HRC 57: AWID, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights,SRI, ILGA World, FORUM-ASIA Statement to General Debate on Item 8

Statement
This council must act now to prevent itself from collapsing under the weight of its own compromise and complicity. We call on all states to end colonial domination and oppression, discrimination and persecution - we ask the states, if you can't hold genocidal regimes to account, how can we expect anyone else to adhere to accountability mechanisms.
Colonialism
War & Armed conflicts
Rights of indigenous peoples
Genocide

HRC 55: Joint statement to Canada's UPR adoption

Statement
The functional denial of sexual and reproductive rights is connected to the denial of other rights, including the rights to health, non-discrimination, education, and freedom from violence. We are disappointed Canada did not fully accept several recommendations in support of broader health equity, particularly on access to services for undocumented people.
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Right to health
Migration
War & Armed conflicts

HRC 55: #EmptyChairs campaign statement to the Item 5: Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms

Statement
We urge States, especially Global North States, to implement Special Procedures’ recommendations and call for a permanent ceasefire, and immediately stop their support for Israel’s genocide. This Council must concern itself with human rights violations and do away with double standards.
War & Armed conflicts
Civil society participation
Genocide

HRC 55: SRI Statement to the panel discussion on challenges and good practices to realize the right to social security and to provide quality public services

Statement
President, this panel comes at a critical juncture for the premier multilateral body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights. UNDP has documented that “twenty-five developing economies, the highest number since 2000, spent over 20 percent of their government revenues in 2022 on total external debt servicing.”
Economic justice
Poverty and economic inequality
War & Armed conflicts
Colonialism
Genocide

HRC 55: Joint Statement on International Women’s Day

Statement
Our response to these coordinated attacks must be focused on building solidarity across movements and issues, and on strengthening transnational ties that enable us to amplify and elevate each other’s priorities and demands. This is why today we echo the global feminist call for the March 8th strike and stand in solidarity with Palestinian feminists and women in Gaza who are facing human rights violations of an unprecedented scale yet who are still building solidarity and paving the way for collective liberation.
Gender equality
Women human rights defenders
War & Armed conflicts
Genocide

PRESS RELEASE: SRI Demands An End To The Genocide In Gaza And The Immediate Release Of All Global Sumud Flotilla Abductees

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On 2 October 2025, several members of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were kidnapped by Israel following an illegal interception of the flotilla boats in international waters. The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) joins the calls from activists around the world to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and the immediate release of all Global Sumud Flotilla abductees
War & Armed conflicts
Colonialism
Racial discrimination
Genocide

HRC 60: Joint Statement to item 9 on the Global Sumud Flotilla

Statement
Today, a few hundred ordinary people from 44 countries are sailing toward Gaza to break the siege and open a humanitarian corridor. Our action is rooted in the failure of states to stop the humanitarian catastrophe created by Israel and to end the genocide. Under international humanitarian law, our governments must protect us from any attack on the flotilla. The Human Rights Council must act with clarity and urgency and condemn Israel’s genocide, and call on all states to fulfil their legal obligations. This requires a full arms, trade, and cultural embargo on Israel, and concrete steps to end impunity for these crimes.
Colonialism
War & Armed conflicts
Racial discrimination
Genocide

Here’s What to Expect at HRC 60

News
The 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 8 September to 8 October 2025. Despite unprecedented hardship, the HRC’s 60th session will also tackle issues like preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, including the update to the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, prepared by OHCHR and with a resolution expected to be adopted. This presents a crucial opportunity to reaffirm global commitments to reproductive health and rights, especially as crises heighten risks for pregnant persons.
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Maternal mortality and morbidity
War & Armed conflicts

HRC50 - Federa Statement Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

Statement

Statement of Federa to the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls at the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Abortion
Adolescents and youth
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
War & Armed conflicts
Migration