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51st regular session of the Human Rights Council

Name: 51st regular session of the Human Rights Council
Start: 2022-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-10-07T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Hybrid | Geneva and Online

12 September 2022 - 7 October 2022

Free

Dear civil society,

The Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-first regular session from 12 September to 7 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, currently serving as acting High Commissioner, will present the High Commissioner’s oral update at 9 a.m. on Monday, 12 September in room XX.

Event info for in-person and/or virtual participation by NGOs:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/regular-sessions/session51/regular-session

https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/accreditation

Panel discussions to include:

Biennial panel discussion on the right to development
Theme: 35 years on: policy pathways to operationalizing the right to development
Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms
Theme: Overcoming gender-based barriers to freedom of opinion and expression
Panel discussion on the future of the right to work in connection with climate change actions, responses and impacts in the context of sustainable and inclusive economies
Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples
Theme: Impact of social and economic recovery plans in the COVID-19 context on indigenous peoples, with a special focus on food security
Panel discussion on the negative impact of the legacies of colonialism on the enjoyment of human right

The Human Rights Council:

The composition of the Human Rights Council at its fifty-first session is as follows: Argentina (2024); Armenia (2022); Benin (2024); Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2023); Brazil (2022); Cameroon (2024); China (2023); Côte d’Ivoire (2023); Cuba (2023); Czechia (2023); Eritrea (2024); Finland (2024); France (2023); Gabon (2023); Gambia (2024); Germany (2022); Honduras (2024); India (2024); Indonesia (2022); Japan (2022); Kazakhstan (2024); Libya (2022); Lithuania (2024); Luxembourg (2024); Malawi (2023); Malaysia (2024); Marshall Islands (2022); Mauritania (2022); Mexico (2023); Montenegro (2024); Namibia (2022); Nepal (2023); Netherlands (2022); Pakistan (2023); Paraguay (2024); Poland (2022); Qatar (2024); Republic of Korea (2022); Senegal (2023); Somalia (2024); Sudan (2022); Ukraine (2023); United Arab Emirates (2024); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2023); United States of America (2024); Uzbekistan (2023); and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (2022).

The President of the Council is Federico Villegas (Argentina). The Vice-Presidents are Andranik Hovhannisyan (Armenia); Muhammadou M.O. Kah (Gambia); Katharina Stasch (Germany); and Vice-President and Rapporteur Ulugbek Lapasov (Uzbekistan).

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bknotts@uua.org or bobbinassar@yahoo.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please visit facebook.com/NGOCoRIP. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the vice chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights/NY, please visit childrightsny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY, please visit ngocsw.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Geneva, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Vienna, please visit ngocswvienna.org.

Details

Start:: 12 September 2022
End:: 7 October 2022
Cost:: Free
Event Category:: UN Events
Event Tags:: ableism, agriculture, borders, climate action, climate chaos, climate finance, colonialism, COVID-19, culture, domestic violence, ecocide, economic justice, education, financial inclusion, freedom of expression, GBV, gender, gender equality, genocide prevention, global governance, green economy, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Council and NGOs, human rights defenders, human rights protections, human rights violations, indigenous peoples, land use, multilateralism, OHCHR, OHCHR and NGOs, patriarchy, peacebuilding, political inclusion, pollution, poverty, public health, right to work, SDGs, security, technology, UN charter, youth
Website:: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/regular-sessions/session51/regular-session

Venue

Hybrid | Geneva and Online

Geneva, Switzerland

Organizer

: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

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