We've just made a statement at #HRC55 to the Item 5 on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms on behalf of the #EmptyChairs campaign. Read it here: buff.ly/4ajKC9c
We take this opportunity to reiterate the importance of a truly intersectional approach to Special Procedures' work that includes colonialism, race, and class analysis. #HRC55
We urge States, especially Global North States, to implement Special Procedures’ recommendations & call for a permanent ceasefire, and stop their support for Israel’s genocide. This Council must concern itself with human rights violations and do away with double standards. #HRC55
Moreover, we call on Special Procedures to fight ongoing retrogressions and advance standards related to bodily autonomy, gender, gender identity, and sex work, among others. #HRC55
We are greatly concerned about the impact of the liquidity crisis on Special Procedures’ mandated activities. We urge all States to pay their dues to ensure SPs can fulfill their mandates, including country visits and ensuring robust civil society participation. #EmptyChairs
We reiterate our recommendations to the Annual Meeting and call on Special Procedures and OHCHR to expand civil society participation regardless of access, location, resources and language, including by: