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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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, 16 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 – 10:30
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 - 11:30
Permanent Mission of
Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on right to food
Public
XXIII
10:00 - 11:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU interested delegations meeting
on the draft resolution on the RoCs
Private
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
10:30 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Mali
Public
XXI
11:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Sierra Leone
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right of persons with
albinism
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/28/BI/11
Bulletin of informal meetings
16 and 17 March 2015
11:30 – 13:00
Permanent Mission of
Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on composition of the
OHCHR staff
Public
XXIII
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU meeting
Private
XXVII
12:00 – 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Pakistan
Second informal open-ended
consultation on the draft resolution
on drone
Public
XII
12:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Switzerland
Monitoring, reporting and fact-finding
Public
XXI
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of the
Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela
Institutional framework and human
rights in Venezuela
Public
XXIV
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
Morocco
Droits de l’homme, migration et droit
d’asile: expériences africaines
Public
XXIII
13:00 - 14.00
Permanent Mission of
Qatar
G.C.C. informal meeting
Private
E-3023
14.00 - 16:00
Permanent missions of
Costa Rica, Maldives,
Slovenia and Switzerland
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and the
environment
Public
XXI
14:00 - 15:00
Organisation
Internationale de la
Francophonie
Groupe de travail sur les droits de
l’homme/droits de la personne
Private
XII
17:00 - 18:30
Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation,
Civic Chamber of the
Russian Federation and
the Russian Peace
Foundation
Crisis in Ukraine: Human rights
dimension
Public
XXIV
17.00 - 18:30
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern
Ireland
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the human rights
situation in Syria
Public
XXIII
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
09:00 - 11:00
Union of Arab Jurists
Human rights in Syria: Terrorists and
human rights
Public
XXIV
11:00 - 13:00
United Nations Watch
Human rights in the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea
Public
XXIV
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Bulletin of informal meetings
16 and 17 March 2015
12:00 – 13:00
Association of World
citizens
Route et déroute de la migration
Public
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Agency Internationale
pour Le Developpement
Right to education and freedom of
expression in conflict zones
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Action internationale
pour la paix et le
développement dans la
region des grands lacs
(AIPD-GL)
Mission au Sahara occidental
Public
XXII
15:00 - 17:00
Khiam Rehabilitation
Center for Victims of
Torture
Human rights and extremism
Public
XXIV
15:00 - 17:00
Organisation pour la
Communication en
Afrique et de Promotion
de la Coopération
Economique
International
Human rights in Tunisia
Public
XXVII
16:00 - 18:00
Society For Threatened
Peoples
Human rights in the People’s Republic of
China
Public
XXII
Forthcoming meetings: Tuesday, 17 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 – 11:00
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 Mission of
Armenia
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on prevention of genocide
Public
XXIV
09:00 – 11:00
Permanent Mission of
People’s Republic of
China
Informal consultation on a draft
President’s statement on promoting
the right to health and a joint
statement on sports and human
rights
Public
VII
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation
(OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
16 and 17 March 2015
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of
Australia
JUSCANZ meeting
Private
E-3023
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Portugal
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on economic, social and
cultural rights – omnibus resolution
Public
VII
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation
(OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Delegation of
the League of Arab
States
Meeting of experts
Private
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of
Japan
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on DPRK
Public
XXII
15:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of
Sierra Leone
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right of persons with
albinism
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Egypt
Like-minded group expert meeting
Private
XXVII
15:00 - 17:00
Core group: 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
XXIV
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent missions of
Brazil and Germany
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to privacy
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 17:00
CORE group: Permanent
missions of Morocco,
Norway, Peru, Romania
and Tunisia
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights,
democracy and the rule of law
Public
XII
16:00 – 18:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
Informal open-ended consultations
on the draft resolution on freedom of
religion or belief
Public
XXII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent missions of
Mexico and Turkey
Informal consultations on the draft
resolution on birth registration
Public
XXI
18.00 - 19:30
Permanent Mission of
South Africa
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the mandate renewal of
the open-ended intergovernmental
working group to consider the
possibility of elaborating an
international regulatory framework on
the regulation, monitoring and
oversight of the activities of private
military and security companies
Public
XXIII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
16 and 17 March 2015
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Type of
meeting
Room
Human rights education
Public
XXVII
Al-Hakim Foundation
Human rights in Irak: Minorities
Public
XXIII
11:00 - 13:00
Khiam Rehabilitation
Center for Victims of
torture
Human Rights in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories: Arbitrary
Detention
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 14:00
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Human rights in Iran: Defenders
Public
XXI
12:00 -14:00
Maarij Foundation for
Peace and
Development
Human Rights in Myanmar
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Al Zubair Charitable
Foundation
Human rights
Public
XXIII
13:00 - 15:00
People for Successful
Corean Reunification
Human rights in DPRK : Justice and
Accountability
Public
XXIV
14:00 - 16:00
Women's International
League for Peace and
Freedom WILPF
Women and explosive weapons
Public
XXI
14:00 – 16:00
Human Rights House
Foundation
Human rights in Ukraine
Public
XII
17:00 – 18:30
International Peace
Bureau
Human rights in Myanmar: the
Rohingyas
Public
XXIV
Time
Organized by
SSubject of the meeting
10:00 - 12:00
International
Organization for the
Right to Education and
Freedom of Education
11:00 - 13:00
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