📋 Tender Overview
Today marks the end of the 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which took place in Geneva from September 11, 2023. At the session, resolutions on human rights education and the rights of the elderly proposed by Slovenia were unanimously adopted. along with groups of countries.
The two resolutions represent the continuation of our engagement in the field of human rights education and in the field of human rights of older persons. The first resolution refers to the World Program for Education for Human Rights and was submitted by Slovenia together with other member states of the Platform for Education for Human Rights (in addition to Slovenia, the platform also includes Brazil, Costa Rica, Italy, Morocco, the Philippines, Senegal and Thailand).
The resolution on the rights of the elderly, which Slovenia submitted together with Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines and the Gambia, builds on the report of the UN independent experts on the human rights of the elderly on violence, abuse and neglect of elderly persons. On the subject of the elderly, Slovenia made a statement at an interactive dialogue with an independent expert on the rights of the elderly.
In addition, during the session, Slovenia paid special attention to gender equality, the environment and the rights of children in the digital environment, and from this point of view made statements in dialogues on water and sanitation, on incorporating a gender perspective into the work of international human rights bodies, and with Austria and Croatia in a statement at the panel warned against cyberbullying of children. She also closely monitored initiatives on the state of human rights in individual countries, with a special focus on Ukraine.
As a member of the EU, Slovenia also participated in European Union initiatives during the session. At the proposal of the European Union, the S?P extended the activities of the special rapporteurs for the situation of human rights in Burundi and Afghanistan. Within the group of countries, Slovenia also supported the extension of the mandate of the special rapporteur for the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation.
Slovenia participates in the meetings of the S?P as an observer, and is again applying for membership in the SCP for the period 2026 - 2028.
