62nd session of the Human Rights Council (15 June - 07 July 2026)
- ITEM 3: Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons (Cont'd) SPEAKERS: Mr. Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Opening) Sudan, Mr. Mohamad Hamad Philippines, Mr. Neil Brillantes Sovereign Order of Malta, Ms. Alicia Formento Ruiz Cyprus, Ms. Marina Kelepesi Malaysia, Mr. Mustapha Jamal Rosdi Colombia, Mr. Manuel Alejandro Castanedo Medina Cameroon, Ms. Nadjma Adoum Ghana, Mr. Louis Dunu Switzerland, Mr. Marc Bichet India, Mr. Sudheer Janardhana Keelambi Zimbabwe, Ms. Vinbai Nyemba Mr. Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Mizane Abate Tadesse, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Ms. Iris Marín Ortiz, Defensoría del Pueblo, Colombia Franciscans International (Joint statement), Ms. Panuga Pulenthiran Lutheran World Federation, Ms. Ester Wolf Human Rights Now, Mr. Masaki Handa Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Ms. Mayssa Achek Plan International, Inc., Ms. Rymma Khanatova The Palestinian Return Centre Ltd, Ms. Mariam Sorour Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man, Ms. Doireann McCarthy European Centre for Law and Justice (Joint statement), Ms. Cecilia Noland-Heil Colombian Commission of Jurists, Ms. Camila Zuluaga Oeuvre d'Orient, Mr. Vincent Gelot Ms. Paula Gaviria Betancur, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (Final Remarks) - ITEM 3: Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner report on anti-personnel mines SPEAKERS: Ms. Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction) Belgium (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Christophe Payot Algeria (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Idris Latreche European Union, Mr. Thiseas Poullos Slovenia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Jana Urh Lesjak Kenya (on behalf of Group of African States), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too UNIDIR, Ms. Renata Hessmann Dalaqua Zambia, Ms. Eunice M. Tembo Luambia Thailand, Ms. Usana Berananda Angola, Mr. Mario Von Haff Algeria, Mr. Idris Latreche Armenia, Mr. Hambardzum Minasyan Azerbaijan, Mr. Marat Kangarlinski Cameroon, Mr. Eugene Kwedi Mbeng Lebanon, Ms. Rana El Khoury Senegal, Mr. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Gaye State of Palestine, Ms. Rana Arrabi Marshall Islands, Mr. Samuel K. Lanwi Jr Belgium, Mr. Christophe Payot Kuwait, Ms. Nada Aldhebaib Cuba, Ms. Edilen Bárbara Pita Rodriguez Mozambique, Ms. Geraldo Saranga Cambodia, Mr. Sovann Ke University for Peace, Ms. Emily Temple Luxembourg, Ms. Anne Goedert Viet Nam, Ms. Huong Ngo Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Haydar Ali Ahmad United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Hannah Wilson Belarus, Ms. Alisa Ivanova South Africa, Ms. Frankye Bronwen Levy Sudan, Mr. Mohamad Hamad Colombia, Mr. Manuel Alejandro Castanedo Medina Zimbabwe, Ms. Vinbai Nyemba Switzerland, Ms. Amalia Muñoz Rojas UNICEF, Ms. Anne Grandjean Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mr. Mohsen Araghi Peru, Mr. Augusto Cabrera Iraq, Mr. Salam Hamza Ali Yawer Malaysia, Mr. Muhammad Zuhaili Mat Rani India, Mr. Gaurav Kumar Thakur Burkina Faso, Mr. Rasmané Congo Kenya, Ms. Kizzy Miguda Ecuador, Ms. María Carolina Mino Holguin Association "Paix" pour la lutte contre la Contrainte et l'injustice, Mr. Shadi Alwan Friends World Committee for Consultation, Mr. Society for Development and Community Empowerment, Mr. Ramesh Govindasamy India (Point of Order), Mr. Gaurav Kumar Thakur Society for Development and Community Empowerment, Mr. Ramesh Govindasamy Imam Ali's Popular Students Relief Society, Ms. Sholeh Zamini Réseau Africain pour le Développement, la Gouvernance et les Droits Humains (RADHEG), Mr. El Ouali Zine El Aabidine Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme, Ms. Juliette Rullière International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic & Other Minorities (Joint statement), Mr. Mbarek Aabella Association pour la défense des droits de l'homme et des revendications démocratiques/culturelles du peuple Azerbaidjanais-Iran, Mr. Behzad Vaziri Hassas Elizka Relief Foundation, Ms. Charlotte Bama Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association, Ms. Mira Farash Ms. Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Final Remarks) - ITEM 3: Presentation of reports (the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group tasked with exploring and elaborating a new Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and SG/HC/OHCHR thematic reports) SPEAKER: Mr. Samuel Housman Buggie Saffa, Chair of the Working Group - ITEM 3: Presentation of thematic reports SPEAKER: Ms. Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
