Open Letter to States

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Excellencies, Ahead of the 41st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (“the Council”), which will take place from 24 June-12 July 2019, we write to call on your delegation to deliver statements, both jointly and individually, and to engage in bilateral démarches to address the ongoing deterioration of the human rights situation in the United Republic of Tanzania. Since a group of 30 civil society organizations (CSOs) first addressed a letter on Tanzania to Council Members and Observers,…

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