Ref: 2025/PR/154
The 59th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council commenced today in Geneva, Switzerland. The session will be held from 16 June 2025 to 09 July 2025.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, opened the session with a statement providing an overview of the global human rights situation.
In line with the government’s key policies and priorities, the Maldives delegation will deliver national statements under several agenda items. Furthermore, the Maldives, in partnership with the Core Group on the Right to Peaceful Assembly and of Association will present a resolution on the mandate renewal of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
The Maldives has expressed concern over the growing number of human rights violations around the world including as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. During this session, the Maldives will address some of these issues, including delivering national statements during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. In particular, the Maldives will focus on the humanitarian crisis in Palestine across various agenda items.
The Maldives delegation for the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council is led by the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations Office at Geneva Dr. Salma Rasheed. The delegation includes Counsellor Adam Hamid, Counsellor, Uza. Aminath Shifaya Ibrahim, Second Secretary, Aishath Rayahyn, Second Secretary, Amr Danyal Shamoon, and Attaché Raaidh Saeedh, of the Permanent Mission of Maldives to the United Nations Offices at Geneva.
The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them. The Council, composed of 47 Member States, provides a multilateral forum to address human rights violations and country situations. The Maldives is a member of the Human Rights Council, with its current term ending in 2025.
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