Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Geneva, 29 February - 24 March 2016
Order of the day*
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Monday, 29 February 2016
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
1st meeting
Item 1
Organizational and procedural matters
A/HRC/31/1, A/HRC/31/1/Corr.1, A/HRC/31/NI/13, A/HRC/31/NI/14,
A/HRC/31/NI/15
Opening of the session
H.E. Mr. Choi Kyonglim
President of the Human Rights Council
H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft
President of the 70th session of the General Assembly of the United
Nations
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
H.E. Mr. Didier Burkhalter
Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
High-level segment**
H.E. Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President, Togo
H.E. Ms. Lorella Stefanelli and H.E. Mr. Nicola Renzi, Captains
Regent, Republic of San Marino
H.E. Mr. Augusto Santos Silva, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Portugal
H.E. Mr. Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Belgium
*
The information contained in this document was compiled and is correct as of 6 p.m. of the previous day. In the event that the
consideration of a specific item or sub-item does not take up the whole meeting, the Council will move to the consideration of the
next item or sub-item scheduled for the following meeting, with the exception of the high-level segment, panels and the consideration
of UPR reports. The Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS alerts, HRC Extranet and Twitter (@UN_HRC &
#HRC31). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.
**
The present list is provisional and subject to change.
A/HRC/31/OD/1/Rev.1
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H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Lütfi Elvan, Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey
H.E. Mr. Eladio Ramón Loizaga Lezcano, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Paraguay
H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Qatar
H.E. Ms. Susana Mabel Malcorra, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Argentina
H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault, Minister for Foreign Affairs, France
H.E. Mr. Bert Koenders, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lichtenstein
Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Program
Mme Michaëlle Jean, Sécretaire générale de l’Organisation
internationale de la Francophonie
Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General, United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
LUNCH
12.10 – 15.00
2nd meeting
High-level segment (cont’d)
H.E. Ms. Gulmira Kudaiberdieva, Deputy Prime Minister, Kyrgyzstan
H.E. Ms. Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, Vice-President and
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Panama
H.E. Mr. Hyder Natiq Jasim, Minister of Justice, Iraq
H.E. Ms. Lenita Toivakka, Minister for Foreign Trade and
Development, Finland
H.E. Ms. Nilma Lino Gomes, Minister for Women, Racial Equality and
Human Rights, Brazil
H.E. Mr. Gilles Tonelli, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation,
Monaco
H.E. Mr. Bert Koenders, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Armenia
H.E. Mr. Mikheil Janelidze, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Georgia
H.E. Mr. Nikola Poposki, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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H.E. Mr. Linas Antanas Linkevičius, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Lithuania
H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg
H.E. Mr. Miguel Ruiz Cabañas, Vice-Minister for Human Rights and
Multilateral Affairs, Mexico
H.E. Mr. Tore Hattrem, State Secretary and Deputy Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Norway
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, United Nations
Population Fund
AFTERNOON
15.00 – 18.00
3rd meeting
Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming
Theme: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and human rights, with an
emphasis on the right to development
Chair: H.E. Mr. Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council
Opening statements:
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the 70th session of the General Assembly of the
United Nations
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Moderator: Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human
Rights
Panellists:
•
H.E. Mr. Zamir Akram, Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to
Development and former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United
Nations in Geneva
•
Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and Chair of the United Nations Development Group
•
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA)
•
Mr. Yannick Glemarec, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Entity for
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
•
Ms. Jan Beagle, Deputy Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
A/HRC/31/NGO/57, A/HRC/31/NGO/145
[Modalities for participation in the panel: The presentations of panellists from the podium will be followed
by an interactive discussion, to be divided in two slots of 60 minutes each (45 minutes for comments and
questions from the floor, followed by 15 minutes for comments and replies by panellists).The concept note
including the modalities of the panel is available on HRC Extranet
(https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/31stSession/Pages/Panels.aspx).States
Members of the Council, observer States and other observers are requested to use the electronic system in
Room XX and inscribe on the list of speakers by pressing the microphone button at their desk at the
beginning of the panel, when the timer is displayed on the screen. NHRIs are requested to inscribe at the List
of speakers desk in Room XX. NGOs are requested to confirm their on-line registration at the List of
speakers desk in Room XX. Speaking time is 2 minutes for all.
