Human Rights Council
Twenty-seventh session
Geneva, 8 – 26 September 2014
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
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can be subject to possible change.
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.
Friday, 12 September 2014
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of El
Salvador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
09:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
African group meeting
Private
XXI
09:00 - 11:00
Permanent Mission of
Argentina
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
effects of structural adjustment policies and
foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human
rights, particularly economic, social and
cultural rights
Public
XVI
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Botswana, Czech Republic,
Indonesia, Netherlands and
Peru
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
participation in political and public affairs
Public
XXIII
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Ambassadors meeting
Private
XXII
09:00 - 10:00
Permanent Mission of Romania
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
rights of the child: the right to engage in play
and recreational activities
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
national policies and human rights
Public
XI
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Egypt
Like-minded group expert meeting
Private
XXIV
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Type of meeting Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
12 and 15 September 2014
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
and Guatemala
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
human rights and indigenous people
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
preventable mortality of children under five
Public
XXIII
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU) and
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Side event: Advancing the rights of Roma
persons worldwide
Public
IX
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of Belgium,
Côte d’Ivoire and Earthjustice
Side event: In Memoriam Prof. Marc
Pallemaerts
Public
XXIII
12:00 – 13:30
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
civil society space
Public
XI
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of Thailand
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
technical cooperation
Public
XXVII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of the
United Arab Emirates
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
realizing the equal right to education of every
girl
Public
XXII
12:00 – 14:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Side event: Elder abuse and violence against
women: A global crisis
Public
XXIV
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Colombia
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
human rights, sexual orientation and gender
identity
Public
XVI
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation and Global
Helping to advance Women
and Children (Global HAWC),
Worldwide Organisation for
Women (WOW), Women's
Federation for World Peace
( WFWP), European Centre for
Law and Justice (ECLJ),
Universal Peace Federation
(UPF), Family and Life,
Catholic Family and Human
Rights Institute (C-FAM), HO
HazteOir
Side event: The protection of the family series
part I: Family as the best protector of children’s
health and rights
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Argentina, Morocco and
Switzerland
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of
truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of
non-recurrence
Public
XVI
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of Australia
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
NHRIs
Public
IX
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Bulletin of informal meetings
12 and 15 September 2014
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of Austria
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the safety of journalists
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of Burkina
Faso, Colombia and New
Zealand
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
preventable maternal mortality and morbidity
and human rights
Public
XI
17:00 – 17:30
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
mercenaries
Public
XVI
17:30 – 18:00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the Independent Expert on the promotion of a
democratic and equitable international order
Public
XVI
17:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Germany
WEOG meeting
Private
IX
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
11:00 – 13:00
Le Collectif des Femmes
Africaines du Hainaut
Children and youth in the Post-2015 Agenda
Public
XVI
12:00 – 13:30
International Youth and
Student Movement for the
United Nations
Right to development
Public
XXI
14:00 – 16:00
International Association of
Democratic Lawyers
Transitional justice
Public
XXII
14:00 – 16:00
Organisation Mondiale des
Associations pour l'Education
Prénatale
Life education in conflict zones
Public
XXVII
14:00 – 16:00
Verein
Sudwindentwicklungspolitik
Human rights in Iran: Women and arbitrary
detentions
Public
XXIV
15:00 – 17:00
Cairo Institute for Human
Rights Studies
Human rights in Yemen
Public
XXI
16:00 – 18:00
Center for Reproductive Rights
Human rights and contraception
Public
XXII
16:00 – 18:00
International Lesbian and Gay
Association
LGBTI persons and human rights
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:30
Centre de Recherches et de
Promotion pour la Sauvegarde
des Sites et Monuments
Historiques en Afrique
Human Rights in South Asia
Public
XXIII
17:00 - 18:30
Union of Arab Jurists
Perspective de lutte contre le terrorisme au
Moyen-Orient
Public
XXI
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
12 and 15 September 2014
Forthcoming meetings – Monday, 15 September 2014
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
08:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
EU meeting
Private
XXIII
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of El
Salvador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
08:30 - 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Guatemala and Mexico
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
human rights and indigenous peoples
Public
IX
09:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
African group meeting
Private
XXI
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of France
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
enforced and involuntary disappearances
Public
IX
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
civil society space
Public
XXIII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of Burkina
Faso, Colombia and New
Zealand
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
preventable maternal mortality and morbidity
and human rights
Public
XXIII
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of the
Netherlands and Yemen
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
technical assistance and capacity-building for
Yemen in the field of human rights
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation and Global
Helping to advance Women
and Children (Global HAWC),
Worldwide Organisation for
Women (WOW), Women's
Federation for World Peace
(WFWP), European Centre for
Law and Justice (ECLJ),
Universal Peace Federation
(UPF), Family and Life,
Catholic Family and Human
Rights Institute (C-FAM), HO
HazteOir
Side event: The protection of the family series
Part II: families and the SDG’s- family
solutions to world problems
Public
IX
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of South
Africa
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete
action against racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance
Public
XXII
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
12 and 15 September 2014
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
OHCHR and Permanent
Mission of Argentina
Side event: Experiences on the
implementation of the right to truth, justice,
reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence
Public
XXIII
13:00 - 15:00
OSCE Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights
(ODIHR)
Side event: Promoting a safe and enabling
environment for human rights defenders - The
OSCE/ODIHR guidelines on the protection of
human rights defenders
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the Sudan
Public
IX
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Germany and Spain
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
human right to safe drinking water and
sanitation
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Botswana, Czech Republic,
Indonesia, the Netherlands and
Peru
Co-sponsor meeting on the draft resolution on
participation in political and public affairs
Private
IX
17:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of Australia
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
NHRIs
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of Costa
Rica
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the World Programme for Human Rights
Education
Public
XXIII
17:30 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
Syria
Public
XXI
18:00-19:00
Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Korea
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
local Government and human right
Public
IX
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
10:00 - 11:30
Verein
Sudwindentwicklungspolitik
Human rights in Iran: Religious minorities
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
Le Collectif des Femmes
Africaines du Hainaut
Human rights in Sri Lanka
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 14:00
CIVICUS
Human rights in Ethiopia
Public
XXI
14:00 - 15:30
Asian-Eurasian Human Rights
Forum
Human rights in South Asia
Public
XXI
14:00 - 15:30
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
12 and 15 September 2014
15:30 - 17:00
International Organization for
the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination
Demonstration laws Vs freedom of
expression in Egypt & around the world
Public
XXIV
15:30 - 17:00
Baha'i International Community
Human rights in Iran
Public
XXIV
15:30 - 17:00
International Humanist and
Ethical Union
Traditional values and family
Public
XXII
17:00 - 18:30
International Bureau Of Legal
Service For Human Rights
Commission (United Nations
Working Group)
Disappearance of persons
Public
XXII
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