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36.
The list of the resolutions, decisions and President’s statement adopted by the Human
Rights Council is contained in part one of the present report.
H.
Urgent debate on racially inspired human rights violations, systemic
racism, policy brutality and violence against peaceful protest
37.
At the 35th meeting, on 15 June 2020, the President of the Human Rights Council
announced that on 12 June, she received a request from Burkina Faso (on behalf of the Group
of African States) to convene an urgent debate on racially inspired human rights violations,
systemic racism, policy brutality and violence against peaceful protest.
38.
At the same meeting, the representative of Burkina Faso (on behalf of the Group of
African States) made a statement to introduce the proposal.
39.
Also at the same meeting, the Human Rights Council decided to hold the urgent debate
at its 40th meeting, on 17 June 2020.
40.
At the 40th meeting, on 17 June 2020, and at the 41st meeting, on 18 June 2020, the
Human Rights Council held an urgent debate on racially inspired human rights violations,
systemic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against
peaceful protests.
41.
At the 40th meeting, on 17 June 2020, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United
Nations (by video teleconference); the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights; the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Thomas Kwesi Quartey
(by video teleconference); and Philonise Floyd (by video message) made statements for the
urgent debate.
42.
At the same meeting, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Tendayi Achiume, made a statement
(also on behalf of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the Special
Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and the
Coordination Committee of Special Procedures) (by video message).
43.
During the ensuing discussion, at the same meeting and at the 41st meeting, on 18
June 2020, the following made statements:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan7 (on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, with
the exception of Colombia and Honduras), Bahrain, Bangladesh (by video message), Brazil,
Cameroon, Central African Republic8 (on behalf of the Group of African States), Croatia 9
(on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Ukraine), Denmark, Fiji (by video
message), Germany, India, Indonesia, Indonesia (also on behalf of Chile, Denmark, Fiji,
Ghana and Morocco), Japan, Marshall Islands, Mexico (also on behalf of Argentina, Costa
Rica, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Honduras and Uruguay), Namibia, Nepal,
Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines (by video message), Qatar, Republic of Korea,
Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Togo, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (by
video message), Sudan;
(b)
Representatives of observer States: Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational
State of), Botswana, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Guyana, Haiti,
Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Lesotho,
7
8
9
GE.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
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