Today at #UNGA#, 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 reaffirmed full support for the @IntlCrimCourt. We call on all States to respect its independence, cooperate fully with the Court and refrain from any interference in its vital work. Full statement 👉

When journalists are silenced, we all lose. On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, and every day, we need to protect those who stand up for us all.

Media freedom and the safety of journalists are essential to democratic societies. Estonia joins the @MediaFreedomC statement marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, reaffirming the importance of protecting journalists and ensuring accountability for crimes committed against them. Full statement ⬇️

🇪🇪 on behalf of #NB8# 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪 ✅ GA, not 3C, must act on the #HRC# report ✅ Dialogue cannot replace principled action ✅ Adequate financing is essential ✅ NB8 remains committed to addressing HR situations worldwide Full statement 👉

At #UNSC# debate on #WPS#, 🇪🇪 called for full implementation of #UNSCR1325#: ✅ensure women’s meaningful participation & leadership ✅advance rights-based digital transformation ✅uphold accountability for SGBV incl. #CRSV# ✅condemn ru targeted attacks against 🇺🇦 women and children

🇪🇪 strongly supports the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of HR in RF @KatzarovaM ✅The reports show that the situation of HR in RF is rapidly deteriorating. ✅Repressions, including transnational, are widespread and systemic, notably targeting HRDs.

At #UNGA81# Third Committee, Lithuania, on behalf of the #NB8# 🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪, highlighted Belarus’s growing disregard for human rights, at home and beyond its borders. Belarus actively supports Russia’s war of aggression, increasingly generates hybrid threats against its neighbours, including the instrumentalisation of migrants, and is complicit in the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children. It must stop. belarus keeps tightening its grip on human rights: ▪️Dismantles civil society and independent media ▪️Jails opponents on political charges and uses torture, including sexual & gender-based violence ▪️Targets Belarusians abroad through transnational repression ▪️Specifically targets women activists, journalists and human rights defenders ▪️ Treats political prisoners as bargaining chips Releases must be unconditional, with no coercion, forced exile or further punishment. #HumanRights# #StandWithUkraine#

🔴 The veto must never shield a permanent member from accountability for its own violations of the UN Charter. 🔴 At the #UNGA# annual debate on the use of the veto, Latvia, on behalf of the Baltic States 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹, called for greater transparency, accountability, and restraint in the use of the veto! @Latvian_MFA @LithuaniaUNNY @EstoniaUN

⚖️ International Law Week is in full swing at the UN! Latvia on behalf of the Baltic States 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 opend the first #ILC# session with a clear message: 🌊 Rising seas must not erode legal certainty, stable maritime boundaries nor the continuity of statehood. @Latvian_MFA @EstoniaUN @LithuaniaUNNY

Today Sweden spoke on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic countries in the UN dialogue on the Human Rights situation in the Russian Federation. The most recent report is harrowing reading, showing that “torture and ill-treatment remained widespread, systematic and part of a government strategy of repression”. 🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪 Read the statement here: Read the UN-report here:

In the dialogue with the IICI on Ukraine, the Nordic and Baltic countries reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity & called for an immediate, full and unconditional ceasefire as a first step to a just and lasting peace

In dialogue with the Chair of the Committee & UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DPR @LehtoHeli on behalf of 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇪🇪🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪 urged to keep disability inclusion at the core of humanitarian action during reforms.

Sweden spoke on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic countries yesterday on the topic of preventing, investigating and preventing unlawful deaths of older persons: “the right to life is non-derogable and must be upheld for everyone, regardless of age” #UNGA# #ThirdCommittee# #NB8# 🇪🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪

“Exile no longer necessarily provides safety.” In the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Nordic-Baltic states highlighted how transnational repression, digital surveillance & online harassment increasingly target defenders across borders.

At #UNGA81# Third Committee, Lithuania, on behalf of NB8 🇪🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇱🇹🇱🇻🇳🇴🇸🇪, highlighted that freedom of religion or belief extends beyond life. Russia's destruction of religious sites, cemeteries and memorials in Ukraine🇺🇦 deprives communities of their right to mourn with dignity. #StandWithUkraine# #UNGA# #FRoB# #FreedomOfReligion# #NoToRussianAggression#

Estonia ranks #1# among the countries assessed in @freedomhouse’s Freedom on the Net 2026 report. 🇪🇪🌐 A free and open internet is essential to democracy and human rights. Estonia remains committed to safeguarding internet freedom and ensuring that digital development goes hand in hand with security and trust. Read Freedom House’s full report here:

🇪🇪 emphasized at timely @UNICEF briefing on 🇺🇦 👉IHL and principles of UN Charter are violated daily by ru forces, number of children killed is atrociously high. 👉Admiration for humanitarian workers, who risk their lives daily. 👉#URC2027# will provide hope at the darkest hour.

🇪🇪 has the honor to co-sponsor a side-event “Beyond Borders, not Beyond Reach: Addressing Transnational Repression and Reprisals for Cooperation with the UN”. ⏱️Tuesday, 20 October, 1:15pm-2:30pm 📍UNHQ, Conference Room 7 or via UN Web TV Please join us!

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Youth activism is essential to strong democracies, resilient democratic institutions, and the protection of human rights. At the #UNGA81# Third Committee, the Nordic-Baltic States called for safe and enabling civic space, both online and offline, and meaningful youth participation in decision-making. Full 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 statement: @Ginitastar

At the Sixth Committee of the #UNGA81#, Latvia, on behalf of 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹, underscored the vital role of universal jurisdiction in closing accountability gaps and ensuring that perpetrators of the gravest international crimes find no safe haven. ⚖️ Full 🇱🇻 statement