ADHRB welcomes High Commissioner Bachelet’s opening remarks at HRC41

24 June 2019 – Yesterday, at the opening of the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered her sessional update. In her remarks, she highlighted several important thematic concerns, including attacks on migrants, the continued application of the death[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 welcomes HC’s condemnation of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record

On Tuesday 25 June 2019, at the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, an Advocacy Officer delivered an intervention under ADHRB during the Item 2 General Debate with the High Commissioner. In his remarks, the Officer thanked the High Commissioner for her comments made in April 2019, regarding the recent[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 condemns ongoing repression in Bahrain and revocation of citizenship

On Tuesday 25 June, during the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 2 General Debate with the High Commissioner. In the intervention, ADHRB raised concerns about statelessness in Bahrain, the closure of civil society space, the dissolution of[…]

Increased Engagement by the United Nations on Saudi Arabia Ahead of the UPR

*This post has been updated to reflect confirmation that ex-patriot Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a planned assassination in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.   Saudi Arabia’s poor human rights record is an open secret within the international community. It is home to one of the world’s most repressive governments, especially in[…]