Human Rights Council (HRC) 59th session

The 59th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC59) is scheduled to take place from 16 June to 11 July 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

This session provides a key platform for the international community to discuss, promote, and protect human rights worldwide.

The session will address a comprehensive agenda encompassing a broad spectrum of human rights issues. Major agenda items include the consideration of the Annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, discussions on the promotion and protection of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, and the review of specific human rights situations that require the Council’s attention.

The Human Rights Council will review numerous reports during the session. Regarding digital matters, the council will review:

• The Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the practical application of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to the activities of technology companies, including activities related to artificial intelligence (A/HRC/59/32)
• The Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on the freedom of expression and elections in the digital age (A/HRC/59/50)
• The Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on Artificial intelligence procurement and deployment: ensuring alignment with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (A/HRC/59/53)
• The Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the use of digital technologies to achieve universal birth registration (A/HRC/59/61)