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Other information:
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Draft programme of work is attached.
•
All speakers scheduled to take the floor should provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25 copies of their
statements.
•
Delegations are requested to send their statements to hrcstatement@ohchr.org for posting on HRC Extranet.
•
Identity session photo-badges may be obtained by all delegations from the UNOG Security and Safety Section at
the ‘Pregny Gate’ (Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. upon presentation of a copy
of the letter requesting accreditation and an identity document. Due to the high number of participants expected,
kindly allow sufficient time for accreditation.
•
Information about accessibility for persons with disabilities is available at the dedicated web page on accessibility
[http://www.ohchr.org/hrc/accessibility].
•
The deadline for submission of draft resolutions or decisions is Wednesday, 16 March 2016, at 1.00 p.m. (office
E-3054). Related guidelines and signature forms for co-sponsors are available on HRC31 Extranet.
•
Delegations wishing to reserve rooms for meetings should contact Ms. Laura Giardini (email: lgiardini@ohchr.org
* tel. 79255 * office E-3060), no later than 12 noon of the day before the meeting.
•
The Human Rights Council is on social media:
Twitter: @UN_HRC & #HRC31
http://www.facebook.com/UNHRC
•
To access the live or archived webcast, please go to http://webtv.un.org
•
PHOTOGRAPHS AND FILMING: Please note that only accredited media are permitted to film and take
photographs in Room XX.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE 31ST SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (29 FEBRUARY-24 MARCH 2016)
Version as of 23 February 2016 (subject to change)
WEEK 1
29 February
M 9.00
–
O 12.00
WEEK 2
7 March
Y
15.00
–
18.00
9.00
–
12.00
ANNUAL FULL-DAY MEETING
ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
(HRC res. 7/29 and 28/19)
9:00
–
12.00
HLS (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- IE on foreign debt
- SR on food
12.00
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
12.00
–
Individual IDs with:
–
15.00 - SR on Islamic Republic of Iran 15.00
ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON
HUMAN RIGHTS
MAINSTREAMING
(HRC res. 16/21)
15.00
–
18.00
1 March
T
9.00
U –
12.00
E
S 12.00
–
D 15.00
50TH
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON
ANNIV. OF HUMAN RIGHTS
COVENANTS
(HRC res. 29/1)
HLS (cont’d)
9.00
–
12.00
12.00
–
15.00
ANNUAL FULL-DAY MEETING
ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
(HRC res. 7/29 and 28/19)
8 March
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with SRSGs:
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict
ITEM 3
Clustered ID w SRSGs (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on torture
- SR on sale of children
A
15.00
Y –
18.00
18.00
–
21.00
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d)
HLS (cont’d)
2 March
9 March
HLS (cont’d)
9.00
–
12.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on privacy
- SR on freedom of religion
HLS (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
ID on joint compilation w:
- SR peaceful assembly
- SR summary executions
N
13.00
–
S 15.00
E
D
A
Y
15.00
–
18.00
HLS (cont’d)
General segment
15.00
–
18.00
18.00
–
21.00
9.00
–
12.00
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d)
3 March
10 March
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
T 9.00 PANEL DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE 9.00
Clustered ID w. (cont’d)
CHANGE AND RIGHT TO HEALTH
–
H –
- SR on terrorism
(HRC res. 29/15)
12.00 - SR on cultural rights
U 12.00
ITEM 3
R 12.00
ITEM 2*
12.00
Clustered ID with:
–
HC
annual
report
S –
15.00 - SR on environment
15.00
followed by ID with the HC
- SR adequate housing
D
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
15.00
A 15.00
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
–
–
- SASG on genocide
ID with the HC (cont’d)
Y 18.00 - SR on defenders
18.00
4 March
11 March
ANNUAL DEBATE ON RIGHTS
9.00
F 9.00
PANEL
DISCUSSION
ON HUMAN
OF PERSONS WITH
RIGHTS AND HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC
–
–
DISABILITIES (HRC res. 7/9 and
(HRC res. 30/8)
R 12.00
12.00
28/4)
ITEM
3 (cont’d)
I 12.00
12.00 - Report of IGWG on transnational
corporations
ITEM
3
(cont’d)
–
–
D 15.00
15.00 - HC/OHCHR/SG thematic reports
followed by General debate
A
ITEM 3
15.00
15.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
–
Y –
- SR on persons with disabilities
General debate (cont’d)
18.00 - IE on albinism
18.00
* Item 2 remains open throughout the session.
