The second session of the Forum was held on 22 and 23 November 2018, in Room XVII at Palais des Nations in Geneva. In accordance with resolution 34/41 adopted on 6 April 2017, the theme of the second session of the Forum was ‘Parliaments as promoters of human rights, democracy and the rule of law’.

Mr. Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, was appointed Chairperson of the second session of the Forum.

• Chairperson’s report: Summary of the discussions of the Forum A/HRC/40/65
• Annotated Provisional Agenda A/HRC/FD/2018/1
• Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
• Programme of work
• Final list of participants
• Biographies of panellists
• Summary of recommendations

Videos

• Opening meeting
• Panel Discussion on Parliaments as Key Actors
• Panel Discussion on Parliaments as Key Actors (Cont'd)
• Panel Discussion on Parliaments Facing Global Challenges
• Panel Discussion on Parliaments working with others
• Panel Discussion on Enhancing the involvement of parliaments
• Closing meeting

Participation in the 2018 Forum

Human Rights Council resolutions 28/14 and 34/41 decided that the Forum would be “open to the participation of States, United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and mechanisms in the field of human rights, national human rights institutions and other relevant national bodies, academics and experts and non-governmental organizations…”

States are kindly informed that, in accordance with resolutions 28/14 and 34/41, which request an open and transparent accreditation procedure and timely information on participation of and consultations with the States concerned, the list of organizations approved for accreditation to the second session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law will be posted and updated regularly on the Human Rights Council Extranet.

Inputs received

The views and/or opinions expressed in the contributions listed below are those of the contributing organizations and do not reflect in any way the views and/or opinions of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). OHCHR is not responsible for the content of the organizations’ views and/or opinions. The use and posting of the contributions do not provide any legal and/or other status to the contributing organizations or association with OHCHR.

Statements

• AfriForum
• Association for the human rights of the Azerbaijani people in Iran
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Huang Youyi
• Human Rights Cat
• Pakistan 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Portugal
• Sudan
• UNDP 1 | 2 | 3
• Uspishna Varta 1 | 2
• Yemen Parliament

Submissions

These submissions were received in response to the call for inputs on the topics to be discussed during the second Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.

Member States

• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Canada 1 | 2
• Georgia
• Guatemala
• Honduras 1 | 2
• Mexico
• Sierra Leone (Parliament)
• Switzerland

National Human Rights Institutions

• Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación, Argentina
• Australian Human Rights Commission
• Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
• Danish Institute for Human Rights
• Equality and Human Rights Commission (UK)
• Greek National Commission for Human Rights 1 | 2
• National Human Rights Commission, India
• National Human Rights Commission of Mexico
• National Human Rights Commission of Korea
• National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India

International and regional organisations

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• European Union
• International IDEA
• Inter-Parliamentary Union

Regional Parliaments

• Parlamento Andino 1 | 2 | 3

NGOs

• ANAPRODH - Association Nationale de Promotion et de Protection des Droits de L’Homme
• CEPAZ
• Child Rights International Network

Academics and experts

• Dr Eloise Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of East Anglia
• Jacob J. Lumier, SSF/RIO
• Parliaments, Rule of Law and Human Rights Research Project, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
• Professor Abdoul Lamine Kamara, Institut des Hautes Etudes Dakar Senegal
• Tcharbuahbokengo NFINN, Co-Chair, Farmers Major Group United Nations Environment Programme. Director General; Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights (FEEDAR & HR), Cameroon