ERI was again active during the recently concluded Human Rights Council session.
Statements were delivered by members of our local networks, partners or members of the ERI team on:
– access to clean water and sanitation in India as part of the interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Water and Sanitation. (statement delivered by a representative of the ERI partner organisation PRATYeK)
– violation of civil and political rights in Kenya. (Statement delivered by Cyprian Omoding, ERI Advocacy Co-ordinator in East Africa)
– inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on children in India (statement delivered by a representative of PRATYeK)
– disposal of hazardous waste in India (statement delivered by a representative of PRATYeK)
– the human rights situation in Myanmar (a statement delivered by ERI Director Brian Bond on behalf of a number of partner organisations who were worried about reprisals if they were to speak)
– the adverse impact of changed immigration laws in the UK on asylum seekers and refugees (statement delivered by Tom Murray, ERI Advocacy Co-ordinator in the UK)
– violence against children in Uruguay (statement delivered by Paola Miranda, ERI Advocacy Co-ordinator in South America)
ERI also co-sponsored other statements delivered by our partner organisations:
– the International Catholic Centre in Geneva on the monitoring and implementation of recommendations at the local level
– the Congregation of the Good Shepherd on Obstetric Fistula, a preventable medical condition, the neglect of which amounts to torture according to the UN Committee Against Torture.