If the country is voted into this UN Council, the Grand Duchy could fulfil a three-year term from 2022 to 2024.

47 states are currently represented on the UN Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. They are appointed by region. Luxembourg is a candidate in the Western European group, which is entitled to seven members. The mandates of Italy, Denmark, and Austria expire this year.

The UN General Assembly is expected to take the final decision during its meeting in New York on Thursday.

The Council can, for example, decide to send UN observers to a member state in case of alleged human rights violations.

Ahead of the vote on the Luxembourg mandate, the Luxembourgish initiative for a "duty of care", which campaigns for the introduction of a supply chain law, called on the government to push for "binding rules and laws" in accordance with human rights and environmental protection.

The UN Human Rights Council was created in 2007 by Kofi Annan, replacing the Commission on Human Rights. The United States has not been present in this body since 2018, on the grounds that the Council allegedly has an anti-Israeli bias.