CAP LC submitted this written statement during the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (15 June – 10 July 2026) under Agenda Item 3, updating the Council on the escalating situation facing members of the Christian Gospel Mission (CGM), also known as Providence, in the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (Province of) China.
CAP Liberté de Conscience, Global Human Rights Defence, and United Village co-hosted a side event at the Palais des Nations during HRC 62 on the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway and its impact on snow leopard habitat and high-mountain ecosystems in Kyrgyzstan. Speakers including Gary Cartwright (EU Today) and Sascha Fass (former Danish MP) called for full publication of Environmental Impact Assessments, independent ecological review, and EU GSP+ leverage to ensure transparency, public participation, and protection of the right to a healthy environment.
CAP Liberté de Conscience and Global Human Rights Defence co-hosted a side event at the Geneva Press Club during HRC 62 on forced religious conversions and minority women in Pakistan. MEPs, human rights defenders, and minority representatives examined abduction patterns, child marriage, blasphemy laws, and EU GSP+ leverage. Speakers called for enforcement of existing laws, independent investigations, education reform, and international accountability to protect Hindu, Christian, and Sikh girls from coercion and exploitation.
CAP Liberté de Conscience delivered an oral statement at HRC 62 through EU Today editor Gary Cartwright, addressing the human rights and climate change implications of the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway. The statement highlights risks to snow leopard habitat, fragile mountain ecosystems, and water security in Kyrgyzstan, calling for full disclosure of Environmental Impact Assessments, independent ecological review, and meaningful participation by affected communities. It affirms that the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment must be upheld in major infrastructure decisions.
CAP LC President Thierry Valle reports from the 62nd UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, where Amhara demonstrators gathered at the Broken Chair to demand action against genocide and attacks on Orthodox churches. The article covers MEP advocacy in Brussels, CAP LC’s multi-year engagement on Ethiopia, and calls for reinstating the UN Commission of Human Rights Experts with an expanded mandate.
On 2 July 2026, from 10:00 to 11:00, United Villages will host a side-event at the Palais des Nations, Room XI, on the margins of the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council. CAP Liberté de Conscience is proud to be a partner of this event.
The conference will explore the intersection of climate change, biodiversity loss, and human rights through the lens of one of the world’s most iconic endangered species: the snow leopard. The discussion will focus on the threats posed by transboundary linear infrastructure — railways, roads, and energy corridors — to high-mountain ecosystems, ecological connectivity, and the communities that depend on them.
UN experts document systematic abduction and forced religious conversion of minority women and girls in Pakistan. In 2025, 75% of victims were Hindu, 25% Christian, with 80% of cases in Sindh. Adolescent girls aged 14–18 are primary targets, facing abuse, stigma, and trauma. Baloch women face compounded ethnic and religious persecution. Co-organised by CAP Liberté de Conscience and Global Human Rights Defence, this HRC 62 side-event examines international accountability mechanisms and urgent protection measures.
At HRC 62, CAP LC presents the testimony of Yoshiko Nishi, a second-generation Unification Church member from Japan. Following the Tokyo High Court’s dissolution order, liquidators seized all churches nationwide within hours, depriving members of their place of worship, community, and right to peaceful assembly. This arbitrary state dismantling, amplified by stigmatizing media coverage, violates the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association under international human rights law.
