Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth session
Geneva, 2 – 27 March 2015
Bulletin of informal meetings
Held in parallel to the session
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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, 6 March 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 Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
11:30 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of the
People’s Republic of China
Informal consultations on two
President’s statements (PRST on
Beijing+20 and PRST on the right to
health) and on joint statement on
sport and human rights
Public
XXVII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of
Myanmar
Ambassadorial meeting
Private
XXIII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent missions of
Mexico and New Zealand
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on persons with disabilities
Public
XXII
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
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/28/BI/5
Bulletin of informal meetings
6 and 9 March 2015
13:00 - 15:00
OHCHR and United Nations
Research Institute for Social
Development (UNRISD)
Side event: Social protection floors
and human rights
Public
XXIV
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Tunisia
Side event: Human rights,
democracy and elections
Public
XXIII
14:00 - 16:00
Core group: Permanent
missions of Albania,
Colombia, Greece,
Guatemala, Norway,
Paraguay, Switzerland and
Uruguay
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on contribution of the
Human Rights Council to the United
Nations General Assembly special
session on the world drug problem of
2016
Public
XXII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent missions of
Brazil and Germany
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to privacy
Public
XXIII
16.30 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Co-sponsor meeting on the draft
resolution on Syria
Private
XXIV
17:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Egypt
Ambassadorial level meeting of the
Like-minded group
Private
XXI
18:30
Permanent Mission of
Switzerland and NDD/MCP
planning committee
National dress day / Multicultural
party
Public
Serpentine
Bar
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
09:30 - 11:30
Centre Indépendant de
recherche et d'initiatives
pour le dialogue
Human rights in Africa
public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Article 19, International
Centre Against Censorship
Defending artistic expression
Public
XXIII
12:00 – 13:00
Human Rights House
Foundation
Human Rights Defenders, Russia,
Azerbaijan and Belarus
Public
XXI
13:00 - 15:00
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
FES
Human rights and climate change
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Amnesty International
Privacy in the digital age
Public
XXI
15:00 - 17:00
Indian Council of South
America (CISA)
Indigenous People and UPR High
level plenary
Public
XXI
15:00 – 16:30
International Federation for
Human Rights Leagues
Human rights in Iran
Public
XXIV
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6 and 9 March 2015
Forthcoming meetings Monday, 9 March 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 missions of
Morocco, Norway,
Romania, Peru and Tunisia
(CORE-Group)
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights,
democracy and the rule of law
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Ecuador
Side event: Transnational
corporations, human rights and
environment
Public
XXIV
12.00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Co-sponsor meeting on the draft
resolution on Syria
Private
XXIII
12:00 - 14:30
Special Rapporteur on the
sale of children, child
prostitution and child
pornography, the Special
Representative of the UN
Secretary-General on
Violence against Children,
Permanent missions of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
and Costa Rica
Side event: A call for an empowering,
inclusive and safe digital environment
for children
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Switzerland and Penal
Reform International
Side event: Strengthening death
penalty standards
Public
VII
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
Norway, ISHR and OHCHR
Side event: Woman human rights
defenders
Public
XXIII
13:00 - 14.00
Permanent Mission of Qatar
G.C.C. informal meeting
Private
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
6 and 9 March 2015
16.00 - 18:00
Permanent missions of
Costa Rica, Maldives,
Slovenia and Switzerland
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and the
environment
Public
XXII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Egypt
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to work
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of
Uruguay and Permanent
Delegation of the European
Union
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the rights of the child:
Towards better investment in the
rights of the child
Public
XXIII
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
Organisation pour la
Communication en Afrique et
de Promotion de la
Coopération Economique
Internationale
Women and Children’s rights in conflict
zone
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Comisión Mexicana de
Defensa y Promoción de los
Derechos Humanos,
Asociación Civil (CMDPDH)
Human rights in Mexico: Women human
rights defenders
Public
XXIII
12:00 - 14:00
International Federation for
Human Rights Leagues
Human rights in Myanmar
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom
WILPF
Disarmament and women's Rights
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXII
14:30 - 16:30
Indian Council of South
America (CISA)
Self-determination at Human Rights
Council
Public
XXI
15:00 - 17:00
Human Rights Advocates Inc.
Human rights in the United States of
America: Guantanamo and torture
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 18:00
Liberation
Human Rights Defenders
Public
XXIV
16:30 – 18:30
World Resources Institute
The Environmental Democracy Index
Public
XXI
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