Human Rights: Look Ahead for 2021

Human Rights Council Reviews Programme of Work for 2021

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The Human Rights Council held its year-end organisational session this week to discuss activities for 2021. Human Rights Council President Elisabeth Tichy Fisslberger of Austria, and the Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva, Tatiana Valovaya, gave an update on the resources for conferences services. The Human Rights Council was the only Geneva-based UN organization that was able to complete its work programme for 2020, despite COVID-19 restrictions.

The HRC also considered a draft referent to the methods of work of its Consultative Group – a five-member body charged with making recommendations on appointments for the Councils’ independent experts known as the Speci…