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Human Rights Council
Special Sessions

The Provisions of GA resolution 60/251 allow the Council to "address situations of violations of human rights, including gross and systematic violations [...] and contribute, through dialogue and cooperation, towards the prevention of human rights violations and respond promptly to human rights emergencies" as stated in operative paragraph 5(f). In order for such a special session to be held, operative paragraph 10 of the resolution requires the support of one-third of the membership of the Council (16 members). The following provides a list of Special Sessions held by the Human Rights Council, their topics of discussion, helpful documents, and WILPF coverage of these sessions.

Date	Title of Session	Documents	Wilpf Coverage
Special Session 13 27 & 28 January 2010	Support to recovery process in Haiti: A Human Rights approach	Adopted Resolution UN Report of Session NGO: Amnesty Written Statement NGO: Caritas Written Statement	WILPF Oral Statement Watch it here!
Special Session 12 15 & 16 October 2009	The human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and East Jerusalem	Resolution S-12/L.1 Report Fact Finding Mission to Gaza OHCHR Webpage	WILPF Oral Statement Watch it here!
Special Session 11 26 & 27 May 2009	The Human Rights Situation in Sri Lanka	Resolution S-11/L.1.Rev.2 OHCHR Report Joint Statement Special Procedures UN Press Release	WILPF Written Statement WILPF Oral Statement
Special Session 10 20 February 2009	The Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crises on the Universal Realization and Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights	Resolution S-10/L.1 OHCHR Report Address by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights	WILPF Summary of 10th Special Session
Special Session 9 12 January 2009	The Grave Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including the recent aggression in the occupied Gaza Strip	Resolution S-9/L.1 OHCHR Report Address by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Address by Special Rapporteur for the OPTs	WILPF Oral Statement on the Middle East 10 February 2009
Special Session 8 28 November 2008	The situation of human rights in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Resolution S-8/1 OHCHR Session Report Address by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Amnesty International written statement Association for World Education written statement
Special Session 7 22 May 2008	The negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening of the world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices	-Resolution A/HRC/S-7/L.1/Rev.1 as adopted -Address by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour -Economic and Social Council Statement -Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter	Seventh Special Session of the HRC on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening of the world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices [HRC-S7: 22 May 2008] MRAP_WILPF co-signed statement CETIM_WILPFco-signed statement
Special Session 6 23 - 24 January 2008	Human rights violations emanating from Israeli military attacks and incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent ones in occupied Gaza and West Bank town of Nablus	-Address by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights -Note Verbale from the HRC Secretariat -UN Press Release on 6th Special Session	Sixth Special Session of the HRC on Human rights violations emanating from Israeli military attacks and incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory [HRC-S6:23 - 24 January 2008]
Special Session 5 2 October 2007	The Human Rights Situation in Myanmar, in light of the recent outbreaks of military repression against civilian population	-Statement by Special Rapporteur Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro -Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights -Resolution S-5/Rev. 1 -UN Press Release on 5th Special Session	Fifth Special Session of the HRC on the human rights situation in Myanmar [HRC-S5:2 October 2007]
Special Session 4 12 December 2006	The Human Rights Situation in Darfur	-Note Verbale from the Secretariat -Resolution S-4/101 -Darfur Peace -Agreement signed in Abuja, May 2006	Fourth Special Session of the HRC on the human rights situation in Darfur [HRC-S4: 12 December 2006]
Special Session 3 15 November 2006	The gross human rights violations by the Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent one in Northern Gaza and the assault on Beit Hanoun	-Note Verbale and Draft Resolution -Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights -Resolution S-3	Third Special Session of the HRC regarding Israel, Palestine and Beit Hanoun [HRC-S3: 15 November 2006]
Special Session 2 11 August 2006	Gross Human Rights violations by Israel in Lebanon including the Qana massacre, the country-wide targeting of innocent civilians and the destruction of vital civilian infrastructure	-Note Verbale and Draft Resolution -Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights -Report to the General Assembly on the Session -Resolution S-2/L.1 -Report of the Commission of Enquiry on Lebanon established by Special Session 2 -Report to HRC3
Special Session 1 5-6 July 2006	Human Rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory caused by the recent Israeli military operations against Palestinian civilians	-Note Verbale from the Secretariat -Report of the first special session -Resolution S-1/1 adopted by the HRC -Press release: HRC decides to dispach urgent fact-finding mission to the OPT -Follow-up presented at HRC3

Last updated: 05 February 2010
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The Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crises on the Universal Realization and Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights

The Grave Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including the recent aggression in the occupied Gaza Strip