DR ‹ › The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) launched its 61st session on Monday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, with Morocco actively participating. This session, which continues until March 31, will scrutinize over 80 reports and host around twenty interactive debates with independent experts and mandate holders. Morocco is represented by a delegation led by the Interministerial Delegate for Human Rights, Mohamed El Habib Belkouch. He is set to deliver Morocco's address during the plenary session of the high-level segment. In addition, the Interministerial Delegate will chair a high-level side event focused on the International Network of National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF), which Morocco coordinates. Scheduled for February 24, this event is organized in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Permanent Missions of Morocco, Brazil, Portugal, and Paraguay to the UN-Geneva, and the Universal Rights Group. The meeting will highlight the Network's achievements, including the adoption of its action plan for 2026-2030 and the launch of its virtual platform. Over the course of more than five weeks, the 47 member states will thoroughly examine the human rights situations in nearly forty countries, alongside numerous thematic reports addressing issues such as torture, cultural rights, the right to food, environmental concerns, counter-terrorism, and privacy protection. The high-level segment, running from February 23 to 25, will convene representatives from over a hundred countries. Six heads of state or government, more than 70 foreign ministers, and 13 ministers of justice and attorneys general, among other dignitaries, will take the stage.
