Summary

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 51/17, in which the Council decided to convene a biennial panel discussion on youth and human rights, to be held during the September session of the Council, starting with its fifty-fourth session. The Council also decided that the theme of the panel discussion for the fifty-fourth session would be young people’s engagement with climate change and global environmental decision-making processes.

The Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize the panel discussion following consultations with young people, youth and youth-led organizations and to prepare a summary report on the panel discussion. The present report contains a summary of the panel discussion held on 26 September 2023.