The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the foremost intergovernmental body responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.
The 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council takes place from 13 September 2021 - 8 October 2021, in Geneva.
The HRC is presented with thematic and country reports from UN experts and where Member States debate and pass resolutions on cross-cutting human rights issues and human rights situations in particular countries.
Find below information on key reports and resolutions related to gender justice, sexuality and women's rights, as well as statements made by feminist activists and civil society on restrictions to civil society participation this session.
Key Reports at the 48th Session
- ‘Current state of play of the mainstreaming of the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations in the work of the Human Rights Council’ Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- ‘Indigenous peoples and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery’ Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- ‘Climate action at the national level’ Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development
- ‘Current state of play of the mainstreaming of the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations in the work of the Human Rights Council’ Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- ‘Nexus between displacement and contemporary forms of slavery’ Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- ‘Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance’ Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (to be shared when available)