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HRC Sessions
58th session of the HRC
Seventh Intersessional Meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda – 11 February 2025
37th special session - Situation of human rights in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Organizational meeting to hold the election of a Vice-President for the 19th cycle of the Human Rights Council (31 January 2025)
Interactive dialogue on the oral update by the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Ukraine (8 January 2025 3 p.m.)
Organizational session for the 19th cycle of the Human Rights Council, 9 December 2024, 15 p.m.
Interactive dialogues on the oral update by the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua – and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (9, 13 December 2024)
Second intersessional meeting of the Human Rights Council on concrete ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the Council
57th session of the HRC
First intersessional meeting of the Human Rights Council on concrete ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the Council
56th session of the HRC
55th session of the HRC
Intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem, 5 February 2024 (a.m.)
Organizational meeting to hold the election of the President for the 18th cycle of the Human Rights Council, 10 January 2024
Interactive dialogue on oral update by the High Commissioner on the findings of the OHCHR report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine (a.m.)
(Hidden) HRC sessions
32nd special session (5 November 2021)
48th session (13 September to 8 October 2021)
31st special session (24 August 2021)
Intersessional roundtable on participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in HRC meetings , 16 July 2021
47th session (21 June to 13 July 2021)
30th special session (27 May 2021)
Intersessional panel discussion on the responsibility to protect, 11 May 2021
46th session (22 February to 23 March 2021)
29th special session (12 February 2021)
Organizational session for the 15th cycle of the HRC (7 December 2020)
Organizational session for the 14th cycle of the HRC (6 December 2019)
45th session (14 September to 6 October 2020)
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Briefing to Member States on PBIs (30 January 2025)
HRC gender trends (as of HRC34)
NEW - Informal briefing on rules and procedures of the Council - 3 September 2014
New tools, HRC Alert, Visual Directory, OHCHR directory
APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR NOMINATION, SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL PROCEDURES MANDATE HOLDERS
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Commemorative session to mark the 60th anniversary of the UDHR (Archives)
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Forum on Business and Human Right
Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
Forum on Minority Issues
Intergovernmental working group on a draft UN declaration on the right to peace
Social Forum