Important Information
The Central Support Services (CSS), in collaboration with the Security and Safety Service (SSS) will
pursue the maintenance works of the "Pregny" gate equipment. We would like to inform all
participants at 19th session of the Human Rights Council that these works will require closing the
"Pregny" gate to vehicles only, both the entry and exit ways, on Tuesday, 13 March 2012 from 13.00h
to 17:00h. The "Chemin de fer" gate will be open as usual.
Human Rights Council
Nineteenth session
Geneva, 27 February – 23 March 2012
Bulletin of informal meetings
Held in parallel to the session
The information contained in this document was compiled and is correct as of 12 noon of the previous working
day; it is reproduced as received and does not imply any opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the
United Nations, and can be subject to possible change.
Rooms E-3005, E-3009, E-3011, E-1015, and E-1019 have been allocated for meetings of European Union,
JUSCANZ, OIC, African Union and GRULAC respectively, for the entire duration of the session, and will not
be reflected in this document unless specifically requested.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
EU human rights experts
Private
XXII
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Cuba
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXVII
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXI
Permanent Mission of the Arab
Republic of Egypt on behalf of
NAM
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Open-ended informal consultations on
NAM draft resolutions
Private
XXI
Informal consultations on the draft
resolution on economic, social and cultural
rights
Informal consultations on a draft resolution
on human rights, democracy and rule of
law
Protection of human rights and
fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism
GRULAC and EU
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on the rights of the child
OIC Group meeting
Public
IX
Public
XXII
Public
XXVII
Public
IX
Private
XXVII
8.30 – 10.00
10.00 – 13.00
10.00 – 12.00
10.00 – 11.00
Permanent Missions of Romania,
Norway, Peru, Qatar and Tunisia
11.00 – 13.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
12.00 – 15.00
Permanent Mission of Uruguay
13.00 – 14.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation
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Bulletin of Informal Meetings
13.00 – 14.00
Permanent Mission of Morocco
15.00 – 18.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union
15.00 – 17.00
16.00 – 18.00
13 March and 14 March 2012
Co-sponsors meeting: Voluntary Trust
Fund for Technical Assistance to LDCs
and SIOS
Informal consultations
Private
XXI
Public
IX
Permanent Missions of Mexico
and New Zealand
Informal negotiations on draft resolution on
the rights of person with disabilities
Public
XXII
Permanent Mission of Pakistan
Ambassadorial level meeting
Private
VIII
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
10.00 – 12.00
Iranian Elite Research Center
(IREC)
CIVICUS: World Alliance for
Citizen Participation
Human rights and scientific achievements
Public
XXIV
UPR Experiences
Public
XXII
Mouvement contre le racisme et
pour l'amitié entre les peuples
(MRAP)
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Human rights in China
Public
XXIV
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Public
XXIII
13.00 – 15.00
World Student Christian
Federation (WSCF)
Human rights and elections in Africa
Public
XXII
14.00 – 16.00
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Public
XXIII
14.00 – 16.00
Nord-Sud XXI
Human rights and business
Public
XXIV
14.00 – 16.00
Organisation pour la
Communication en Afrique et de
Promotion de la Cooperation
Economique Internationale
(OCAPROCE International)
Istituto Internazionale Maria
Ausiliatrice and
International Volunteerism
Organization for Women,
Education and Development VIDES
Violence aganist women
Public
XXVII
Human rights in Lebanon
Public
XXIV
11.00 – 13.00
12.00 – 14.00
12.00 – 14.00
16.00 – 18.00
Type of Room
meeting
Forthcoming Meetings – Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Please note that the information on forthcoming events is indicative and may be subject to changes
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union
EU human rights experts
Private
XXII
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXVII
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Type of Room
meeting
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
13 March and 14 March 2012
8.00 – 9.00
Permanent Mission of Belgium
WEOG meeting
Private
XXIV
8.30 – 10.00
Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Cuba
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXI
9.00 – 13.00
Permanent Mission of Uruguay
Public
V
10.00 – 12.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union
GRULAC and EU
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on the rights of the child
Informal consultations
Private
XXII
10.00 – 12.00
Permanent Mission of the Arab
Republic of Egypt
NAM meeting
Private
XXI
10.00 – 11.00
OHCHR – Special Procedures
Branch and
Permanent Mission of Austria
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union
Informal exchange of views with the
Independent Expert on Minority Issues
Public
XXVII
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on freedom of religion and belief
Public
XXVII
Permanent Missions of
Switzerland, Turkey and Costa
Rica
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on the promotion and protection of human
rights in the context of peaceful protests
(short version:
draft resolution
human
Parliament’s
contribution
to theon
Universal
rights and
peaceful protests).
Periodic
Review
Public
XVI
Public
XXII
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXVII
Informal consultations: human rights and
the environment
Public
V
13.00 – 15.00
Permanent Mission of the
Kingdom of Morocco
Constitutional guarantees for promotion
and protection of human rights
Public
XXIV
13.30 - 15.30
Permanent Mission of the Somali
Republic
Informal consultations on Somalia
Public
XXII
14.00 – 15.00
HRC Presidency
Meeting of the President of HRC with
NGOs
Public
XXIII
15.00 – 16.00
Permanent Mission of Morocco
Private
XVI
15.00 – 16.00
Permanent Missions of Poland,
Chile, Republic of Korea, Australia
and South Africa
Co-sponsors meeting: Voluntary Trust
Fund for Technical Assistance to LDCs
and SIOS
Informal consultations on good
governance
Public
XXIII
11.00 – 13.00
11.00 – 13.00
12.00 – 13.30
13.00 – 14.00
13.00 – 15.00
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND
NON-
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
9.00 – 11.00
European Union of Jewish
Students - EUJS
Human rights in the Middle East
Public
XXIV
11.00 – 13.00
International Society for Human
Rights
International Bill of Rights
Public
XXIV
12.00 – 14.00
International Organization for the
Right to Education and Freedom
of Education (OIDEL) and
Permanent Mission of Slovenia
International policies on human rights
education
Public
XXI
12.00 – 14.00
Minority Rights Group (MRG)
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Public
XXIII
14.00 – 16.00
BADIL, Resource center for
Palestinian residency and refugee
rights
Human rights in Israel
Public
XXVII
-3-
Type of Room
meeting
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
13 March and 14 March 2012
14.00 – 16.00
Cairo Institute for Human Rights
Studies and
CIVICUS: World Alliance for
Citizen Participation
Human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
Public
XXI
15.00 – 17.00
Arab Lawyers Union (ALU)
Human rights during occupation
Public
XXIV
16.00 – 18.00
Agence Internationale pour le
Développement (AIDE)
Rights of children and women during
conflict
Public
XVI
16.00 – 18.00
International Association of Peace
Messenger Cities
Human rights in the Islamic world and
peace
Public
XXVII
16.00 – 18.00
International Humanist and Ethical
Union (IHEU)
Religion, law and human rights
Public
XXII
16.00 – 18.00
MADRE,Inc.
Human rights in Haiti
Public
XXI
16.00 – 18.00
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
Human rights in the United States of
America
Public
XXIII
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