Human Rights Council President

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The Human Rights Council President is the elected head of the United Nations Human Rights Council, responsible for guiding its work, presiding over its sessions, and overseeing key appointments and procedures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations position ⓘ
leadership role ⓘ
position ⓘ
affiliatedWith United Nations ⓘ
appointedBy United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
basedIn Geneva ⓘ
canBe renewed for an additional year ⓘ
chairs Bureau of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
collaboratesWith Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly on human rights matters ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
createdBy United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/251 ⓘ
electedBy member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
follows regional rotation among United Nations regional groups ⓘ
governs application of the Council’s rules of procedure during meetings ⓘ
hasDeputy Vice-Presidents of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver work of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
inception 2006 ⓘ
languageUsed United Nations official languages ⓘ
locatedIn Palais des Nations ⓘ
oversees appointment processes for independent experts and special rapporteurs ⓘ
organization of the Council’s annual program of work ⓘ
selection of mandate holders for special procedures ⓘ
work of the Bureau of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
partOf United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
precedes role of Chairperson of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
reportsTo United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
represents United Nations Human Rights Council in intergovernmental meetings ⓘ
requires being a representative of a member state of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
responsibleFor announcing decisions of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
ensuring orderly conduct of Council debates ⓘ
ensuring respect for the Council’s rules of procedure ⓘ
facilitating consensus among Council members ⓘ
guiding the work of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
maintaining procedural discipline during Council sessions ⓘ
managing the speaking order during Council meetings ⓘ
opening and closing regular sessions of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
opening and closing special sessions of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
overseeing key appointments within the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
overseeing procedural matters of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
presiding over sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
putting draft resolutions to a vote ⓘ
representing the Human Rights Council in official functions ⓘ
roleIn United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
selectedFrom representatives of member states of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
subjectOf United Nations Human Rights Council rules of procedure ⓘ
termLength one year ⓘ

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Independent Experts → selectedBy → Human Rights Council President ⓘ
Human Rights Council Secretariat → supports → President of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
linked to: Human Rights Council President