Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Geneva, 29 February – 24 March 2016
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. Event organizers are requested to kindly notify the
Secretariat (lgiardini@ohchr.org, Tel: 022 917 9255) of any change to their planned events.
Rooms E-3005, E-3009, E-3011, E-3015, and E-3019 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.
Monday, 14 March 2016
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
08:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU group meeting
Private
XXIII
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Cuba
Informal consultations on Cuban
resolutions
Public
XXVII
09:00 – 10:30
African Union (AU)
African Union group meeting
Private
XXI
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation
(OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
09:00 - 11:00
Permanent missions of
Mexico and New Zealand
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the rights of persons
with disabilities
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European union (EU)
and Group of Latin
American and Caribbean
States (GRULAC)
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the rights of the child
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Slovenia
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and the
environment
Public
XXIII
A/HRC/31/BI/11
Bulletin of informal meetings
14 and 15 March 2016
10:30 – 12:00
African Group
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the negative impact of
the non-repatriation of funds of illicit
origin to the countries of origin on
the enjoyment of human rights, and
the importance of improving
international cooperation
Public
XXI
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent missions of
Costa Rica, Switzerland
and Turkey
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the promotion and
protection of human rights in the
context of peaceful protests
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent missions of
Brazil, Congo, Cyprus,
Japan, Greece, Lebanon,
Republic of Korea,
Morocco and the Russian
Federation
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights through
sport and the Olympic ideal
Public
XXIII
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Ecuador
The pathway towards an
internationally legally binding
instrument on business and human
rights
Public
XXVII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Delegation to
the Cooperation Council
for the Arab States of the
Gulf – GCC (Gulf
Cooperation Council)
Ambassadorial meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Bolivia (Plurinational
State of)
Rights of the children in Bolivia
(Plurinational State of)
Public
XXIV
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation
(OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
14:00 - 16:00
OHCHR
Migrants in transit
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of
Japan
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea
Public
XXII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Norway
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights
defenders
Public
XXIV
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on integrity of the judicial
system
Public
XI
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Austria
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights of
minorities
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on South Sudan
Public
XXII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
14 and 15 March 2016
17:00 - 18:00
Office of the President of
the Human Rights
Council
Informal consultation on the draft
decision on the starting date of the
3rd cycle of the Universal Periodic
Review (UPR)
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU meeting
Private
XXVII
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
09:00 - 10:00
Society for Threatened
Peoples
Human rights in Myanmar
Public
XVIII
10:00 - 11:00
International Service for
Human Rights
Human rights in China: Universal
Periodic Review (UPR)
Public
XVIII
12:00 - 13:00
International Youth and
Student Movement for the
United Nations
Human rights in Western Sahara
Public
XVIII
12:00 - 13:30
Action Canada for
Population and
Development
Sexual health and Human Rights
Public
XXI
13:00 - 14:00
World Muslim Congress
Enforced disappearances
Public
XVIII
13:30 - 15:00
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea
Public
XXI
14:00 - 15:00
International Peace
Bureau
Human rights in Myanmar
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 16:00
Africa Culture
Internationale
Mulling strategic designs
Public
XVIII
15:00 - 16:00
Conseil de jeunesse
pluriculturelle (COJEP)
Civil society in Tunisia
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 16:30
United Nations Watch
Human rights in the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea
Public
XXI
16:00 - 17:00
Association for Defending
Victims of Terrorism
Child victims of terrorism
Public
XVIII
16:00 - 17:00
Liberation
Human rights defenders
Public
XXVII
16:30 - 17:30
Iraqi Development
Organization
Human rights in Yemen
Public
XXI
17:00 - 18:00
Union of Arab Jurists
Human rights in the Syrian Arab
Republic
Public
XVIII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
17:00 - 18:00
Lutheran World
Federation
14 and 15 March 2016
Human rights in Myanmar
Public
XXII
Forthcoming meetings Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Please note that the information on forthcoming events is indicative and may be subject to change.
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
08:00 – 11:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU group meeting
Private
XXIII
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Guatemala
GRULAC group meeting
Private
XXVII
09:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
African Union group meeting
Private
XXI
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
09:00 - 11:00
Permanent Mission of
Norway
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights
defenders
Public
XXIV
10:00 – 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent missions of
Egypt, Greece, Indonesia,
Mexico and Romania
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to work
Public
XXVII
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of
Denmark
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on prevention of torture
Public
XXIII
11:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Egypt
Like-minded group expert meeting
Private
XXIV
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Morocco
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights
education and training
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Poland, on behalf of the
cross-regional group
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the role of good
governance in the promotion and
protection of human rights
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Australia
JUSCANZ meeting
Private
E-3025
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Delegation to
the Cooperation Council
for the Arab States of the
Gulf – GCC (Gulf
Cooperation Council)
Experts meeting
Private
E-3023
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
14 and 15 March 2016
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent missions of
Brazil, Cyprus, Ethiopia,
Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Mali,
Poland, Serbia and
Switzerland
Informal consultation on the joint
statement on cultural rights and
protection of the cultural heritage
Public
XXIII
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the situation of human
rights in Myanmar
Public
XXII
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of the
Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and Korean
Assembly for Ten million
separated families
Korea’s separated families: the
stories of thousands of families
awaiting reunification
Public
XXI
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC experts meeting
Private
XXIV
15:00 – 17:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of) on
behalf of the NAM group
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on commemoration of the
30th anniversary of the Declaration of
the Right to Development
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European union (EU)
and Group of Latin
American and Caribbean
States (GRULAC)
Informal meeting on the draft
resolution on the rights of the child
Public
XXVII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Portugal
informal consultations on the draft
omnibus resolution on economic,
social and cultural rights
Public
XXII
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
Meeting
Room
09:00 - 10:00
Africa Culture
Internationale
Extrajudicial executions
Public
XVIII
10:00 - 11:00
Association Burkinabé
pour la Survie de
l'Enfance
Self-determination
Public
XVIII
11:00 - 12:00
Conseil de jeunesse
pluriculturelle (COJEP)
Human rights in Egypt
Public
XVIII
12:00 - 13:00
Asian-Eurasian Human
Rights Forum
Human rights in Middle East
Public
XXII
12:00 - 13:00
Franciscans International
Discrimination against ethnic
minorities in Asia
Public
XXIV
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Bulletin of informal meetings
14 and 15 March 2016
13:00 - 14:00
United Nations Watch
Human rights in Iran (Islamic
Republic of)
Public
XVIII
13:00 - 14:00
Al-Hakim Foundation
Racial and religious discrimination
Public
XXIV
14:00 - 15:00
Organization for
Defending Victims of
Violence
Middle East wars and trauma
Public
XXIV
15:00 - 16:00
Arab NGO Network for
Development
Human rights in Bahrain
Public
XXVII
15:00 - 16:00
Pax Romana
(International Catholic
Movement for Intellectual
and Cultural Affairs and
International Movement of
Catholic Students)
Ethnic minorities in Myanmar
Public
XVIII
16:00 - 17:00
France Libertes :
Fondation Danielle
Mitterrand
Western Sahara
Public
XXI
16:00 - 18:00
Action internationale pour
la paix et le
développement dans la
région des Grands Lacs
Human rights in conflict zones
Public
XVIII
17:00 - 18:30
Bangwe et Dialogue
Human rights in Burundi
Public
XXIII
17:00 - 18:30
Edmund Rice International
Limited
Human rights in Australia
Public
XXIV
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