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.
Friday, 18 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 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent missions of
Albania, Bangladesh,
Cameroon, Colombia,
France, Iraq, Mali,
Morocco, Peru, Tunisia,
Turkey and United States
of America
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on preventing and
countering violent extremism
Public
XXIII
10:00 - 13:00
Permanent missions of
Guatemala and Mexico
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and
indigenous people
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 12:30
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
IX
10:30 – 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and
unilateral coercive measures
Public
XXII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
08:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
08:30 – 10:00
A/HRC/30/BI/5
Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 21 September 2015
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent missions of
Armenia, Belgium, Mexico,
Senegal and Thailand
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on regional arrangements
for the promotion and protection of
human rights
Public
XXI
12.30 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Korea
Local Government and human rights
Public
XXIV
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
OHCHR and the Geneva
Environment Network
(GEN)
Right to information on hazardous
substances and wastes
Public
XVI
13:30 - 15:30
Permanent missions of
Belgium, Benin, Costa
Rica, France, Mexico,
Mongolia, Republic of
Moldova and Switzerland
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on death penalty
Public
IX
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Austria
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Human rights in the
administration of justice
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent missions of
Bolivia (Plurinational State
of), Cuba, Ecuador and
South Africa
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the rights of peasants
and other people working in rural
areas
Public
XXII
16:30 - 18:00
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
XI
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
09:00 - 10:00
International Lesbian and
Gay Association
Intersex human rights
Public
XXIV
09:00 - 11:00
NGO Group
Human rights
Private
E-3025
10:00 - 11:30
Asian Forum for Human
Rights and Development
Expression under intimidation:
Bloggers under attack in South Asia
Public
XXIV
11:30 - 12:30
Africa Culture
Internationale
Victims of the state in South Asia
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 13:00
Association for Defending
Victims of Terrorism
Effects of terrorism
Public
XXII
12:00 - 13:00
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Just work conditions for women
Public
XXIII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 21 September 2015
12:30 - 13:30
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Human rights defenders in Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
Public
IX
13:00 - 14:30
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Russian Peace Foundation
Human rights situation in Ukraine
Public
XXIII
14:00 - 15:30
American Civil Liberties
Union
Human rights in the United States of
America
Public
XXI
14:00 - 15:00
Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing
Countries
Migrants rights
Public
XXII
14:00 - 16:00
Women's World Summit
Foundation
Rural women’s empowerment
Public
XXIV
14:30 - 16:00
International Youth and
Student Movement for the
United Nations
Right to development
Public
XXVII
15:00 - 16:00
International Movement
Against All Forms of
Discrimination and Racism
(IMADR)
Human rights in Sri Lanka
Public
XXII
15:30 - 17:00
Women's Human Rights
International Association
Human rights in the Middle East
Public
XXI
16:00 - 17:00
France Libertes: Fondation
Danielle Mitterrand
Arbitrary detention
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 18:00
Centre Europe - Tiers
Monde - Europe-Third
World Centre
Human rights in Greece
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 18:00
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Sri Lanka
Public
XXI
17:00 - 18:30
Organisation pour la
Communication en Afrique
et de Promotion de la
Cooperation Economique
Internationale OCAPROCE Internationale
Women and children’s rights
violations
Public
XXIII
Forthcoming meetings Monday, 21 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
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 21 September 2015
09:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
African group meeting
Private
XXI
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
09:00 - 11:00
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
XXIV
10:00 - 11:00
Permanent Mission of
Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on use of mercenaries
and promotion of an international
equitable order
Public
XI
10:00 - 13:00
Permanent missions of
Guatemala and Mexico
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and
indigenous people
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Sri Lanka
Public
XXIII
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent missions of the
Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and
Somalia
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Somalia
Public
XI
12:30
Permanent Mission of
Israel and the World
Jewish Congress (WJC)
Exhibition: education without
borders
Public
E-building, 1st
floor, communal
space
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Belarus and OHCHR
Trafficking for organ removal
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Bolivia (Plurinational State
of)
The rights of peasants and other
rural workers: the value added of a
UN Declaration
Public
XI
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of Italy
and No Peace Without
Justice
Accountability and the prospect of a
political solution to the conflict in
Syria
Public
XXIV
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of
Estonia
Promotion of indigenous peoples’
cultural rights: the programme of
finno-ugric capitals of culture
Public
XXII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
Second informal consultation for
discussing the draft resolution on the
right to development
Public
XI
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent missions of
Belgium, Benin, Costa
Rica, France, Mexico,
Mongolia, Republic of
Moldova and Switzerland
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on death penalty
Public
XXVII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
18 and 21 September 2015
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Thailand
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on enhancement of
technical cooperation and capacitybuilding in the field of human rights
Public
XXII
16:00 - 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
18:00
Permanent Mission of
France, Franciscans
International and ATD
Fourth World
Launch of new Handbook “Making
Human Rights Work for People
Living in Extreme Poverty” and
Video premiere “Extreme Poverty:
Standing up for rights”
Public
In front of Room
XX
18:00 - 20:00
Permanent Mission of
Hungary
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on cooperation with the
United Nations, its representatives
and mechanisms in the field of
human rights
Public
XXII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
11:00 - 13:00
International Movement
Against all Forms of
Discrimination and
Racism (IMADR)
Human rights in Japan
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 13:00
Maarij Foundation for
Peace and Development
Unilateral coercive measures
Public
XXII
12:00 - 14:00
Le Collectif des Femmes
Africaines du Hainaut
Child trafficking
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
Khiam Rehabilitation
Center for Victims of
Torture
Human rights in the Gulf
Public
XXIII
14:00 - 16:00
Action international pour la
paix et le développement
dans la région des Grands
Lacs
Human rights in Burundi
Public
XXI
14:00 - 16:00
Nonviolent Radical Party,
Transnational and
Transparty
Human rights in Iran (Islamic
Republic of)
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 16:30
World Barua Organization
(WBO)
Women and children’s rights
Public
XXIV
16:00 - 18:00
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
Public
XXI
16:30 - 18:00
Indian Council of South
America (CISA)
Indigenous rights
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:00
Indigenous World
Association
Indigenous caucus
Public
XXVII
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