UN Human Rights Council Concludes Its 62nd Session
08.07.2026 / 13:00 | Aktualizováno: 08.07.2026 / 13:09
During the Council’s summer session, the Czech Republic delivered a total of ten national statements, including interventions on the rights to freedom of expression and to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, the right to education, the High Commissioner’s report, and the human rights situations in temporarily occupied Crimea and Belarus.
As a penholder of the resolution on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, the Czech Republic delivered a statement on behalf of the core group. Martina Doubková, the Czech Youth Delegate to the United Nations, also addressed the Council via a video statement.
As a member of the European Union, the Czech Republic co-sponsored a resolution on the human rights situation in Eritrea.
The Permanent Mission organized a side event in support of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, focusing on the chilling effects of surveillance through digital technologies. The panel featured the Special Rapporteur, Daragh Murray of Queen Mary School of Law, Tim Engelhardt of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and Brazilian human rights defender Arquias Soares Cruz. Opening remarks were delivered by Ambassador Beran, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic, while the discussion was moderated by former Special Rapporteur Clément Voule.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Human Rights Council’s first session, the President of the Council convened an informal discussion on the future of the Human Rights Council, during which the Czech Republic delivered a statement outlining its vision for the Council’s future. During the session, an urgent debate on the human rights situation in El Obeid, Sudan, was held at the request of the United Kingdom. The European Union participated in the debate with a statement.
At the conclusion of the session, the Council adopted 28 resolutions. Three resolutions were adopted by a vote, while the remaining 25 were adopted by consensus. The Council also approved the appointment of new mandate holders for its Special Procedures.