The 20th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) offers an opportunity to reflect on its achievements and examine how its institutional practice has evolved. A key feature of the first two decades of the Council has been the gradual widening of space for meaningful engagement by stakeholders beyond national governments.

This roundtable will approach National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), Indigenous Peoples and local and regional governments not as separate categories of stakeholders, but as entry points into a broader institutional question: how has the HRC widened participation over its first 20 years, and how can this evolution strengthen its impact in the future?.

Date: 19 June 2026
Time: 09:00 – 12:00 CEST
Location: Villa Rigot