In this joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council 20th Session the ICJ, Amnesty International, ISHR, Canada HIV/Aids Legal Network and FIAN call on all States to accept requests for country visits, and to extend all reasonable cooperation and assistance to facilitate timely and effective country visits. The organizations are concerned that some country visits have not always been characterised by the level of respectful engagement that would be expected. Issues of substance will not always be agreed on; they should be dealt with on their merits.
