Human Rights Council
Twenty-second session
Geneva, 25 February – 22 March 2013
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, 12 March 2013
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION
Type of
meeting
Room
Coordination meeting of EU human rights
experts
Private
XXIV
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
9.00 – 10.30
African Union (AU)
African Group meeting
Private
XXIII
9.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
10.00 – 12.00
Permanent Mission of Austria
Public
XXI
10.00 – 12.00
Permanent Mission of the Islamic
Republic of Iran
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on the rights of persons belonging to
minorities
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
10.30 – 12.00
African Group
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin
Public
XXIII
12.00 – 13.00
Permanent Mission of Libya
Technical assistance provided to Libya in
the field of human rights
Public
XXI
12.00 – 14.00
Permanent Mission of Uruguay
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on human rights and humanitarian
assistance
Public
XVI
13.00 – 14.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation
Permanent Mission of Australia
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
JUSCANZ meeting
Private
E-3023
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
8.30 – 10.00
13.00 – 14.00
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Bulletin of Informal Meetings
12 March and 13 March 2013
13.00 – 15.00
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on the question of the realization in all
countries of economic, social and cultural
rights
Public
XXI
14.00 – 15.00
OHCHR – HRC Secretariat
High Commissioner of Human Rights
meeting with NGOs
Public
XIX
14.00 – 15.00
Permanent Delegation of the
League of Arab States
Human rights experts meeting
Private
E-3023
15.00 – 17.00
Permanent Missions of Costa
Rica, Turkey and Switzerland
Public
XXI
15.00 – 17.00
Permanent Mission of South Africa
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on the promotion and protection of human
rights in the context of peaceful protests
Informal consultation on the mandate of
the Intergovernmental Working Group on
the Effective Implementation of the DDPA
Public
E-3023
16.00 – 18.00
Permanent Mission of Armenia
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on preventing of genocide
Public
XXIII
16.00 – 19.00
Permanent Mission of Uruguay
GRULAC – EU Informal consultations on
draft resolution on the rights of the child
Public
XVI
16.00 – 17.30
Permanent Mission of Uruguay
Meeting of the Group of Friends of Haiti
Private
E-3025
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
12.00 – 14.00
Association Apprentissage Sans
Frontière (ASF)
Education by apprenticeship
Public
XXIV
12.00 – 14.00
Comité International pour le
Respect et l'Application de la
Charte Africaine des Droits de
l'Homme et des Peuples (CIRAC)
Human rights in South Asia
Public
XXVII
12.00 – 14.00
International Educational
Development Inc.
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Public
XXIII
14.00 – 16.00
Asian Legal Resource Centre
Enforced disappearances, extrajudicial
executions and justice in South Asia
Public
XXII
14.00 – 16.00
Association apprentissage and
Permanent Mission of Burkina
Faso
Centre Europe - Tiers Monde Europe-Third World Centre
Education by apprenticeship
Public
XVI
Human rights in Colombia
Public
XXVII
14.00 –16.00
Food first Information and Action
Network (FIAN)
Human rights in Germany
Public
XXIV
14.00 – 16.00
People for Successful Corean
Reunification
Human rights in Democratic People's
Republic of Korea
Public
XXIII
16.00 – 18.00
Baha'i International Community
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Public
XXIV
16.00 –18.00
Centro de Estudios Legales y
Sociales (CELS) Asociación Civil
Human rights in Paraguay
Public
XXII
14.00 – 16.00
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
12 March and 13 March 2013
16.00 – 18.00
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Public
XXVII
17.00 – 19.00
Japanese Association for the Right
to Freedom of Speech (JRFS)
Human rights in Japan
Public
XXI
Forthcoming Meetings – Wednesday, 13 March 2013
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 Mission of Spain
WEOG coordination meeting
Private
XXI
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
Coordination meeting of EU human rights
experts
Private
XXIV
8.30 – 10.00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
9.00 – 12.00
African Union (AU)
African Group meeting
Private
XXIII
9.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
10.00 – 12.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
EU Informal meeting
Public
XXIV
10.00 – 12.00
Permanent Mission of Denmark
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment
Public
XXI
10.00 – 12.00
Permanent Mission of the Islamic
Republic of Iran
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
10.00 – 13.00
Permanent Mission of Uruguay
GRULAC – EU Informal consultations on
draft resolution on the rights of the child
Public
S.4
12.00 – 13.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
12.00 – 13.00
Permanent Mission of Belgium
Informal consultations on the draft
resolution "Panel on the human rights of
children of parents sentenced to the death
penalty or executed”
Public
XXI
13.00 – 15.00
OHCHR - Minority issues, Special
Procedures Branch, OHCHR
Roundtable discussion on the rights of
linguistic minorities convened by the
Independent Expert on minority issues
Public
XXII
13.00 – 14.30
Permanent Mission of Ethiopia
and World Vision International
Panel discussion on the human rights
implication of linking birth registration and
health systems
Public
XXI
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
12 March and 13 March 2013
13.00 – 14.00
Permanent Mission of South Africa
Informal consultation on the mandate of
the Open-ended Intergovernmental
Working Group on PMSCs
Public
VII
13.15 – 15.00
OHCHR,
Protecting economic, social and cultural
rights: the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Public
VIII
the Permanent Mission of Portugal
on behalf of the Group of Friends
of the Optional Protocol to the
ICESCR and
the International Commission of
Jurists on behalf of the
International NGO Coalition on the
Optional Protocol to the ICESR
14.00 – 18.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation
OIC Ambassadors meeting
Private
VII
14.00 – 16.00
Permanent Mission of Armenia
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on preventing of genocide
Public
XXIII
14.30 – 17.00
Permanent Mission of Norway
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on Human Rights Defenders
Public
XXI
15.00 – 17.00
Permanent Mission of the United
States of America
Informal consultations
Public
VIII
17.00 – 19.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on freedom of religion or belief
Public
XXI
17.00 – 19.00
Permanent Missions of France,
Benin, Costa Rica, Mongolia and
the Republic of Moldova
Informal consultations on draft decision on
the organization of a panel on the
implementation of moratorium on the
death penalty
Public
XXII
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
12.00 – 14.00
CIVICUS - World Alliance for
Citizen Participation
Human rights in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan
Public
XXIII
12.00 – 14.00
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Public
XXIV
14.00 – 16.00
Conference of Non-Governmental
Organizations in Consultative
Relationship with the United
Nations (CONGO)
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Introduction to UPR
Public
XXIV
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Public
XXVII
16.00 – 18.00
International Youth and Student
Movement for the United Nations
Human rights in Western Sahara
Public
XXIII
16.00 – 18.00
Nonviolent Radical Party,
Transnational and Transparty
Human rights in China
Public
XXIV
14.00 – 16.00
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Type of
meeting
Room