Statements

IIMA and VIDES International work together in the Human Rights Council as one voice proclaiming respect and dignity, striving for the promotion and protection of human rights for all.
In this section, you can explore IIMA interventions, including those in collaboration with VIDES, during the different sessions of the Human Rights Council. You can access the text of the oral statements and watch its corresponding video below.

2024 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2024	June HRC/56th	ITEM 3: OHCHR Report on human rights and emerging technologies	IIMA and VIDES
2024	June HRC/56th	ITEM 3: SP on the trafficking in persons	IIMA and VIDES
2024	June HRC/56th	ITEM 3: WG on Discrimination against Women and Girls	IIMA, VIDES and others
2024	June HRC/56th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Nigeria	IIMA, VIDES and others
2024	June HRC/56th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Mexico	IIMA, VIDES and others
2024	June HRC/56th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Congo	IIMA, VIDES and others
2024	March HRC/55th	Item 3: SR on right to privacy	IIMA and VIDES
2024	March HRC/55th	ITEM 3: SRSG on violence against children	IIMA and VIDES
2024	March HRC/55th	ITEM 3: IE on Albinism	IIMA and VIDES
2024	March HRC/55th	Item 3: General Debate – Youth	IIMA, VIDES and others
2024	March HRC/55th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Canada	IIMA, VIDES and others
2024	March HRC/55th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Colombia	IIMA, VIDES and others

2023 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2023	September HRC/54th	Panel discussion on Cyberbullying against Children	IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	September HRC/54th	Panel discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	IIMA and VIDES
2023	September HRC/54th	Panel discussion on Youth and Human Rights	IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	September HRC/54th	ITEM 3: IE on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order	IIMA and VIDES
2023	June HRC/53rd	ITEM 3: SP on Violence against Women and Girls	IIMA and VIDES
2023	June HRC/53rd	ITEM 3: SP on the Right to Education	IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	June HRC/53rd	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Argentina	IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	June HRC/53rd	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Benin	IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	June HRC/53rd	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Zambia	IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	March HRC/52nd	Panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming - youth	IIMA and VIDES
2023	March HRC/52nd	ITEM 3: SRSG on violence against children	IIMA and VIDES
2023	March HRC/52nd	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes India	IIMA, VIDES and others ERI, IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	March HRC/52nd	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Philippines	IIMA, VIDES and others ERI, IIMA and VIDES
2023	March HRC/52nd	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Brazil	IIMA, VIDES and others
2023	March HRC/52nd	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Ecuador	IIMA, VIDES and others

2022 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2022	September HRC/51st	ITEM 3: General Debate on youth	IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	September HRC/51st	ITEM 3: SR on water and sanitation	IIMA and VIDES
2022	September HRC/51st	ITEM 3: the right to privacy in the digital age	IIMA and VIDES
2022	September HRC/51st	ITEM 3: SR on hazardous wastes	IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	September HRC/51st	ITEM 3: SR on Indigenous Peoples	IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	September HRC/51st	ITEM 6: General Debate	CCIG, IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	June HRC/50th	ITEM 3: SR on the Right to Education	IIMA and VIDES
2022	June HRC/50th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Venezuela	IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	June HRC/50th	ITEM 3: SR on the Violence against Women	IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	June HRC/50th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Myanmar	IIMA and VIDES
2022	June HRC/50th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes South Sudan	IIMA and VIDES
2022	June HRC/50th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Timor-Leste	IIMA and VIDES
2022	June HRC/50th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Togo	IIMA and VIDES
2022	March HRC/49th	ITEM 3: General Debate on youth	IIMA and VIDES
2022	March HRC/49th	ITEM 3: SRSG on violence against children	IIMA and VIDES
2022	March HRC/49th	ITEM 4: HC oral update on Venezuela	IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	March HRC/49th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Ireland	IIMA, VIDES and others
2022	March HRC/49th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Tanzania	IIMA and VIDES
2022	March HRC/49th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Papua New Guinea	CCIG, IIMA, VIDES and others

2021 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2021	September HRC/48th	Panel Discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples	IIMA, VIDES and others
2021	September HRC/48th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Mozambique	IIMA and VIDES
2021	September HRC/48th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Paraguay	IIMA and VIDES
2021	September HRC/48th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Solomon Islands	IIMA and VIDES
2021	September HRC/48th	ITEM 6: General Debate	CCIG, IIMA, VIDES and others
2021	July HRC/47th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Lebanon	IIMA, VIDES and others
2021	June HRC/47th	ITEM 3: SR on the Right to Education	IIMA and VIDES
2021	March HRC/46th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Honduras	IIMA and VIDES
2021	March HRC/46th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes USA	IIMA and VIDES

