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Key votes at the 48th UN Human Rights Council and new composition in 2022

by Dr. Olaf Wientzek, Sarah Ultes, Sven Nicolay

Map of the Month 10/2021

The 48th UN Human Rights Council convened in Geneva from September 13 to October 11, 2021. Important votes were held, among other things, on a special rapporteur on Afghanistan, on the termination of the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen or on the recognition of the right to a clean and healthy environment and the establishment of a special rapporteur on climate change and human rights. On October 14, the new members of the UN Human Rights Council were elected in the UN General Assembly in New York. With a comeback of the US others, all members of the UN Security Council will be represented on the Human Rights Council starting from January 1, 2022,

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Dr. Olaf Wientzek

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Director of the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue Brussels

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