21st Meeting - 62nd Session of Human Rights Council.

 62nd session of the Human Rights Council (15 June - 07 July 2026)


- ITEM 4: Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner on report on Venezuela (cont'd)

SPEAKERS:
Mr. Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
Aula Abierta, Mr. Calixto Avila
Amnesty International, Ms. Clara del Campo Lopez
Ingenieurs du Monde (Joint statement), Mr. Leopoldo Eduardo Lopez Mendoza
International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Mr. Marino Alvarado Betancourt
United Nations Watch, Mr. Perkins Asdrubal Rocha Contreras
Lawyers for Lawyers (Joint statement), Ms. Natalia Segura Diez
Center for Justice and International Law, Ms. Lady Carolina Guzman Marenco
Genève pour les droits de l'homme : formation internationale, Mr. Olnar Ortiz
World Organisation Against Torture, Mr. Ronnie Williams Boquier Molina
International Bar Association (Joint statement), Ms. Eleonora Scala
Asociacion HazteOir.org, Ms. Laura González Rivas
Shaanxi Patriotic Volunteer Association, Mr. Guowei Cui
Mr. Matthias Behnke, Acting Regional Director at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Final Remarks)


- ITEM 4: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on oral update of Commission of Inquiry on North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

SPEAKERS:
Mr. Arnauld Akodjenou, Chair of the Independent Commission of Inquiry (Introduction)
Mr. Abdoul Aziz Thioye, Deputy Director, Global Operations Division
H.E. Mr. Samuel Mbemba Kabuya, Minister for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ms. Sandrine Lusamba, National Coordinator at the Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development
Rwanda (Country concerned), Ms. Urujeni Bakuramutsa
European Union, Mr. Michele Cervone D'Urso
Sweden (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Magnus Hellgren
Burundi, Ms. Elisa Nkerabirori
France, Ms. Pauline Younes-Moreno
Austria, Mr. Oliver Grünbacher
Kenya, Ms. Kizzy Miguda
Slovenia, Ms. Katarina Salaj
Angola, Ms. Sonia Serrao
South Sudan, Mr. Alier Deng Ruai Deng
Russian Federation, Ms. Maria Molodtsova
Belgium, Mr. Pieter-Jan Hamels
Germany, Mr. Gunnar Berkemeier
Türkiye, Mr. Ahmed Zengin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Anna Burt
Cameroon, Ms. Nadjma Adoum
Spain, Ms. Lucia Chicote
South Africa, Mr. Terence Tshisevhe
Switzerland, Ms. Amalia Munoz
Egypt, Mr. Shady Hesham Ibrahem Elsheha
Dominican Republic, Mr. Carlos Garcia
United Republic of Tanzania, Ms. Ramla Khamis
Togo, Mr. Kanyi Folivi
Algeria, Ms. Cylia Alouani Arrous
Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema
China, Ms. Zhu Yuejiangnan
Centre pour les Droits Civils et Politiques - Centre CCPR, Roland Chauville
International Federation of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture), Michel Kalemba Ngalamulume
Association PANAFRICA, Chiara Mosca
Human Rights Research League, Tom Syring
Development Assistance International, Inc., Moise Balagizi
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, Maeva Réné-Barry
Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme, Kabuo Kamate Desenges
Minority Rights Group, Jennifer Castello
International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Jean Claude Katende
East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Nicolas Agostini
Ms. Sandrine Lusamba, National Coordinator at the Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development
H.E. Mr. Samuel Mbemba Kabuya, Minister for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mr. Clement Voule, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry
Mr. Abdoul Aziz Thioye, Deputy Director, Global Operations Division (Final Remarks)



- ITEM 4: Interactive Dialogue on oral update of Special Rapporteur on Burundi

SPEAKERS:Mr. Fortuné Gaetan Zongo, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi (Introduction)
Burundi (Country concerned), Ms. Elisa Nkerabirori
National Human Rights Institution of Burundi, Mr. Martin Blaise Nyaboho
Luxembourg (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Anne Goedert
Latvia (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Ivars Pundurs
European Union, Ms. Deike Potzel
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Yeferson Forero Prada
South Sudan, Mr. Alier Deng Ruai Deng
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Paul Empole Efambe
Rwanda, Ms. Urujeni Bakuramutsa
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Ho Tong Hyok
Sri Lanka, Mr. Thanuja Meegahawatta
Russian Federation, Ms. Maria Molodtsova
Belarus, Ms. Alisa Ivanova
Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Alice Hardstone
Eritrea, Ms. Nadja Micael
Cameroon, Mr. Cedric Harold Enyime
Cuba, Ms. Aimé Triana Sevajanes
Switzerland, Ms. Amalia Munoz
Ethiopia, Ms. Birtukan Alemu
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mr. Mohsen Araghi
China, Ms. Zhong Zihua
Kenya, Ms. Yvonne Murugi Kivuti

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