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C.
Interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
312. At the 16th meeting, on 23 September 2020, the Chair of the Commission of Inquiry
on Burundi, Doudou Diène, presented, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/26,
the final report of the Commission of Inquiry (A/HRC/45/32) (by video message).
313. At the same meeting, the representative of Burundi made a statement as the State
concerned.
314. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, the following made
statements and asked the Chair and the members of the Commission of Inquiry questions:
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Australia,
Netherlands, Norway45 (also on behalf of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia,
Lithuania and Sweden), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (by video message);
(b)
Representatives of observer States: Belarus, Belgium, China, Croatia, Egypt,
France, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Myanmar, Russian
Federation, South Sudan, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania;
(c)
Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;
(d)
Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International,
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation (by video message), East and Horn of
Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Human Rights Watch, Institute for NGO Research
(by video message), International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, International
Federation for Human Rights Leagues, International Federation of ACAT, InternationalLawyers.org (by video message), Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de
l’homme.
315. At the same meeting, the Chair and the member of the Commission of Inquiry on
Burundi, Françoise Hampson, answered questions and made their concluding remarks.
D.
Enhanced interactive dialogue on the oral update by the Commission
on Human Rights in South Sudan
316. At the 16th meeting, on 23 September 2020, pursuant to Human Rights Council
resolution 43/27, the Human Rights Council held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the
oral update by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan.
317. The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights made a
statement for the enhanced interactive dialogue.
318. At the same meeting, the Chair of the Commission on Human Rights in South
Sudan, Yasmin Sooka, presented an oral update (by video message).
319. Also at the same meeting, the following made statements: the Minister of Justice and
Constitutional Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan, Ruben Madol Arol, and the Minister
Counsellor for Political and Legal Affairs, Permanent Delegation of the African Union in
Geneva, Yakdhan El Habib.
45
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of member and observer States.
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