Human Rights Council Session : Week 1 (Sept. 13-16)
On September 13, the Human Rights Council (HRC) opened its 33rd regular session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. HRC President CHOI Kyong-lim presided over the opening of the session which will take place in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room (also known as Room XX) from September 13-30. Room XX was filled with Member States delegates, civil society observers, and NGO representatives who were electrified from the outset by the opening statement of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. The tone of his statement was a change from the...