7th Meeting - 63rd Session of Human Rights Council.



63rd session of the Human Rights Council (07 September - 07 October 2026)

- Biennial panel discussion on the right to development

SPEAKERS: Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
Ms. Awa Dabo, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)
Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benitez Verson
European Union, Ms. Deike Potzel
Mr. Frans Viljoen, Expert of the Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, African Commission on Human and People's Rights
Ms. Juana María Ibáñez Rivas, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Luis Damiani Pellegrini
Uganda (on behalf of Movement of Non-Aligned Countries), Mr. Arthur Sewankambo Kafeero
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Luis Damiani Pellegrini
Sri Lanka, Mr. Sumith Dassanayake
Iraq, Mr. Salam Hamza Ali Yawer
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mr. Hassan Fartousi
Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema
China, Mr. Mu Jianfeng
Pakistan, Mr. Hassan Fartousi
Malaysia, Mr. Mohamed Nazrein Mohamed Salleh
India, Mr. Anuj Swarup
Nigeria, Mr. Innocent Iwejuo
Zimbabwe, Ms. Vinbai Nyemba
Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mr. Halim Grabus
Sikh Human Rights Group, Mr. Albert Barseghyan
Chinese Association for International Understanding, Ms. Junqi Han
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Mr. Mahdi Mohebirad
Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII (Joint statement), Ms. Maria Teresa Passannante
Medical Support Association for Underprivileged Iranian Patients, Ms. Maryam Erzi
Jameh Ehyagaran Teb Sonnati Va Salamat Iranian, Mr. Sajjad Ghadamyari
Uganda, Ms. Mary Kibere Namono
Guatemala, Mr. Luis Zapeta
United Arab Emirates, Ms. Ayesha Ghaffari
Bangladesh, Mr. Masud Parvege
Indonesia, Mr. Noviandri Wibowo
Viet Nam, Mr. Mai Phan Dung
Eritrea, Ms. Nadja Micael
Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
Tunisia, Mr. Ramzi Louati
Azerbaijan, Mr. Toghrul Salmanzadeh
University for Peace, Mr. Carl Wulf
Qatar, Mr. Abdulrahman Fakhro
Belarus, Ms. Larysa Belskaya
NHRI Morocco, Mr. Taoufik Berdiji
Egypt, Ms. Soha Mohamed Tharwat
Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Ms. Meyssane Slimano
Beijing Guangming Charity Foundation, Ms. Kuiyang Xue
The Inclusivity Project, Inc., Mr. Naveen Gautam
Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man (Joint statement), Ms. Doireann McCarthy
Pars Non Trading Development Activists Co., Ms. Mona Rahmanilashgari
Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benitez Verson
European Union, H.E. Ms. Deike Potzel
Mr. Frans Viljoen, Expert of the Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, African Commission on Human and People's Rights
Ms. Juana María Ibáñez Rivas, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (Final Remarks)



- ITEM 3: Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons (cont'd)

SPEAKERS: Kuwait, Ms. Reem Alsalem
Malawi, Ms. Angela Kaunda
Ghana, Mr. Louis Dunu
Colombia, Mr. Álvaro Ayala
Benin, Ms. Diane Sotindjo Loko
Australia, Mr. Daniel Kluger-Wynne
Jordan, Ms. Salsabeel Mufleh
Austria, Mr. Michael Pfeifer
Chile, Ms. Maria Paz Florenzano
Thailand, Ms. Usana Berananda
Cabo Verde, Mr. Pedro Graciano de Carvalho
Lebanon, Ms. Rana El Khoury
Togo, Ms. Hassana Titipkina
Zimbabwe, Ms. Vinbai Nyemba
Portugal, Mr. Miguel Luis
GANHRI (Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions), Mr. Taoufik Berdiji
Salvation Army, The, Mr. Markus Hofer
International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Ms. Mary Beth Morrissey
International Federation on Ageing, Mr. Gregor Sneddon
Alliance Defending Freedom, Ms. Bettina Roska
Global Action on Aging, Mr. Jan Lönn
Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen, Ms. Heidrun Mollenkopf
Asociación HazteOir.org, Ms. Anne Brunette
Chinese Association for International Understanding, Ms. Hongyue Xie
ILGA World, Mr. Jose Guillermo Ricalde Perez
Center for Global Nonkilling, Mr. Christophe Barbey
Ms. Katrina Schwarz, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons (Final Remarks)
- ITEM 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons

SPEAKERS: Ms. Katrina Schwarz, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons. 


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