2020 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2020	September HRC/45th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Kenya	IIMA, VIDES and others
2020	September HRC/45th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Lesotho	IIMA, VIDES and others
2020	July HRC/44th	ITEM 3: SR on the Right to Education	IIMA and VIDES
2020	March HRC/43th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Bolivia	CCIG, IIMA and others
2020	March HRC/43th	ITEM 5: OHCHR Report on the 2019 Social Forum	IIMA and VIDES
2020	March HRC/43th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Italy	IIMA, VIDES and others
2020	March HRC/43th	ITEM 6: UPR Outcomes Angola	IIMA and VIDES

2019 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2019	September HRC/42nd	ITEM 3&5: SR on the rights of indigenous peoples	IIMA, VIDES
2019	September HRC/42nd	ITEM: 6 UPR Outcomes Costa Rica	IIMA, VIDES
2019	September HRC/42nd	ITEM: 6 UPR outcomes Nicaragua	IIMA, VIDES
2019	June HRC/41st	ITEM 3 : SR on the Human Rights of Migrants	IIMA, VIDES
2019	June HRC/41st	ITEM 3:SR on the Right to Education	IIMA, VIDES
2019	June HRC/41st	ITEM 3: SR on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences	IIMA, VIDES
2019	June HRC/41st	Panel Discussion on Women’s Rights and Climate Change	IIMA, VIDES
2019	June HRC/41st	ITEM 6:UPR Outcomes Dominican Republic	IIMA, VIDES
2019	June HRC/41st	ITEM 6: General Debate	CCIG, IIMA, VIDES and others
2019	March HRC/ 40th	ITEM 3: SR on the situation of human rights defenders	IIMA, VIDES
2019	March HRC/ 40th	Annual full-day meeting: rights of the child	VIDES, IIMA
2019	March HRC/ 40th	ITEM 3: SRSG for children and armed conflict	IIMA, VIDES
2019	March HRC/ 40th	ITEM 3: General Debate	IIMA, VIDES and others
2019	March HRC/ 40th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Mexico	VIDES, IIMA

2018 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2018	September HRC/39th	ITEM 2: General Debate on youth empowerment	IIMA, VIDES
2018	September HRC/39th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Burkina Faso	IIMA, VIDES
2018	September HRC/39th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Colombia	IIMA, VIDES
2018	September HRC/39th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Canada	IIMA, VIDES
2018	September HRC/39th	ITEM 6: General Debate	CCIG, IIMA, VIDES and others
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 3: SR on peaceful assembly and association	VIDES
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 3: SR on health	IIMA
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 3: SR on International solidarity/SR on the right of education	VIDES
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 3: SR on International solidarity/SR on the right of education	IIMA
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 2 General Debate	IIMA
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 3: SR on migrants	VIDES
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 3: WG on discrimination against women	VIDES
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 3: SR on Trafficking	IIMA
2018	June HRC/ 38th	Annual Full-Day Discussion on the Human Rights of Women	IIMA
2018	June HRC/ 38th	Panel Discussion on Internally Displaced Persons	IIMA
2018	June HRC/ 38th	ITEM 8 General Debate	IIMA
2018	May HRC Special Session/28th	The deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	VIDES
2018	May HRC Special Session/28th	The deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	IIMA
2018	March HRC/37th	High-level Mainstreaming Panel	CCIG, IIMA, VIDES and others
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 3: SR human rights defenders	IIMA, VIDES
2018	March HRC/37th	Annual full-day meeting: rights of the child	IIMA, VIDES
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 3: SR disabilities	IIMA, VIDES
2018	March HRC/37th	Annual debate: rights of persons disabilities	IIMA, VIDES
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Argentina	IIMA, VIDES
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Gabon	IIMA, VIDES
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Peru	IIMA, VIDES and others
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Guatemala	IIMA, VIDES
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Republic of Korea	IIMA, VIDES and others
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Benin	IIMA, VIDES and others
2018	March HRC/37th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Japan	IIMA, VIDES

