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, 22 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 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
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
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
08:00 – 11:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
08:00 - 10:00
A/HRC/30/BI/7
Bulletin of informal meetings
22 and 24 September 2015
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 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
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
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
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Bulletin of informal meetings
22 and 24 September 2015
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
Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to peace
Public
IX
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
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Type of
meeting
Room
Criminalizing religious conversion:
voices from South Asia
Public
XXII
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
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
12:00 - 13:00
Alliance Defending
Freedom
13:30 - 15:00
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Bulletin of informal meetings
22 and 24 September 2015
17:00 - 18:00
African Development
Association
Human rights in South Asia
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
Forthcoming meetings Thursday, 24 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 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
09:00 - 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Norway
WEOG meeting
Private
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent missions of
Botswana, Czech republic,
Indonesia, the
Netherlands and Peru
Co-sponsors meeting on the draft
resolution on equal participation in
political and public affairs
Private
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 – 11:30
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
XI
10:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Second informal consultation on the
draft resolution on Sudan
Public
XXIV
11:30 – 13:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU informal meeting
Public
XI
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Ecuador
Avances y desafíos de Ecuador tras
su presentación del EPU
Public
XXIV
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
22 and 24 September 2015
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Qatar
G.C.C. informal meeting
Private
E-3023
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of
Cuba
Rights of the child in Cuba:
achievements and challenges
Public
XXII
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Delegation of
the League of Arab States
Meeting of experts
Private
XXVII
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
XXIII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Egypt
LMG expert meeting
Private
XXVII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of
Ecuador
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Parliaments and
human rights
Public
XXII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
10:00 - 11:30
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Rights in the Paris agreement
Public
XXIII
11:30 - 12:30
Institut international pour
la paix, la justice et les
droits de l’Homme- IIPJDH
Countering violent extremism
Public
XXIII
12:00 - 13:30
Nonviolent Radical Party,
Transnational and
Transparty
Human rights in China
Public
XXII
12:00 - 13:30
Pasumai Thaayagam
Foundation
Human rights in Sri Lanka
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
Rencontre Africaine pour
la defense des droits de
l'homme
Human rights in South Asia
Public
XXVII
12:30 - 13:30
Agence Internationale
pour le Developpement
Freedom of expression
Public
XXIII
13:30 - 15:00
Cairo Institute for Human
Rights Studies
Human rights in Libya
Public
XXI
15:00 - 16:30
Allied Rainbow
Communities International
Transgender rights
Public
XXI
16:30 - 18:00
Peace Brigades
International Switzerland
Human rights in Honduras
Public
XXIV
17:00 - 18:00
Asian Forum for Human
Rights and Development
Human rights in Cambodia
Public
XXIII
17:00 - 18:00
International Fellowship of
Reconciliation
Military service and human rights
Public
XXVII
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