The Human Rights Council is a UN body of 47 States that promotes and protects all human rights worldwide. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva and discusses thematic and situational issues throughout the year. - The United Nations Human Rights Council has 47 voting members from five regional groups. They are elected for three years for a maximum period of two consecutive terms. - Members are voted on by... The Human Rights Council is a UN forum that discusses and acts on human rights issues and situations around the world. It has 47 Member States, adopts resolutions, appoints Special Procedures, and holds commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions. The Human Rights Council and its mechanisms (particularly the special procedures), as well as the human rights treaty body mechanisms, have contributed to the implementation of the responsibility ...
