Sixth Intersessional Meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda – 18 January 2024
Date/Time: Thursday 18 January 2024, 10:00 – 18:00 CET
Venue: Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva
The 2024 Intersessional Meeting is the sixth of a series of intersessional meetings of the Human Rights Council on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Intersessional Meeting was mandated by Resolution A/HRC/RES/52/14 of April 2023.
The Intersessional Meeting will base its discussions on the theme of the 2024 July High-level Political Forum (HLPF): “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: The effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions.”
This Intersessional Meeting will centre on exploring how leveraging the human rights framework can position the international financial, debt and tax architecture to proactively support, rather than impede, the realization of human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Without prejudice to the integrated, indivisible, and interlinked nature of the SDGs, particular emphasis will be placed on three of the five SDGs that will be reviewed in-depth by the HLPF in July 2024: SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions), and SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals).
Statements and speeches
Speakers
- H.E. Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council
- H.E. Ms. Paula Narvaez, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) / video message
- Mr. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights / video message
Keynote address:
- Ms. Fernanda Cimbra Santiago, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Brazil
Panellists
- Prof. Jayati Ghosh / video message
- Prof. Avinash Persaud
- Mr. Robert Powell, IMF / video message
- Ms. Sarah Saadoun, Human Rights Watch
15:00 – 16:20, Session 2:
- Mr. Navid Hanif, ASG (DESA) / video message
- Prof. Attiya Waris, IE on foreign debt
- Ms. Maryann L. N. Lwandamina, Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia / video message
- Prof. Musa Shteiwi, Economic and Social Council
16:30 – 17:45, Session 3:
Member States
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas 1-2
- Brazil
- Cabo Verde
- Canada
- Cuba
- Colombia
- Ecuador (on behalf of GoF)
- El Salvador
- India 1-2-3
- Iran 1-2
- Iraq
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Norway
- Palestine
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Sierra Leone
- Spain
- Thailand
- Venezuela
- Venezuela (on behalf of GoF)
- Zimbabwe
Regional Organizations
UN Agencies
NGOs and others
Documentation
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
A/HRC/56/35 - Summary of the Sixth intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council in April 2023
A/HRC/RES/52/14 – Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Related links
First HRC intersessional meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda (16 January 2019)
Second HRC intersessional meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda (3 December 2019)
Third HRC intersessional meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda (14 January 2021)
Fourth HRC intersessional meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda (18 January 2022)
Fifth HRC intersessional meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda (19 January 2023)