QUNO delegates delivered statements addressing several areas of our work during the 31st session of the Human Rights Council, which took place in Geneva from 29 February to 24 March 2016.

Details of each of these statements, and links to the video recordings or full text, are given below:

Human rights and climate change: Oral statement on the human impacts of climate change, delivered by Patrick Endall on 2 March. The video of this statement is online here (accessible at chapter 51 on the sidebar)

Statelessness: Oral statement on statelessness issues, delivered by Laurel Townhead on 11 March. The video of this statement is online here (accessible at chapter 32 on the sidebar) 

HIV/AIDS: Joint statement (with Penal Reform International) on challenges around HIV/AIDs in prison settings, submitted for the panel discussion on human rights issues in the context of efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, on 11 March. The full text of this statement is online here.

Minority issues: Oral statement on minorities in the criminal justice system, delivered by Daniel Cullen on 15 March. The video of this statement is online here (accessible at chapter 29 on the sidebar)

Minority issues: Oral statement on the final recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues, delivered by Daniel Cullen on 16 March. The video of this statement is online here (accessible at chapter 20 on the sidebar)

Criminal justice: Oral statement on the impacts of felon disenfranchisement policies, delivered by Daniel Cullen on 18 March. The video of this statement is online here (starting at 1:13:30 on the time bar) 

Human rights and drug policy: Oral statement on the human rights impacts of drug policy, delivered by Laurel Townhead on 21 March. The video of this statement is online here (accessible at chapter 26 on the sidebar)