Czech Republic at the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council

The Czech Republic is currently a member of the Human Rights Council until the end of 2023. This year, the Permanent Representative Václav Bálek also serves as the President of the Council. For more information on the Human Rights Council’s Presidency see https://www.mzv.cz/mission.geneva/en/presidency_of_the_human_rights_council/index.html.

The summer session of the UN Human Rights Council lasts four weeks. The agenda includes over 40 debates and the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of 13 countries, including the Czech Republic. Nearly 30 resolutions are expected to be discussed. The Czech Republic, together with EU countries, will table resolutions on Eritrea and Belarus. It will also support, among others, a resolution on cooperation with Ukraine, the human rights situation in Syria, civil society space, digital technologies, and violence against women and girls.

The Czech Republic will deliver national statements in the following discussions:

• Enhanced interactive dialogue on Afghanistan (19.6.2023)
  • HRC53 CZ ID Afghanistan(DOCX, 19 KB)
• Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s annual report (20.6.2023)
  • HRC53 CZ ID HC(DOC, 25 KB)
• Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (21.6.2023)
  • HRC53 CZ ID IE SOGI(DOCX, 14 KB)
• Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (23.6.2023)
  • HRC53 ID SR VAWG(DOCX, 21 KB)
• Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression (23.6.2023)
  • HRC53 CZ ID SR FoE(DOC, 26 KB)
• Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education (27.6.2023) - statement by Czech UN Youth Delegates
  • HRC53 CZ UNYD ID SR Education(DOCX, 13 KB)
• Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (28.6.2023) - Joint Statement on behalf of the Core Group
  • HRC53 JST Core Group ID SR FoAA(DOCX, 15 KB)
• Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus (4.7.2023)
  • HRC53 CZ ID SR Belarus(DOCX, 21 KB)
• Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (6.7.2023)
  • HRC53 CZ ID SR Myanmar(DOCX, 16 KB)
• Urgent debate on "“the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries" (11.7.2023)
  • HRC53 CZ Urgent Debate(DOCX, 18 KB)
• Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s Oral Presentation on Ukraine and on the Report of the Secretary-General on Human Rights in Crimea

In the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, the UN Youth Delegates of the Czech Republic will speak on behalf of the Czech Republic.