54th UNHRC session to commence on Monday (11)

by Staff Writer 11-09-2023 | 8:41 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st); The 54th session of the Human Rights Council will open at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The fifty-fourth regular session will take place from 11th September to 13th October 2023.

The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 11 September under the presidency of Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czech Republic).

The opening will be addressed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk.

During the session, the Council will hold 29 interactive dialogues with Special Procedure mandate holders, expert mechanisms and investigative mechanisms.

Reports and oral updates will also be presented on the human rights situations in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Nicaragua among other nations.

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system, made up of 47 States which are responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe.

The Council was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them.

The composition of the Human Rights Council at its fifty-fourth session is as follows: Algeria (2025); Argentina (2024); Bangladesh (2025); Belgium (2025); Benin (2024); Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2023); Cameroon (2024); Chile (2025); China (2023); Costa Rica (2025); Côte d’Ivoire (2023); Cuba (2023); Czech Republic (2023); Eritrea (2024); Finland (2024); France (2023); Gabon (2023); Gambia (2024); Georgia (2025); Germany (2025); Honduras (2024); India (2024); Kazakhstan (2024); Kyrgyzstan (2025); Lithuania (2024); Luxembourg (2024); Malawi (2023); Malaysia (2024); Maldives (2025); Mexico (2023); Montenegro (2024); Morocco (2025); Nepal (2023); Pakistan (2023); Paraguay (2024); Qatar (2024); Romania (2025); Senegal (2023); Somalia (2024); South Africa (2025); Sudan (2025); Ukraine (2023); United Arab Emirates (2024); United Kingdom (2023); United States (2024); Uzbekistan (2023); and Viet Nam (2025).

The term of membership of each State expires in the year indicated in parentheses.