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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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.
Thursday, 18 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 – 09:00
Permanent Mission of
Australia
Informal consultation on the draft resolution
on NHRIs
Public
XXII
08:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
EU meeting
Private
VIII
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of El
Salvador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
08:30 - 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Germany
WEOG Meeting
Private
XXIV
09:00 – 11:00
African Union (AU)
African group meeting
Private
XXI
09:00 – 10:00
OHCHR
Meeting of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights with NGOs
Public
XXIII
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 the
Islamic Republic of Iran
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of South
Africa
Informal consultation on the draft resolution
on the mandate of the Working Group of
Experts on People on African Descent
Public
VIII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation
Side event: Islam - religion of peace:
harmonious interconfessional coexistence
Public
XXVII
11:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
Informal consultation on the draft resolution
on the President’s statement on Ebola
Public
XXI
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Type of meeting Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 19 September 2014
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of Morocco
Side event: Midterm progress reports and
national mechanisms for the follow-up of
UPR recommendations
Public
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
OHCHR and Permanent
Mission of Ireland
Side event: High level launch of the technical
guidance on the application of a human
rights based approach to reduce and
eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity
of children under 5 years of age
Public
XXIII
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Delegation of the
League of Arab States
Meeting of experts
Private
E-3025
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
10:00 - 12:00
Institut international pour la
paix, la justice et les droits de
l'Homme
Radical groups and the internet
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 13:30
Asian Forum for Human Rights
and Development
The Role of the OIC in human rights
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 13:30
International Fellowship Of
Reconciliation
Conscientious objection
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
Liberation
Women's rights: violation against woman
Public
XXVII
12:00 - 14:00
World Association for the
School as an Instrument of
Peace
Human rights in ASEAN
Public
E-3023
12:00 - 14:00
World Organisation Against
Torture
Human Rights in Iraq: Disappearances
Public
VIII
13:30 - 15:00
Al-Khoei Foundation
Non-State actors
Public
XXI
13:30 - 15:00
Amnesty International
Drones and international law
Public
XXIV
13:30 - 15:00
France Libertés : Fondation
Danielle Mitterrand
Indigenous rights and the Nagoya Protocol
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 15:30
Alsalam Foundation
Human rights in Bahrain
Public
XXII
14:00 - 16:00
Development Innovations and
Network
Human rights in Libya
Public
VIII
15:00 - 16:30
Alliance Defense Fund
Faith under fire in South Asia
Public
XXI
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Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 19 September 2014
15:00 - 16:30
International Youth and
Student Movement for the
United Nations
Human rights in Western Sahara
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 16:30
Islamic Human Rights
Commission
Human rights in Nigeria
Public
XXIV
15:30 - 17:00
International Federation for
Human Rights
Human rights in Yemen
Public
XXII
16:30 - 18:00
Organization for Defending
Victims of Violence
Crimes against humanity in the Middle
East
Public
XXVII
16:30 - 18:30
Nonviolent Radical Party,
Transnational and Transparty
Truth, justice, reparation
Public
XXIII
16:30 - 18:30
Nord-Sud XXI -North-SouthXXI
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXIV
16:30 - 18:30
Women's Human Rights
International Association
Human rights in Iraq
Public
XXI
17:00 - 18:30
Organisation pour la
Communication en Afrique et
de Promotion de la
Coopération Economique
International
Rights of the child in ICT and sustainable
development
Public
XXII
Forthcoming meetings – Friday, 19 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
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 the
Islamic Republic of Iran
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of Egypt
Like-minded group expert meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 19 September 2014
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of Canada,
Mexico, Turkey, Uruguay,
OHCHR, World Vision
International, Franciscans
International, Plan
International, BICE
Side event: Count me in. Civil registration as
a human rights imperative
Public
XXIII
15:15 - 16:15
HRC Presidency, OHCHR
In-session meeting of the President of the
Human Rights Council with NGOs
Public
VIII
17:00 - 18:00
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
VII
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
09:00 - 11:00
International Service for
Human Rights
Ending reprisals and intimidation
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 11:30
Development Innovations and
Network
Human Rights in Palestine
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 11:30
World Federation of Khoja
Shi´a Ithna-Asheri Muslim
Communities
Human rights in Iraq
Public
XXIII
11:00 - 13:00
Americans for Democracy and
Human Rights in Bahrain Inc.
Human rights in Saudi Arabia
Public
XXIV
11:30 - 13:00
Eastern Sudan women
development organization
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXIII
11:30 - 13:00
Women's Human Rights
International Association
Women and fundamentalism
Public
XXVII
12:00 - 14:00
Asian-Eurasian Human Rights
Forum
Central Asian States
Public
XXI
13:00 - 15:00
Agence Internationale pour le
Développement
UN resolutions and conflicts
Public
XXIV
13:00 - 15:00
Organisation Mondiale des
Associations pour l'Education
Prénatale
Life education for human rights
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom
Women's rights in MENA
Public
VIII
14:00 - 15:30
Al Zubair Charity Foundation
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXI
14:00 - 16:00
Nord-Sud XXI -North-SouthXXI
Terrorism and state terror
Public
XXII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 19 September 2014
15:00 - 17:00
BADIL Resource for
Palestinian residency and
refugee rights
The International Criminal Court
Public
XXVII
15:00 - 17:00
Organisation pour la
Communication en Afrique et
de Promotion de la
Cooperation Economique
International
Women in conflict zones
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 17:00
Society Studies Centre (MADA
ssc)
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXIV
15:30 - 17:00
Commission to Study the
Organization of Peace
Religious minorities
Public
XXI
17:00 - 18:30
Maarij Foundation for Peace
and Development
Human rights in Israel and the Occupied
Palestinian Territory
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:30
World Association for the
School as an Instrument of
Peace
Human rights in the United States of
America: UPR
Public
XXVII
-5-