GENEVA — The UN Human Rights Council will discuss the human rights situation in Afghanistan as part of its 58th session, which runs from February 26 to April 4 in Geneva, the council announced.
According to a statement from the council, the discussion on Afghanistan is scheduled for March 1.
The session will bring together high-ranking officials from over 100 countries and international organizations to address global human rights challenges.
The session will open at 9 a.m. local time under the presidency of Jürg Lauber, Switzerland’s permanent representative to the council. The opening remarks will feature addresses by António Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General, Philemon Yang, President of the U.N. General Assembly, Volker Türk, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Ignazio Cassis, Swiss Foreign Minister.
On the second day, the council will receive reports on global human rights conditions, followed by a general debate on updates provided by the High Commissioner and country-specific reports.
As part of its agenda, the council will review the final Universal Periodic Review (UPR) outcomes for 14 countries, including Norway, Albania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Portugal, Bhutan, Dominica, North Korea, Brunei, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Qatar, and Ethiopia.
