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Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger | |
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Born | 1957 |
Nationality | Austrian |
Known for | Chair of United Nations Human Rights Council |
Predecessor | Coly Seck |
Successor | Nazhat Shameem |
Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, or Elisabeth Fisslberger, (born 1957) is an Austrian lawyer, translator and diplomat who was the first Austrian to serve as president of the United Nations Human Rights Council for 2020.
Tichy-Fisslberger was born in Vienna in 1957. She studied law at the University of Vienna whilst also studying French and Spanish translation. She gained a scholarship to study in Belgium at the Université catholique de Louvain. [1]
Tichy-Fisslberger was elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council in December 2019 to serve in 2020. [2] The Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, noted that her appointment was a recognition of her country's human rights efforts. She was the first Austrian to hold this position in the United Nations. [3] She took over the position from Coly Seck of Senegal who had held the position in 2019. [4] Her vice-presidents were Ambassadors Nasir Ahmad Andisha of Afghanistan, Togo's Yackoley Kokou Johnson, Mexico's Socorro Flores Liera and Slovakia's Juraj Podhorsky. [4]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
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Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger | |
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Born | 1957 |
Nationality | Austrian |
Known for | Chair of United Nations Human Rights Council |
Predecessor | Coly Seck |
Successor | Nazhat Shameem |
Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, or Elisabeth Fisslberger, (born 1957) is an Austrian lawyer, translator and diplomat who was the first Austrian to serve as president of the United Nations Human Rights Council for 2020.
Tichy-Fisslberger was born in Vienna in 1957. She studied law at the University of Vienna whilst also studying French and Spanish translation. She gained a scholarship to study in Belgium at the Université catholique de Louvain. [1]
Tichy-Fisslberger was elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council in December 2019 to serve in 2020. [2] The Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, noted that her appointment was a recognition of her country's human rights efforts. She was the first Austrian to hold this position in the United Nations. [3] She took over the position from Coly Seck of Senegal who had held the position in 2019. [4] Her vice-presidents were Ambassadors Nasir Ahmad Andisha of Afghanistan, Togo's Yackoley Kokou Johnson, Mexico's Socorro Flores Liera and Slovakia's Juraj Podhorsky. [4]