HRC: 61st Session, 23 February to 31 March 2026

Item 4 – General Debate. Norway (16.03.2026)

Item 4 - ID with the SR on the Islamic Republic of Iran and the FFM on the Islamic Republic of Iran. NB8 Iceland. (16.03.2026)

Item 4 - Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the DPRK. NB8 Latvia (13.03.2026)

Item 4 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. NB8 Sweden.  (13.03.2026)

Item 4 - ID with the FFM on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. NB8 Iceland. (12.03.2026)

Item 4 - Interactive dialogue on Group of Experts on Belarus. NB8 Norway. (12.03.2026)

Item 4 - Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. JST GoF AAU. Albania. (12.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. NB8 Estonia. (12.03.2026)

Item 3 - General Debate - Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel.Group of Friends (GoF). JST Jordan. (11.03.2026)

Item 3 - General Debate. Joint Statement to mark 20th anniversary of the Human Rights Council. JST Estonia. (11.03.2026)

Item 3 - General Debate - Statement on behalf of the Group of Friends of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. JST Ireland. (11.03.2026)

Item 3 - General Debate - on linkages between access to water and the full enjoyment of human rights. JST Pakistan. (11.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the SR on the right to privacy. NB8 Estonia. (10.03.2026)

Item 3 - ID with the SRSG for children and armed conflict. JST GoF Belgium/Uruguay. (10.03.2026)

Item 3 - ID with the SRSG for children and armed conflict. NB8 Norway. (10.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with SR of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence Against Children. NB8 Iceland. (10.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with SR on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. NB8 Lithuania. (09.03.2026)

Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child - Panel I. Joint statement on the Safe Schools Declaration. JST Norway. (09.03.2026)

Annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities. NB8 Lithuania. (06.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on environment. NB8 Latvia. (06.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. NB8 Lithuania. (06.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with SR on right to food. NB8 Latvia. (05.03.2026)

Panel discussion on Financing Sustainable Development in line with Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Obligations. NB8 Finland. (05.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing. NB8 Finland. (04.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the SR in the field of cultural rights. NB8 Finland. (03.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Mary Lawlor. NB8 Norway. (03.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. NB8 Norway. (03.03.2025)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture. Joint Statement Mongolia. (02.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture. Joint Statement EU (02.03.2026)

Item 2 - General Debate. Joint Statement on the human rights situation in Ethiopia. JST EU. (27.02.2026)

Item 2 - EID on SR report and OHCHR report on Afghanistan/General debate. JST Columbia. (02.03.2026)

Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture. Statement delivered on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic States. NB8 Lithuania. (02.03.2026)

Item 2 - ID on HC oral update on Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar (HRC res. 56/1), NB8 Sweden.  (27.02.2026)

Item 2 - EID on the report of the Commission of Human Rights on advancing the human rights in South Sudan. JST Core Group. (27.02.2026)

Item 2 - Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on report of Commission ofHuman Rights in South Sudan. NB8 Iceland. (27.02.2026)

Item 2 - Enhanced interactive dialogue on report of the independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan, combined with the dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Expert on human rights in the Sudan.

Item 2 - Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner's report on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. (HRC res. 58/2). Norway (26.02.26)

Item 2 - Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on FFM report and HC report on the Sudan. NB8 Sweden. (26.02.2026)

Item 2 - Enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan and the OHCHR country report. NB8 Denmark. (26.02.2026)

ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL MAINSTREAMING PANEL (HRC res. 16/21 and 59/16). NB8 Iceland. (23.02.2026)

Human Rights Council, High Level Segment. Statement by Mr. Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway (24.02.2026)

At the heart of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights lies a transformative conviction. That Human Rights and human dignity is universal. Every person has equal and inherent rights, that no government can take away.