Preparations are underway for the fourth annual Forum which is due to be held from 16 to 18 November 2015. Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva, specialized agencies, other intergovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC wishing to submit nominations for the position of chairperson of the Forum are invited to send these to the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, CH-1201 Geneva 10; Fax: +41 22 917 90 11; Email: [email protected]) no later than 15 August 2015.

[Previous chairpersons: Professor John Ruggie (USA), Mr. Makarim Wibisono (Indonesia), and Mr. Mo Ibrahim (Sudan).  Chairpersons are appointed on a regional rotation.  This year, candidates are invited from Latin America & Caribbean or Eastern Europe]