On Friday 21 September 2018, during the 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Agenda Item 5 General Debate concerning human rights bodies and mechanisms. In the intervention, ADHRB discussed Bahrain’s membership bid for a seat[…]
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Sep
Sep
18 September 2018 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), alongside 40 other international and regional organizations, signed a letter to the Permanent Representatives of Members States of the UN General Assembly calling on states to refrain from voting for candidates to the UN Human Rights Council that are unfit for[…]
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Sep
Sep
In advance of the 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a brief report to the Council raising serious concerns about Bahrain’s bid for membership, due to its flagrant, widespread, and systematic human rights abuses. Continue reading for the text of the written[…]
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Mar
Mar
On Thursday 15 March during the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, ADHRB’s Saudi Advocacy Associate, Tyler Pry, delivered an oral intervention under the Item 5 General Debate. In his intervention, Pry noted the necessary membership standards of the Human Rights Council as upholding exemplary standards of human rights, and that Saudi Arabia[…]
