ADHRB welcomes High Commissioner Bachelet’s opening remarks at HRC41

24 June 2019 – Yesterday, at the opening of the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered her sessional update. In her remarks, she highlighted several important thematic concerns, including attacks on migrants, the continued application of the death[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 welcomes HC’s condemnation of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record

On Tuesday 25 June 2019, at the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, an Advocacy Officer delivered an intervention under ADHRB during the Item 2 General Debate with the High Commissioner. In his remarks, the Officer thanked the High Commissioner for her comments made in April 2019, regarding the recent[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 condemns ongoing repression in Bahrain and revocation of citizenship

On Tuesday 25 June, during the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 2 General Debate with the High Commissioner. In the intervention, ADHRB raised concerns about statelessness in Bahrain, the closure of civil society space, the dissolution of[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 Calls Attention to Members of Bahrain’s Ruling Family Presiding over Judicial Cases and Ignoring Torture Allegations

On Monday 24 June, on the first day of the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, and Garcia-Sayán, the Special Rapporteur of the independence of[…]

ADHRB Submits Report on Ali AlShowaikh’s Unlawful Return to Bahrain Ahead of the Netherlands’ Review at the Human Rights Committee

UPDATE: On 25 July 2019, the Human Rights Committee published its concluding observations on its review of the Netherlands’ ICCPR obligations, in which the Committee seems to reference Ali’s case: ” The Committee is, however, concerned about reports of forced returns of asylum seekers, whose application has been rejected, to . . . Bahrain, allegedly[…]