General Information on the 7th Session

The 7th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded with the adoption of 36 resolutions.  The mandates of 13 Special Rapporteurs were extended, and a new mandate on access to safe drinking water and sanitation was established. WILPF gave an oral statement on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights, and submitted a written statement on the situation of Human Rights in Burma. WILPF co-signed statements on extreme poverty (french), the effects of economic reform policies (french), gender and economic reform, the right to food (french), the human rights situation in Iraq, and the human rights situation in Turkey (french).

The resolutions adopted by the HRC are available in the six UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) here

Documents and thematic reports of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the OHCHR and the Special Procedures for the Seventh Session are available here

WILPF Participation in the 7th Session

WILPF Thematic Reporting

• Decisions Adopted by Consensus
• Decisions Adopted by Vote
• The Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Toxic Wastes and Dangerous Products – WILPF Pushes for Mandate Renewal
• Violence Against Women - New Indicators
• The Democratic Republic of Congo - Endemic Rape and the Cesastion of the Mandate of the Independent Expert
• Burma - Strong Resolution Adopted by Consensus
• Sri Lanka - Rejecting International Involvement
• Tibet - No Resolution
• Sudan - An Improved Situation?
• Panel Discussions Exclude Women
• Controversial Mandates - Freedom of Expression and Defamation of Religions
• The Upcoming Eighth Session in June

WILPF Statements

• WILPF on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illict movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights
• WILPF on the Human Rights Situation in Burma

Statements Co-Signed by WILPF

• Gender and economic reform
• Iraq
• Extreme poverty (french)
• The effects of economic reform policies (french)
• The right to food (french)
• The human rights situation in Turkey (french)

Outcomes of the HRC's Seventh Session

• Draft report containing resolutions adopted by the Council during its seventh session (A/HRC/7/L.11 and A/HRC/7/L.11 /Add.1)
• Draft report summarising the seventh session A/HRC/7/L.10

Posted by Kirsty Mckay
29 April, 2008