Welcome to BMUN!!!

 Hello delegates!! 

We are incredibly excited to welcome you to BMUN 72 and the UN Human Rights Committee! 

In this committee, you will be thinking critically and creatively about how cultural and social factors hold deep human rights implications that are not widely apparent. Moreover, we hope that your research and engagement in debate help you realize your own impact on the world through your consumption, awareness, and interactions with businesses, governments, the media, and other institutions. Our first topic addresses sportswashing and the rights of athletes, and our second topic covers ritual attacks and honor killings. 

This blog will act as our committee's more informal avenue for discussion and communication before the conference -- and we'd love to see you interact with it! The purpose of this blog is to (1) allow you to actively engage with the content of this committee and (2) give you all the opportunity to learn about other countries' policies before the debate actually starts. You can post comments on posts that we make and write about literally anything relevant to the topics at hand! For example, if you've found follow-up content or research you'd like to share, would like to discuss your country's opinion on the topic, or have other ideas in mind, this blog is the place for that! Please write from the perspective of the country that you are representing.

The official UNHRC committee page can be found here, where you can find our executive summary, synopsis, and the link to this blog. 

Here, I will also touch on some important guidelines and expectations as you start your research:

Position Papers

We highly recommend taking advantage of the synopsis as the starting point in your research. It may be really long (sorry), but we promise that it's a digestible read; plus a good portion of it is images and citations. 

UNHRC will use the standard, default position paper format. Position papers are due on Friday 18th to be considered for the Research Award, and on February 25th to be considered for any committee award. Please reach out to us if you need more time, and we would be happy to grant an extension (no later than March 1st). 

Procedure Guide 

UNHRC will be using standard BMUN/MUN procedure. If you have any questions about the topics, the procedure, your position paper, or BMUN in general, please don't hesitate to contact us at unhrcbmun72@bmun.org. 

Good luck with your research! We're so excited for BMUN 72!

My best,
Stephanie 
Head Chair of UNHRC, BMUN 72


Here's a lovely image of our dais! 

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