The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the foremost intergovernmental body responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. The 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council takes place from 19th June 2023- 14 July 2023, in Geneva.
The HRC is presented with thematic and country reports from UN experts and is 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 53rd Session
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‘Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan’ Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls A/HRC/53/21
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Gendered inequalities of poverty: feminist and human rights-based approaches - Report of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls A/HRC/53/39
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel A/HRC/53/22
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How to expand and diversify regularization mechanisms and programmes to enhance the protection of the human rights of migrants - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants A/HRC/53/26
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The right to education, advances and challenges - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education To be shared
Trafficking in persons and international protection - Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children To be shared -
Reimagining justice: confronting contemporary challenges to the independence of judges and lawyers - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers A/HRC/53/31
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The employment guarantee as a tool in the fight against poverty - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights A/HRC/53/33
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Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity A/HRC/53/37
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Advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association A/HRC/53/38
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Compendium of good practices on access to medicines, vaccines and other health products in the context of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights A/HRC/53/50
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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 A/HRC/53/62
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Digital innovation, technologies, and the right to health - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health A/HRC/53/65
Key Statements
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Resolutions
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