Human Rights Council
Thirtieth session
Geneva, 14 September – 2 October 2015
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.
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Type of
meeting
Room
EU group meeting
Private
XXIII
Permanent Mission of
Guatemala
GRULAC group meeting
Private
XXVII
09:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
African group meeting
Private
XXI
09.00 - 11:00
Permanent Mission of the
People’s Republic of
China
Informal consultation on the draft
President’s statement on capacity
building in global public health
Public
XXIV
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
11.00 - 13:00
OHCHR, Permanent
missions of Argentina,
Austria, Slovenia,
Committee on Ageing
Geneva, the International
Longevity Centre and
Global Alliance
The human rights of older persons:
best practices in the implementation
of existing law
Public
XXIV
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on preventing and
countering violent extremism
Public
XXIII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
08:00 – 11:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
08:30 – 10:00
A/HRC/30/BI/2
Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 September 2015
12.00 - 14:00
Permanent missions of
Austria, Brazil, France,
Greece, Morocco, Qatar
and Tunisia
Side event of the safety of
journalists
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
OHCHR
Side event on the UPR Trust Fund
on implementation of
recommendations: Follow-up
support given at the country level
Public
XXII
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent missions of
Brazil, Germany and
Spain
The human right to safe drinking
water and sanitation
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Australia
JUSCANZ meeting
Private
E-3023
13:00 - 15.00
Permanent Mission of
Belgium
The rights of the child and the
guiding principles on business and
human rights; focus on the ICT and
the elimination of sexual violence
Public
XXIV
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Qatar
Rights and access to universal
health coverage
Public
XXIII
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Delegation of
the League of Arab States
Meeting of experts
Private
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of the
Philippines on behalf of
the core group
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the contribution of
parliaments to the work of the
Human Rights Council and its
Universal Periodic Review
Public
XXII
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Qatar
G.C.C. informal meeting
Private
E-3023
15:00 - 17:00
OHCHR
UN basic principles and guidelines
on the right of anyone deprived of
their liberty to bring proceedings
before a court
Public
XXIV
15:00 - 18:00
Permanent missions of
Botswana, Czech
Republic, Indonesia, the
Netherlands and Peru
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on equal participation in
political and public affairs
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 18:00
OHCHR, Permanent
missions of Australia,
Botswana, Hungary,
Thailand, International
Commission of Jurists
(ICJ) and the International
Bar Association's Human
Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
Judges, lawyers, prosecutors and
human rights: 30 years of UN action
Public
XXII
18:00 – 19:30
Permanent Mission of
Brazil
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the celebration of the
20th Anniversary of the International
Guidelines on HIV and Human
Rights
Public
XXII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 September 2015
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
10:00 - 12:00
Franciscans International
Human rights in Australia
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 15:30
CIVICUS - World Alliance
for Citizen Participation
Human rights in Saudi Arabia
Public
XXI
15:00 - 16:30
Alsalam Foundation
Human rights in Bahrain
Public
XXVII
16:30 - 18:00
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Truth, justice, reparation
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 18:30
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Yemen
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:00
Franciscans International
Human rights in Indonesia
Public
XXI
Forthcoming meetings Wednesday, 16 September 2015
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 – 10:00
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 group meeting
Private
XXI
09:00 - 11:00
Permanent missions of
Botswana, Czech
Republic, Indonesia, the
Netherlands and Peru
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on equal participation in
political and public affairs
Public
XXIV
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
11:00 - 13:00
OHCHR and Permanent
Mission of Switzerland
Screening of the documentary “I am
not here": the human rights of
migrant domestic workers in an
irregular situation
Public
XXIV
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 September 2015
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent missions of
Belgium, Benin, Costa
Rica, France, Mexico,
Mongolia, Republic of
Moldova and Switzerland
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on death penalty
Private
XXVII
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of
Norway, Penal Reform
International and Defence
for Children International
Violence against children in
detention
Public
XXIII
12.00 - 14:00
OHCHR, Anti-Slavery
International, the UN
Voluntary Trust Fund on
contemporary forms of
slavery and the
Permanent missions of
Australia, Belgium, Brazil,
the Netherlands, Niger
and the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Ending contemporary forms of
slavery in supply chains: challenges,
strategies, opportunities and the
2030 agenda for sustainable
development
Public
XXI
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent missions of
Argentina, Paraguay and
OHCHR
National systems for the follow-up of
human rights recommendations
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent missions of
Argentina, France,
Germany, German
Institute for Human Rights
and Nuremberg Human
Rights Center
Victim orientation – A guiding
principle for Treaty Bodies?
Public
IX
13:00 - 15:00
Center for Reproductive
Rights, UNFPA, UN
Women, WHO, HRW,
MSF, permanent missions
of the Netherlands and
Switzerland
Seeking justice: the Human Rights
Council and women and girls
affected by conflict
Public
IV
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the League of Arab States
Meeting of Ambassadors
Private
E-3023
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU),
the Luxembourg
Presidency of the Council
of the European Union
and Office of the High
Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR)
Post 2015 and human rights: the
challenges and opportunities of
implementation
Public
XXIV
13:00 - 15:00
United Nations Research
Institute for Social
Development (UNRISD),
OHCHR and ILO
Overcoming exclusion and
promoting rights: challenges and
opportunities in social protection Official launch of the social
protection and Human Rights
platform
Public
VIII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
15 and 16 September 2015
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of
South Africa
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on forum on People of
African Descent and from rhetoric to
reality: a global call for concrete
action against racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance
Public
XXI
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Austria
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Human rights in the
administration of justice
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 18:00
Permanent missions of
Guatemala and Mexico
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and
indigenous people
Public
XXVII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Egypt
LMG experts meeting
Private
XXI
16.00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Japan
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Cambodia
Public
XXII
18:00 - 19:30
International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC)
Stubborn realities, shared humanity:
history in the service of humanitarian
action
Public
ICRC
Humanitarium
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
10:00 - 11:00
Franciscans
International
Human rights in Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Public
XXIII
10:00 - 11:00
Khiam Rehabilitation
Center for Victims of
Torture
Human rights in Yemen
Public
XXVII
12:00 - 13:00
CIVICUS - World
Alliance for Citizen
Participation
CSO challenges with resources
Public
XXII
17:00 - 18:00
Federacion de
Asociaciones de
Defensa y Promocion
de los Derechos
Humanos
Human Rights House
Foundation
Enforced disappearances
Public
XXIII
Human rights in Azerbaijan
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:00
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Type of
meeting
Room