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Austrian lawyer and diplomat
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Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger
Tichy-Fisslberger in 2020
Born1957
Vienna
NationalityAustrian
Known forChair of United Nations Human Rights Council
PredecessorColy Seck
SuccessorNazhat 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.

Early life and education

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.

Career

Tichy-Fisslberger (left) receiving the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein alongside Petra Schneebauer by Sabine Monauni in September 2021

Tichy-Fisslberger was elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council in December 2019 to serve in 2020. 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. She took over the position from Coly Seck of Senegal who had held the position in 2019. 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.

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Honours

References

  1. "TICHY-FISSLBERGER, Elisabeth". www.da-vienna.ac.at. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. Nick Cumming-Bruce (November 29, 2020), Leadership of U.N. Human Rights Body Becomes Proxy Battle for World Powers New York Times.
  3. "Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger: Österreicherin neue Präsidentin des UNO-Menschenrechtsrates". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  4. ^ "OHCHR | Human Rights Council Elects Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger of Austria as its President for 2020". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  5. Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
  6. "Zwei Orden an österreichische Spitzendiplomatinnen in Wien überreicht". Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2024.


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