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The EU supports the UN's values of freedom, democracy and human rights. The preamble to the EU's treaty cites the UN Charter's human rights articles and is very active on the UN Human Rights Council. The EU was also instrumental in setting up the system of UN Special Rapporteurs on human rights issues. [7]
Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis is the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations since January 2024. Previously, he was the Head of the European Union Delegation to the United States. His predecessor was Olof Skoog, who was appointed European Union Special Representative for Human Rights in March 2024.
Some delegations are responsible for European Union activities and relations with third countries that have not established diplomatic relations with the EU and for special territories of EU member states, including some that are part of the EU itself (OMR). Territories that host office subordinate to such delegation are marked with *.
The European Union on Monday repeated calls for China to stop human rights violations after an EU delegation visited Tibet and also met with Chinese officials. The EU said in a statement it was ...
Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations: 81. Iraq: Abbas Kadhim Obaid Al-Fatlawi: chargé d'affaires ad interim: Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations: 82. Ireland: Fergal Tomas Mythen: 26 August 2022: 83. Israel: Danny Danon: 19 August 2024: Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations: 84. Italy ...
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent and impartial non-judicial institution established in 1999 by the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, to promote awareness of and respect for human rights in the council's 46 member states. The activities of Commissioner focus on three major, closely related areas:
The relationship between the ECJ and the ECtHR is potentially an issue in European Union law and human rights law. The ECJ rules on EU law while the ECtHR rules on the ECHR, which covers the 46 member states of the Council of Europe. Cases cannot be brought in the ECtHR against EU institutions (as the EU is not a member in its own right), but ...
A long-standing request [37] for a representative that would be in charge of enhancing the effectiveness and visibility of EU's human rights policy, based on the Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (officially adopted on 25 June 2012), [38] led to the creation of the post of the Special Representative of the ...