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The Human Rights Committee conducted its 134th Session from the 28th of February to the 25th of March 2022. The Human Rights Committee reviewed Bolivia, Cambodia, Israel, Iraq , and Qatar on the implementation of the ICCPR.
It also adopted the List of Issues on Brazil, Egypt and Turkmenistan and adopted a report on follow-up to Concluding Observations concerning Australia, Lebanon, Guatemala , and Norway as well as its follow-up report on the individual communications.
The review of the Russian Federation was also on the original agenda of the Committee but was postponed at the request of the Government, due to airspace ban in Europe.
The Committee confirmed that he Russian Federation will be reviewed at the next session in June/July 2022.
Moreover, in her statement, the Chair of the Committee expressed “extreme concern at the ongoing military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation conducted in breach of the fundamental principles of the United Nations, including the prohibition of the threat or use of force.”
During its 135th Session, scheduled from 27 June to 29 July 2022, the Committee will then review the Russian Federation, China(Hong Cong), China(Macau), Georgia, Ireland, Luxembourg , Sri Lanka and Uruguay. For the first time in two years, NGOs will be allowed to participate in person.
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