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Intersessional Meeting - Technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council: taking stock of the past for a better discharge of this mission in the future - 20 April 2023

Date/Time/Venue

Thursday, 20 April 2023, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (UTC+2)

Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva.

Live broadcast and archive :  https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19etutzgg

Background information

The resolution 51/34 requested OHCHR to hold, prior to the Human Rights Council’s fifty-third session, an inter-sessional meeting tailored to technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council. This meeting, scheduled for April 20, aims to provide a platform for States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to identify and reflect on the achievements made and obstacles faced in technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council, by sharing concrete best practices and experiences in this regard.

The outcome of the inter-sessional meeting will be included in the Agenda Item 10 report, which will be presented to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-third session, assessing technical cooperation and capacity building in the field of human rights and recommending the way forward to improve it.

Statements and Written Submissions from member States/NGOs

Panellists

  • H.E. Mr. Federico Villegas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Argentine Republic to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
  • Mr. Gustavo Gonzalez, UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines (video message)  
  • Ms. Alice Bahumi Mogwe, Founder and director of the human rights organization DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre for Human Rights and sitting President of the International Federation for Human Rights (video message)
  • Mr. Carsten Staur, Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) (video message)

Member States

NGOs and others

Key documents

Human Rights Council resolution 51/34 of 7 October 2022 on enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights