ERI Activity During 45th UN Human Rights Council Session

ERI delivered five oral statements during the recently concluded session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The statements were prepared by our advocacy networks in each of the countries concerned.

Statements were read in relation to the need to address:
– the impact of the illegal drug trade on indigenous youth in India and
– attacks on indigenous human rights defenders in Peru.

Statements were also made regarding the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Reviews of
Kenya
Kiribati and
Grenada
which took place earlier this year.