North Africa: 18th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Opens in Geneva

press release

Yesterday, 12 September, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) inaugurates its 18th session in its Geneva headquarters, which is scheduled to continue until 30 September.

This session is of particular importance for the Arab region as regional issues occupy much of the session's agenda. The session opens amidst a context of large-scale protests in various Arab countries whether where the people continue to resist their despotic governments in Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen, or where primary steps have been already taken on road to democracy as is the case in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya.

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