Durch die Schaffung dieses Rates würde den Menschenrechten eine autoritativere Stellung eingeräumt, wie sie dem Primat entspricht, der ihnen in der Charta der Vereinten Nationen zugewiesen wird.
Member States would need to decide if they want the Human Rights Council to be a principal organ of the United Nations or a subsidiary body of the General Assembly, but in either case its members would be elected directly by the General Assembly by a two-thirds majority of members present and voting.