Key Issues on the agenda
At this 56th session, the Council will discuss a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights through dedicated debates with the mandate holders and the High Commissioner, including with:
- The Special Rapporteur on the right to health
- The Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- The Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
- The Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression
- The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
- The Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
- The Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
- The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
In addition, the Council will hold dedicated debates on the rights of specific groups including with:
- The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- The Special Rapporteur on the rights of Internally Displaced Persons
- The Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
- The Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences
- The Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
- The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children
- The Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
The Council will also hold debates on interrelation of human rights and thematic issues including with:
- The High Commissioner on new and emerging technologies