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Scharffs, Chair and Professor of Law at Brigham Young University\nand Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies\nEuropean Union, Mr. Michele Cervone\nD'Urso\nBahrain (on behalf of Cooperation\nCouncil for the Arab States of the Gulf - GCC), Mr. Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla\nKenya (on behalf of Group of African\nStates - African Group), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo (on\nbehalf of Groupe des États Membres de la Francophonie - OIF), Mr. Nique\nAnderson Ikama\nColombia\n(on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. David Jara\nQatar, Mr. Hamad Al-Obaidly\nCosta Rica, Mr.\nRoberto Céspedes\nCôte d'Ivoire,\nMs. Rosine Kangah\nIreland, Ms.\nSarah Flood\nEl Salvador, Mr.\nFrancisco Garcim Ortiz\nState of\nPalestine, Ms. Rana Arrabi\nAzerbaijan, Mr.\nMarat Kangarlinski\nBangladesh, Mr. G. M. Iftekhar\nGambia,\nMr. Muhammadou Kah\nQatar: National Human Rights\nCommittee, Mr. Sultan Bin Hassan Al-Jamali\nMorocco: Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme, Ms. Malak Benseghir\nMake Mothers Matter, Ms. Caroline\nLeroux-Hatt\nPax Christi International,\nInternational Catholic Peace Movement (Joint statement), Mr. Jonathan Frerichs\nHeavenly Culture, World Peace,\nRestoration of Light, Ms. Tirzah Larissa Fisch\nAssociazione\nComunità Papa Giovanni XXIII (Joint\nstatement), Ms. Maria Mercedes Rossi\nArmenia, Ms.\nSofya Margaryan\nDominican\nRepublic, Ms. Alfonsina Margarita Gonzalez Nicasio\nMorocco, Ms.\nMiriam Ragala\nSudan, Mr. Abuzar\nSaad\nViet Nam, Ms. Huong Ngo\nOman, Mr. Mohamed Al-Balushi\nFiji, Mr. Ross Franke\nCuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson\nLesotho, Ms. Matebello Khasipe\nItaly, Mr. Andrea Dongili\nTimor-Leste, Mr.\nAntonio Da Conceicao\nUNDP, Ms. Roqaya Ahmed\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Mr.\nPaul Empole Efambe\nChile, Ms. Maria Paz\nFlorenzano\nFriends World Committee for\nConsultation, Ms. Lucy Richardson\nLegal Analysis and Research Public\nUnion, Mr. Ramil Iskandarli\nCatholic International Education\nOffice, Ms. Paulette Diakité-Lacroix\nMaat for Peace, Development and Human\nRights Association, Ms. Celine Aroujo\nPartners For Transparency, Mr. Omar\nAbu Ghoush\nOrganisation\ninternationale pour les pays les moins avancés (OIPMA), Ms. Ceri Chillier\nMr. Adama Dieng, African Union Special\nEnvoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities and former\nSpecial Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide\nMs. Awa Dabo, Director and Deputy Head\nof the Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office\nMr. Itonde Kakoma, President\nand Chief Executive Officer of Interpeace\nMr.\nBrett G. Scharffs, Chair and Professor of Law at Brigham Young University\nand Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies (Final\nremarks)\n\n- ITEM 3: Interactive dialogue with the\nSpecial Rapporteur on housing (Cont'd)\nSPEAKERS:\nTogo, Mr. Toumeni Abalo Fawie\nEgypt, Mr. Mohamad Frere\nMalawi, Mr. Joseph Gibson\nIndia,\nMr. Gaurav Kumar Thakur\nState of Palestine: Independent\nCommission for Human Rights, Mr. Issam Abu Alhaj\nEdmund Rice International Limited\n(Joint statement), Ms. Naidi Mcdonnell\nRajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan, Ms.\nNeha Neha\nAKAHATÁ Equipo de\nTrabajo en Sexualidad y Géneros Asociación Civil, Ms. Maria Luisa Peralta\nInternational Human Rights Internship\nProgram, Ms. Trinity Fritz Lawrence\nPeace Brigades International, Mr.\nYannick Wild\nInternational Service for Human\nRights, Ms. Micaela Carrillo Carrillo\nFranciscans International (Joint statement), Ms. María Alejandra Pacay\nHarm Reduction International, Ms. Marcela Jofré\nSalvation Army, Mr. André Cox\nPRATYEK (Joint Statement), Mr. Dominic\nSantini Carangue\nMr. Balakrishnan\nRajagopal, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (Final remarks)\n\n- ITEM 3: Interactive dialogue with\nthe Independent Expert on foreign debt\nSPEAKERS:\nMs. Attiya Waris,\nIndependent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related\ninternational financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all\nhuman rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights (Introduction)\nKuwait (Country concerned), Mr. Nasser\nAlramzi\nChina\n(Right of reply), Ms. LI Xinda\nRwanda (Right of reply),\nMr. Edmond Tubanambazi","categories":["Meetings & Events","Human Rights Council","Regular Sessions","61st Session"],"geographic_subject":[],"subject_topical":["HUMAN RIGHTS"],"corporate_name":["UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC"],"speaker_affiliation":[],"related_documents":[{"title":"More information","url":"https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/regular-sessions/session61/regular-session"},{"title":"Schedule","url":"https://hrc61session2026.sched.com/"}]},"transcript":null,"message":"No transcript available"}