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
Individual IDs with:
- SR on Iran (cont’d)
- SR on Myanmar
ITEM 7 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 8 General debate
ITEM 9
- Reports of IGWG, Ad Hoc
Committee and HC oral update
followed by General debate
ITEM 10
18.00
- Enhanced ID on Burundi
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
–
21.00 - Individual ID with IE on Central
African Republic
15 March
22 March
ITEM 10 (cont’d)
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
9.00
Individual ID w. IE CAR
Individual ID with COI on the
–
(cont’d)
Syrian Arab Republic
12.00
Individual ID with
15.00
–
18.00
- IE on Côte d’Ivoire
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
12.00 OHCHR report on DPRK and 12.00
– oral update on Eritrea followed –
15.00
by
15.00
General debate
15.00
–
18.00
HLS (cont’d)
W
E 10.00
–
D 13.00
WEEK 4
21 March
ITEM 7
9.00
ID w. SR on OPT
– - Individual
- HC/SG reports followed by
12.00
General debate
ITEM 1
Opening of session
High-level segment (HLS)
N
12.00
D –
15.00
A
WEEK 3
14 March
ITEM 4
Individual IDs with:
- SR on DPR of Korea
- SR on Eritrea (oral update)
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON
TECHNICAL COOPERATION
(HRC res. 18/18 and 30/21)
ITEM 10 (cont’d)
Individual IDs with:
- IE on Haiti
- IE on Mali
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
ID with SR on minority issues
18.00
18.00 - Individual ID on HC report on
ITEM 5
South Sudan
- Report of Forum on Minority
–
–
ITEM 10 (cont’d)
Issues
21.00
21.00 - Individual ID on HC oral update
- SP annual report by CC chair
on Ukraine
followed by General debate
16 March
23 March
9.00
ITEM 5 (cont’d) GD Item 5
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
–
9.00 Other HC/SG
country reports
11.00
ITEM 6
–
(Item 2) followed by General
11.00
UPR outcomes
12.00
–
debate
Micronesia
12.00
ITEM 10 (cont’d)
12.00
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
12.00 - HC/SG country reports (Item
10)
followed
by General debate
–
UPR outcomes
–
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
15.00 Lebanon, Mauritania, Nauru 15.00
Decisions and conclusions
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Rwanda, Nepal, Austria
15.00
–
18.00
9.00
–
12.00
17 March
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Australia, Georgia,
Saint Lucia
9.00
–
12.00
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
12.00
–
15.00
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
15.00
15.00
PANEL DISCUSSION ON
PREVENTING VIOLENT
–
–
18.00 EXTREMISM (HRC res. 30/15) 18.00
18 March
PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE
9.00 INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN
–
DEMOCRACY AND RACISM
12.00
(HRC res. 29/20)
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
12.00
–
15.00
12.00
–
15.00
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Oman, Myanmar,
Saint Kitts and Nevis
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Sao Tome & Principe
followed by General debate
15.00 DEBATE ON STATE OF RACIAL
– DISCRIMINATION WORLDWIDE
(GA res. 70/140)
18.00
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
24 March
Appt. of mandate holders
Adoption of session report
25 March
UNITED NATIONS HOLIDAY
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
31st session (29 February - 24 March 2016)
Inscriptions on the list of speakers and speaking time arrangements
TYPE OF
DISCUSSION
MEMBER STATES
(MIN.)
