25 February to 22 March 2019

High-Level Segment

• Former Foreign Minister Payne Statement at the High Level Segment, 25 February 2019

Press Releases

• Foreign Minister Press Release: Attendance at Human Rights Council, 24 February 2019

National Statements

• High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming, 25 February 2019 [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 107 KB]
• Australian Statement to the High Level Panel Discussion on the Death Penalty, 26 February 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 164 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, 28 February 2019 [PDF 108 KB] | [Word 122 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy and Special Rapporteur on cultural rights, March 1 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering Terrorism, March 1 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
• Australian Statement in the annual full day discussion on the Rights of the Child, 4 March 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 100 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, 5 March 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 139 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children, 5 March 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 134 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Annual Debate on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 6 March 2019 [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 105 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 7 March 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 168 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, 11 March 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 129 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 11 March 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 140 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on South Sudan, 12 March 2019 [Word 116 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, 12 March 2019 [Word 116 KB] | [PDF 128 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, 12 March 2019 [Word 123 KB] | [PDF 166 KB]
• Australian Statement in the General Debate on Item 4, 12 March 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 109 KB]
• Australian Statement in the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Eritrea, 11 March 2019 [Word 115 KB] | [PDF 107 KB]
• National Statement in the Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Mali, 19 March 2019 [Word 115 KB] | [PDF 108 KB]
• National Statement in the Item 10 Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo, 19 March 2019 [Word 116 KB] | [PDF 107 KB]
• National Statement in the Item 2 Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on Sri Lanka, 20 March 2019 [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 140 KB]
• National Statement in the Item 10 Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Oral Update on Ukraine, 20 March 2019 [Word 138 KB] | [PDF 120 KB]
• National Statement in the Item 10 High-level Interactive Dialogue on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic, 20 March 2019 [Word 115 KB] | [PDF 132 KB]
• National Statement in the Item 2 General Debate, 20 March 2019 [Word 116 KB] | [PDF 165 KB]
• National Statement in the Item 10 General Debate, 21 March 2019 [Word 122 KB] | [PDF 109 KB]

Joint Statements

• Joint Statement by the Group of Friends on Children in Armed Conflict in the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, 5 March 2019 [Word 25 KB] | [PDF 82 KB]
• Joint Statement by MIKTA in the Annual Debate on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 6 March 2019 [Word 23 KB] | [PDF 39 KB]
• Joint Statement on Saudi Arabia in the Interactive Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 7 March 2019 [Word 22 KB] | [PDF 15 KB]
• Joint Statement by the Group of Friends on the Responsibility to Protect in the Interactive Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 7 March 2019 [Word 22 KB] | [PDF 45 KB]
• Joint Statement by 15 Pacific nations on human rights in the fishing industry, including modern slavery and trafficking in persons, 7 March 2019 [Word 118 KB] | [PDF 170 KB]
• Joint Statement on emerging technologies, 8 March 2019 [Word 23 KB] | [PDF 19 KB]
• Joint Statement on freedom of expression, 8 March 2019 [Word 21 KB] | [PDF 85 KB]
• Joint Statement on special procedures mandate holders, 13 March 2019 [Word 18 KB] | [PDF 73 KB]
• Joint Statement on the Christchurch attack in the Debate on the mitigation and countering of rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies, 15 March 2019 [Word 18 KB] | [PDF 74 KB]
• Joint Statement on the universality of human rights in the Item 8 General Debate [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 162 KB]
• Joint Statement in the Item 8 General Debate on LGBTI persons in Chechnya, 18 March 2019 [Word 21 KB] | [PDF 42 KB]
• Joint Statement by the Rule of Law Core Group on children's access to justice, 18 March 2019 [Word 20 KB] | [PDF 80 KB]
• Joint Statement on Venezuela, 20 March 2019 [Word 30 KB] | [PDF 26 KB]
• Joint Statement on Cameroon, 21 March 2019 [Word 20 KB] | [PDF 42 KB]
• Joint Statement by the HRC Membership Contact Group in Item 10 General Debate, 21 March 2019 [Word 743 KB] | [PDF 95 KB]

Statements at Action

• Explanation of vote: Unilateral Coercive Measures [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 137 KB]
• Explanation of vote: the effects of foreign debt [Word 119 KB] | [PDF 134 KB]
• Explanation of Vote: non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin [Word 120 KB] | [PDF 139 KB]
• General Comment: Environmental Human Rights Defenders [Word 121 KB] | [PDF 136 KB]
• General Comment: End of Item 3 [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 210 KB]
• General comment on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on countering terrorism [Word 125 KB] | [PDF 375 KB]
• General comment: Cooperation with Georgia [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 370 KB]
• General comment: Action on draft resolutions under Item 7 [Word 119 KB] | [PDF 296 KB]
• Explanation of vote: Action on draft resolution A/HRC/40/L.25 [Word 124 KB] | [PDF 294 KB]