Areas of Work

UN Human Rights Council

On 15 March 2006, the General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/60/251 to establish a Human Rights Council replacing the Commission on Human Rights. The Human Rights Council began its work on 19 June 2006. QUNO participated actively in the Commission on Human Rights and the development of the UN Human Rights Council, seeking ways to strengthen the Council’ s work in promoting and protecting human rights.

Useful links:

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

International Commission of Jurists

International Service for Human Rights

Association for the Prevention of Torture

Child Soldiers International

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

Terre des Hommes

Centre for World Indigenous Studies

Overseas Development Institute

Native Web: Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World

Save the Children Sweden

 

Recent Timeline Events

October 2025

A Call for Climate Action: Protect Human Rights and Decrease Military Spending

QUNO participated in the climate and environmental discussions held in the 60th session Human Rights Council in Geneva. Through its Human Impacts of Climate Change (HICC) programme, QUNO delivered an oral statement on the critical role of human rights in climate action. Additionally, HICC contributed to a discussion on how military activities undermine the right to a healthy environment through their toxic and hazardous impacts.

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March 2025

Highlighting human rights of migrants at the 58th Session of the Human Rights Council

QUNO Geneva engaged with the 58th session of the Human Rights Council with particular attention to the human rights impacts of the climate crisis, the right to conscientious objection to military service, the human rights impacts of arms transfers, and the primary focus of the Human Rights and refugees Programme: human rights of migrants.

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