OBSERVER STATES /
OTHER OBSERVERS
(MIN.)
OBSERVERS FOR
NHRIs* / NGOs**
(MIN.)
General debates1
3’
2’
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Clustered interactive
dialogues2
5’
3’
3’ per NHRI / NGO
(Maximum duration of
each clustered
interactive dialogue is
4 hours)
May be reduced
according to the number
of registered speakers to
3’ (or 2’)
May be reduced
according to the number
of registered speakers to
2’
May be reduced
according to the number
of registered speakers to
2’
(including interactive
dialogue with the High
Commissioner)
3’
2’
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Panel discussions3
2’
2’
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Consideration of
UPR outcomes4
3’
2’
2’ per NHRI / NGO
May be reduced
according to the number
of registered speakers to
May be reduced
according to the number
of registered speakers to
2’ (or minimum 1:30)
minimum 1:30
3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply)
3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply)
Individual interactive
dialogues3
Rights of reply5
N/A
Electronic system
Inscriptions for all interactive dialogues (“IDs”) and panel discussions will be done through the electronic
system in Room XX. Delegates representing States, United Nations agencies and international and regional
organizations can inscribe on the list of speakers by pressing the microphone button at their desk, when the
timer is displayed on the screen. For States Members of the Council, only the microphone with the red sticker
can be used to inscribe on the list. This does not apply to NGOs and NHRIs (see below). The lists of speakers
for all IDs and panel discussions close 15 minutes after the corresponding dialogue or discussion has started;
delegations may still inscribe at the list of speakers desk until that moment.
Schedule of inscriptions
1. For general debates (“GDs”), the lists of speakers for all agenda items opened on Friday 26 February
2016 at 9 a.m. in office E-3056 behind Room XX and as from Monday 29 February 2016, the list is available
at the secretariat desk in Room XX. The list will close approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the
respective debate. All delegates are requested to inscribe in person.
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2. For all clustered IDs, electronic inscription will take place in advance on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at
around 3 p.m. and inscriptions on the list of speakers for each clustered ID will be possible until its closure
approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the respective dialogue. Should the total duration of a given
clustered ID be estimated to last less than 4 hours, the speaking time limits will remain 5 minutes for Members
(and groups) and 3 minutes for observers. However, if it is estimated to be more than 4 hours, the speaking
time limits will be reduced to 3 minutes for Members (and groups) and 2 minutes for observers. Should this
measure be deemed insufficient to ensure that the total duration not exceed 4 hours, the speaking time limit
will be further reduced to 2 minutes for both Members (and groups) and observers.
3. For all individual IDs and panels, electronic inscription will take place at the beginning of each dialogue
or panel. The list will close approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the respective dialogue or panel.
4. For the adoptions of UPR outcomes under agenda item 6, inscription will open on Monday 7 March at 9
a.m. and will remain open for four working days until Thursday 10 March at 6 p.m. No inscription on
the lists will be possible after that date. Speaking order will be drawn by lot by the Bureau of the HRC on
Friday 11 March. Speaking time for States varies depending on the number of speakers inscribed. Total time
for States Members of the Council, observer States and United Nations agencies is 20 minutes. Total time for
other stakeholders is 20 minutes, with speaking time of 2 minutes for all.
5. The right of reply is limited to two replies and is exercised either at the end of the day (unless there is a
panel discussion at the end of the day) or at the end of the consideration of a relevant agenda item concerned.
NHRIs and NGOs
* National human rights institutions (NHRIs) with “A” status accreditation wishing to make an oral statement
should approach the NGO/NHRI list of speakers desk in Room XX before the delivery of the statement.
** Accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wishing to make an oral statement should submit a
request using the online registration system for oral statements available on the Council website at
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NgoParticipation.aspx
NGO delegations must confirm in person their request and the name of the speaker who will deliver the
statement at the NGO/NHRI list of speakers desk in Room XX 24 hours preceding the relevant meeting.