Human Rights Council – 61st Session
Item 5 - Presentation of Reports of Forums on Human Rights, Democracy, Rule of Law; Minority Issues and Social Forum; SG report on prevention; Annual report CC of SPs, followed by General debate.
Joint Statement by Romania on behalf of the core-group of the resolutions on human rights, democracy and the rule of law: Morocco, Norway, Peru,
the Republic of Korea, Tunisia, and Romania.
18 March 2026
Mister President,
I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of Morocco, Norway, Peru, the Republic of Korea, Tunisia, and my own country Romania, members of the Core Group of the resolutions on human rights, democracy and the rule of law mandating the Forum addressing these subject matters.
The Core Group warmly welcomes the report by the President of the 5th session of the Forum and thanks His Excellency for his invaluable work.
We convey our appreciation as well to the OHCHR (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) for organizing the meetings in the best possible conditions. The proposed thought-provoking agenda allowed for in-depth discussions and diverse perspectives on various dimensions and paths towards solutions in tackling the challenges posed by climate change while fully respecting human rights, democracy and rule of law principles.
A leap in advancing deliberations on these topics seems rather distant at this moment in time.
Yet, meaningful, strong and supportive stances on climate-related impacts on the respect and fulfillment of individual rights and freedoms and the promotion of democracy and the rule of law have been openly voiced in debates. We, the members of the core-group, take these reflections and the ensuing recommendations with a lot of hope.
They speak about the deep understanding of the high stakes ahead of us, about the huge need of protection against both climate and human tyranny and about the acknowledgement of the intrinsic interdependence between climate actions’ quality, the full enjoyment of human rights and the strengthening of resilient and functional democracies.
We encourage all states and interested stakeholders to consider implementing the recommendations addressed in the report, contributing thus to a better preparedness and more resilient democratic institutions and processes, as climate crisis implications affect us all.
This Council should continue bringing into debates issues related to democracy and the rule of law on a regular basis. In the current global state of affairs, no redundancy rationale could stand against it.
We look forward to constructive participation in the next Forum session in November this year.
Thank you!