The organizations united under the umbrella of the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition argued that Russia’s ongoing aggression and human rights violations on the territory of Ukraine was incompatible with membership.
In spite of aggressive diplomatic campaigning on Russia’s part, the Putin regime failed to convince the UN to re-admit the country to the Human Rights Council, from which it was suspended in April 2022.
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee commends all who took a stance against Russian membership in the HRC.