The Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
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What Is It?The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body which consists of 47 UN member countries. The Council was founded by the General Assembly (UNGA) in 2006 as its subsidiary body and a successor of the UN Commission on Human Rights. The role of the HRC is to promote and protect human rights around the world by addressing situations of human rights violations and providing recommendations.
Even though decisions adopted by the HRC are not binding to member states, the council embodies a strong voice for moral standards that are advised to be followed within the international community. The HRC has also previously reviewed issues regarding the candidacy on the committee for countries that have committed grave human rights violations. All resolutions are adopted by a majority vote. |
The Topics
1) The Question of Climate change and the challenges for the Human Rights System
2) The Question of Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights
The Chairs
Contact: unhrc@readimun.org
UNHRC Chair |
UNHRC Chair |
Alex Casto-Jamal
Alex Jamal, A Masters Student at York, will be your chair for this meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Having has attended conferences in the UK, Amsterdam, Germany, Portugal and France, Alex has amassed a large amount of experience in the MUN world. The UNHRC was the first committee Alex attended as a delegate and has since delegated in UNHRC, UNSC, NATO, and UNCEB. He has also chaired multiple committees including the World Bank, DISEC and the UNSC. He is currently completing his Master's degree in Conflict, Development and Global Governance before starting an accelerated qualifying degree in Law at the University of York. In his spare time, Alex is a competitive gamer and a general procrastinator. |
Marina Tovar Velasco
My name is Marina, I am a 19-years-old Spaniard living in Barcelona. I am currently in the second year of the degree of International Relations at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and completely dedicated and passionate about the MUN world and also a participant in the Law Debate group of the university. Two-thirds of my time I'm in the library and the other third I spend it with my family. On my free time, which is usually little, I love to read, watch series, cooking and trying new dishes. A curious and funny thing about me is that I have been practising Muay Thai and MMA (two Martial Arts disciplines) for five years and people still get surprised when I tell them |
This Committee's Journalist
TBC
This committee does not yet have a Journalist. Interested in taking up the role? Follow the link above to apply!
Available Countries
Countries in bold are still available.
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