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UN Human Rights Council resources

QUNO Publications

• A Curate's Egg UN Human Rights Council: Year 3 19 June 2008 to 18 June 2009, R. Brett, August 2009 (pdf 520 kb)

• Digging Foundations or Trenches? UN Human rights Council: Year 2, R. Brett, August 2008 (pdf 464kb)

• Neither Mountain nor Molehill -UN Human Rights Council:
  One Year On, R. Brett, July 2007 (pdf 587 kb)

• Righting Historic Wrongs: The 1st Session of the Human Rights Council, R. Brett, July 2006 (pdf 316 kb)

• Human Rights in Transition, April 2006, Briefing Paper (pdf 185 kb)
  
  
• Enhancing and Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Special Procedures of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Rachel Brett, 13 October, 2005 (pdf 173kb)
  
  
• References to WOMEN IN PRISON AND CHILDREN OF IMPRISONED MOTHERS in the documents submitted to, and resolutions of, the UN Commission on Human Rights, 61st Session, March - April 2005 (pdf 424 kb)
  
  
• References to CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION in the documents submitted to, and resolutions of, the UN Commission on Human Rights, 61st Session, March - April 2005 (pdf 947 kb)
  
  
• References to STANDING INVITATIONS in the documents submitted to, and resolutions of, the UN Commission on Human Rights, 61st Session, March - April 2005 (pdf 187 kb)
  
  
• U.N Reform and Human Rights , April 2005, Briefing Paper (pdf 41 kb)
  
  

Statements

• Oral Statement on mental health of children of prisoners, 8 March 2013, submitted jointly on behalf of Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) and the International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE), to the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council, delivered by H. Rashed (pdf 99kb)

• Statement by FWCC (Quakers) to Independent Expert on the Environment Human Rights Council, 6 March 2013 (pdf 114 kb)

• Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, oral statement by FWCC to the 21st session of the Human Rights Council, delivered by H. Roberts, 14 September 2012 (pdf 90kb)

• Children of Parents Executed or Sentenced to Death,14 September 2012, oral statement submitted by FWCC to the 21st session of the Human Rights Council, delivered by H. Rashed (pdf 41kb)

• Children of incarcerated parents,16 February 2012, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 19th session of the Human Rights Council (pdf 390kb)

• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 13 February 2012, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 19th session of the Human Rights Council (pdf 347kb)

• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 14 May 2010, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council (pdf 37kb)

• Human Rights of Women Prisoners and Children of Prisoners, 8 June 2010 FWCC oral statement delivered by Rachel Brett to 14th session of the Human Rights council (pdf 26kb)

• Children of Prisoners, 14 May 2010, written statement submitted by FWCC for the 14th session of the Human Rights council (pdf 36kb)

• Human Rights Council 12th Session Agenda item 3: Conscientious Objection to Military Service 22 September 2009 oral statement of Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) delivered by Rachel Brett (pdf 52 kb)

• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, Joint statement delivered to UN Human Rights Council Ninth session by Rachel Brett, on 16 September 2008 (pdf 68kb)

• Digging Foundations or Trenches? UN Human Rights Council: Year 2, R. Brett, August 2008 (pdf 464kb)

• Joint statement delivered to the 8th Session of the Human Rights Council on 2 June 2008 (pdf 13.9kb)

• Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Joint Statement by Amnesty International, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, International Service for Human Rights and Rights & Democracy, 13 September, 2007 (pdf 248kb)

• Questions for the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief before the 6th session of the Human Rights Council, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), International Service for Human Rights and Amnesty International, 13 September 2007 (pdf 244kb)

Related Links

• High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• International Commission of Jurists
• International Service for Human Rights
• Association for the Prevention of Torture
• Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
• Amnesty International (AI)
• Human Rights Watch (HRW)
• Terre des Hommes (TDH International)
• Center for World Indigenous Studies
• Overseas Development Institute
• Nativeweb
• Save the Children, Sweden

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