Intersessional Meeting - Technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council: taking stock of the past for a better discharge of this mission in the future - 20 April 2023

Background information

The resolution 51/34 requested OHCHR to hold, prior to the Human Rights Council’s fifty-third session, an inter-sessional meeting tailored to technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council. This meeting, scheduled for April 20, aims to provide a platform for States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to identify and reflect on the achievements made and obstacles faced in technical cooperation and capacity-building in the Human Rights Council, by sharing concrete best practices and experiences in this regard.

The outcome of the inter-sessional meeting will be included in the Agenda Item 10 report, which will be presented to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-third session, assessing technical cooperation and capacity building in the field of human rights and recommending the way forward to improve it.