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![]() The 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council concluded on Friday, following the adoption of a number of substantive decisions with important implications for civil society. Among other actions, the Council took significant measures to address restrictions on civic space in Burundi, Cambodia and Ethiopia, appointed the first-ever UN Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and initiated a process to further develop a guiding framework on the right to participation in public affairs.
During the session, CIVICUS and its partners made a number of joint interventions to address a range of thematic and country specific civic space concerns. CIVICUS delivered 12 joint and individual oral statements, co-organized 7 panel discussions and supported 3 targeted advocacy letters to Member and Observer States of the Council. Together, these activities helped ensure that the experiences of civil society groups and human rights defenders inform the Council and its ancillary bodies.
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The resolution mandates OHCHR to oversee the development of the first-ever UN guidelines on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs.
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Thai international law professor, Vitit Muntarbhorn, was appointed the first UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity for a renewable period of 3 years.
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The resolution establishes, for a period of one year, a commission of inquiry to conduct a thorough investigation into human rights violations and abuses in Burundi since April 2015.
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39 States came together to express concern over the Government of Cambodia’s persecution of human rights organisations and critics of the government.
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A number of States called on the Government of Ethiopia to end the use of excessive and lethal force and other human rights violations in the context of peaceful protests in the country.
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