The Human Rights Council’s 22nd session ended on Friday 22 March 2013 following the adoption of several resolutions of paramount importance for the European Union: on Syria, Myanmar/Burma, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Freedom of religion or belief, Rights of the Child and Sri Lanka. Four of these resolutions were presented and led by the EU. These important results were presented by Mr. Bert Theuermann, Chair of the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) in the Council of the European Union, during the last DROI subcommittee meeting, which took place at European Parliament in Brussels on April 11th. The Human Rights Council (HRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them. (suite…)