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.
Monday, 21 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
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 – 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Cuba
Informal consultation on the right to
peace
Public
XXII
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
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/6
Bulletin of informal meetings
21 and 22 September 2015
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
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
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
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
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Bulletin of informal meetings
21 and 22 September 2015
12:00 - 13:00
Maarij Foundation for
Peace and Development
Refugees
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
Forthcoming meetings Tuesday, 22 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 – 11:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU group meeting
Private
XXIII
08:00 - 10:00
Permanent missions of
Portugal, Kenya, Uruguay,
Viet Nam, African Child
Policy Forum, ATD 4th
World, Better Care
Network, CELCIS, Family
for Every Child, For Our
Children Foundation,
Hope and Homes for
Children, International
Federation of Social
Workers, International
Foster Care Organisation,
International Social
Service, RELAF, Save the
Children, SOS Children’s
Villages International and
UNICEF
Side event on children’s rights
Public
XXIV
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
21 and 22 September 2015
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 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent missions of
Bolivia (Plurinational State
of), Cuba, South Africa
and Ecuador
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the rights of peasants
and other people working in rural
areas
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
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
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 11.30
Permanent Mission of the
Netherlands
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on technical assistance
and capacity-building for Yemen in
the field of human rights
Public
XI
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
11:30 - 13:00
Permanent missions of
Brazil and Paraguay
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on promoting international
technical cooperation to support the
implementation of the national follow
up systems and processes
Public
XI
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Egypt
LMG expert meeting
Private
XXVII
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Tunisia
Civil society and women's rights
Public
XXI
12:00 - 13:30
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Sri Lanka
Public
XXIV
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Australia
JUSCANZ meeting
Private
E-3023
13:00 - 14:00
Bureau of the Human
Rights Council
Informal consultation on the draft
proposal by the Bureau on the
implementation of op.2 of PRST
29/1 as well as on the draft PRST on
the reports of the Advisory
Committee
Public
XXII
13.00 - 14:30
OHCHR, Equal Rights
Trust, Global Campaign
for Equal Nationality
Rights, Permanent
missions of Algeria,
Kenya, Portugal and
United States
Achieving gender equality in
nationality laws
Public
XXIII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
21 and 22 September 2015
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
People’s Republic of
China
Informal consultation on PRST on
capacity building in global public
health
Public
XII
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern
Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Syria
Public
XXI
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Sudan
Public
XXII
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Qatar
G.C.C. informal meeting
Private
E-3023
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Austria
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights in the
administration of justice
Public
XXIV
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU informal meeting
Public
XII
16:00 - 17:00
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
XXI
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Ecuador
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on national policies and
human rights
Public
XXII
16:00 - 18:00
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
XXIII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
12:00 - 13:00
Alliance Defending
Freedom
Criminalizing Religious Conversion:
Voices from South Asia
Public
XXII
13:30 - 15:00
World Association for the
School as an Instrument
of Peace
Human rights in the United States of
America
Public
XXIV
14:30 - 16:00
Action Canada for
Population and
Development
Sexual rights: Protection gaps
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 16:00
Cultural Survival
Operationalizing UN Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous People’s
“free, prior, informed consent”
Public
XXVII
16:00 - 17:00
Rencontre Africaine pour
la defense des droits de
l’homme
Remembering victims of terrorism
Public
XXVII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
21 and 22 September 2015
17:00 - 18:00
African Development
Association
Human rights in Nigeria
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:00
Mbororo Social and
cultural Development
Association
Truth and justice
Public
XXI
17:00 - 18:00
Organization for
Defending Victims of
Violence
Human rights in Yemen
Public
XXVII
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