ERI was active during the recent 44th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Oral statements were delivered on:-
– trafficking in persons with particular attention to the situation in India;
– the right to education in India;
– the right to health in Australia, with particular reference to its first peoples, asylum seekers and the impact of climate change on health;
– discrimination against women a joint statement with one of our partners, again with a particular focus on India;
– violence against women in Peru;
– violence against women in India a joint statement with partners and
– extrajudicial killings in India.
In addition, in collaboration with the Justice Desk, a joint written statement on Gender-Based Violence in South Africa was submitted to the Human Rights Council.
