Human Rights Council
Twenty-seventh session
Geneva, 8 – 26 September 2014
Bulletin of informal meetings
Held in parallel to the session
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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.
Monday, 15 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
08:00 – 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 Mission of Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the right to peace
Public
XXIV
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 Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
civil society space
Public
XXIII
10:30 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
human rights and unilateral coercive measures
Public
XXII
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
A/HRC/27/BI/5
GE.14-16113
Type of meeting Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 September 2014
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
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
Argentina, France, Morocco,
Switzerland and OHCHR
Side event: The promotion of truth, justice,
reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence:
experience on implementation
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 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
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 September 2014
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
14:00 - 15:30
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
17:00 - 18:30
International Bureau Of Legal Service
For Human Rights Commission
(United Nations Working Group)
Disappearance of persons
Public
XXII
Forthcoming meetings – Tuesday, 16 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 – 11:00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
EU meeting
Private
XXIII
08:30 - 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Romania, Brazil and Norway
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
rights of the child: the right to engage in play
and recreational activities
Public
IX
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of El
Salvador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
09:00 – 10:30
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 foreign debt and other related
international financial obligations of States on
the full enjoyment of all human rights,
particularly economic, social and cultural
rights. The activities of vulture funds
Public
VII
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
-3-
Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 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
10:30 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
technical assistance to Central African
Republic
Public
XXI
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of
Botswana, Czech Republic,
Indonesia, the Netherlands and
Peru
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
participation in political and public affairs
Public
VII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of Egypt
Like-minded group expert meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of Australia
JUSCANZ meeting
Private
E-3023
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 14:00
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
XXVII
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Delegation of the
League of Arab States
Meeting of expert
Private
E-3025
14:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Side event on freedom of religion or belief
Public
XIV
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of Brazil,
Congo, Greece, Japan,
Lebanon, Morocco, Republic of
Korea and the Russian
Federation
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
promoting human rights through sport and the
Olympic ideal
Public
XXVII
15:30 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the Sudan
Public
XXIV
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Austria,
Brazil, France, Greece,
Morocco, Qatar and Tunisia
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
the safety of journalists
Public
XXII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
preventable mortality of children under five
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of Italy,
France and Nonviolent Radical
Party transnational and
transparty
Side-event: Rights of the child in the Syrian
Arab Republic
Public
XXI
18:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Korea
Informal consultation on the draft resolution on
local government and human rights
Public
XXII
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
-4-
Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 September 2014
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
09:30 - 11:00
Global Helping to Advance
Women and Children
Preventing the sexualization of children
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Indian Council of South
America (CISA)
Self-determination
Public
IX
11:00 - 12:30
Maarij Foundation for Peace
and Development
Human rights in Ethiopia
Public
XXI
11:00 - 13:00
Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom
Military expenditures
Public
XXI
12:00 - 13:00
Organization for Defending
Victims of Violence
Human rights and detention
Public
XXII
12:00 - 14:00
Franciscans International
Human rights in India: freedom of religion
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 14:00
Le Collectif des Femmes
Africaines du Hainaut
Human rights in Sri Lanka
Public
XXIV
12:30 - 14:00
Agence Internationale pour le
Développement
Women's and children's rights in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA)
Public
XXII
14:00 - 15:30
International Organization for
the Right to Education and
Freedom of Education
Human rights education: Media and
journalists make a difference
Public
XXIV
14:00 - 16:00
Arab NGO Network for
Development
Human rights in Bahrain
Public
XXII
14:00 - 16:00
Syriac Universal Alliance
Christians in the Middle East
Public
XXI
14:30 - 16:00
Association for Defending
Victims of Terrorism
Human rights and terrorism
Public
XXIII
15:30 - 17:00
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for
Victims of torture
Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory: International Court
Public
IX
17:00 - 18:30
Nord-Sud XXI -North-SouthXXI
Human rights in Iraq
Public
IX
17:00 - 18:30
Union of Arab Jurists
Le lutte contre le terrorisme: le cas Syrien
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 18:30
World Muslim Congress
Human rights under occupation
Public
XXIV
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