2017 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2017	September HRC/36th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes India	IIMA, VIDES
2017	September HRC/36th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Brazil	IIMA, VIDES
2017	September HRC/36th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Tunisia	IIMA, VIDES
2017	September HRC/36th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Ecuador	IIMA, VIDES
2017	June HRC/35th	ITEM 3: Migrant Youth	IIMA, VIDES
2017	June HRC/35th	Panel Discussion on unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights	IIMA, VIDES
2017	June HRC/35th	ITEM 3: Youth	IIMA, VIDES
2017	June HRC/35th	ITEM 3: Climate Change	IIMA, VIDES
2017	June HRC/35th	ITEM 6: UPR	CCIG, IIMA, VIDES and others
2017	March HRC /34th	ITEM 3: Empowering Children and Youth for Effective Environmental Social Engagement for the Full Enjoyment of their Rights	IIMA, VIDES
2017	March HRC /34th	ITEM 3: Menores migrantes no acompañados	IIMA, VIDES, APG23
2017	March HRC /34th	ITEM 3: Migrant Youth	VIDES
2017	March HRC /34th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Togo	IIMA
2017	March HRC /34th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Timor-Leste	IIMA, VIDES
2017	March HRC /34th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Haiti	IIMA

2016 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2016	March HRC /31th	ITEM 3: Violence against children	IIMA and others
2016	September HRC/33rd	ITEM 3: Empowering Youth for the Realization of Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals	IIMA, VIDES
2016	22 September HRC/33rd	Panel discussion on youth and human rights	VIDES
2016	September HRC/33rd	ITEM 5: Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Human Rights	IIMA, VIDES and others

2015 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2015	March HRC/28th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Italy	IIMA, VIDES and others
2015	March HRC/28th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes El Salvador	IIMA, VIDES
2015	March HRC/28th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Madagascar	IIMA, VIDES and others.
2015	March HRC/28th	ITEM 8: Youth Empowerment: A Human Rights Perspective	IIMA, VIDES

2014 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2014	March HRC/25th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Congo	IIMA, VIDES and others
2014	June HRC/26th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Chile	IIMA, VIDES and others
2014	June HRC/26th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Dominican Republic	IIMA, VIDES
2014	June HRC/26th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Cambodia	IIMA, VIDES
2014	June HRC/26th	ITEM 8: Youth Empowerment: A Human Rights Perspective	IIMA, VIDES
2014	June HRC/26th	Annual Full Day Discussion on Women’s Rights: The Link Between Female Educational Attainment and Development	IIMA, VIDES and others
2014	September HRC /27th	ITEM 8: Youth Empowerment: A Human Rights Perspective	IIMA, VIDES
2014	September HRC /27th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Democratic Republic of Congo	IIMA, VIDES and others
2014	September HRC /27th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Nicaragua	IIMA, VIDES
2014	September HRC /27th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Costa Rica	IIMA, VIDES

2013 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2013	March HRC/22th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Argentina	IIMA, VIDES
2013	March HRC/22th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Benin	IIMA, VIDES
2013	March HRC/22th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Switzerland	IIMA, VIDES
2013	March HRC/22th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Zambia	IIMA, VIDES and others
2013	March HRC/22th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Japan	IIMA
2013	March HRC/22th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Peru	IIMA, VIDES and others
2013	March HRC/ 22th	ITEM 6: General Debate	IIMA, VIDES and others
2013	May HRC /23th	ITEM 3: The Justiciability of the Right to Education	IIMA, VIDES and others
2013	September HRC/24st	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Canada	IIMA

2012 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2012	March HRC/19th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Togo	IIMA, VIDES and others
2012	March HRC/19th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Timor Leste	IIMA, VIDES and others
2012	March HRC/19th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Haiti	IIMA, VIDES and others
2012	March HRC/19th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Venezuela	IIMA
2012	March HRC/19th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Venezuela	IIMA, VIDES
2012	March HRC/19th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Thailand	IIMA, VIDES and others
2012	September HRC/21st	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Ecuador	IIMA, VIDES and others
2012	September HRC/21st	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Philippines	IIMA, VIDES and others
2012	September HRC/21st	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Poland	IIMA
2012	September HRC/21st	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes South Africa	IIMA, VIDES
2012	September HRC/21st	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes India	IIMA, VIDES
2012	September HRC / 21th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Brazil	IIMA, VIDES and others

2011 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY
2011	March HRC /16th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Panama	IIMA, VIDES
2011	March HRC / 16th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Honduras	IIMA
2011	March HRC / 16th	ITEM 6 : UPR outcomes Lebanon	IIMA
2011	June HRC /17th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Mozambique	IIMA
2011	June HRC/ 17th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Paraguay	IIMA, VIDES

2010 Statements

YEAR	SESSION DATE	DOCUMENTS	SUBMITTED BY	PDF	VIDEO
2010	March HRC / 13th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Democratic Republic of Congo	IIMA
2010	March HRC / 13th	ITEM 6: UPR outcomes Democratic Republic of Congo	IIMA, VIDES

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2022 Statements

2021 Statements

2020 Statements

2019 Statements

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