.2023)
- > Interactive dialogue on Ukraine with the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (31.3.2023)