Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva, 9 – 27 September 2013
Bulletin of informal meetings
Held in parallel to the session
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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
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Friday, 13 September 2013
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION
Type of
meeting
Room
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
African Union (AU)
African Group meeting
Private
XXIII
09:00-11:00
Permanent Missions of Croatia,
Costa Rica and Poland
Informal consultations on the draft
resolution on the Right to Conscious
Objection to Military Service
Public
XXI
09:00 - 10:00
Permanent Missions of Ireland,
Chile, Japan, Sierra Leone and
Tunisia
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on Civil Society Space
Public
XXIV
09.00 - 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00-12:00
Permanent Missions of Belgium,
Armenia, Mexico, Senegal and
Thailand
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on Regional Arrangements for the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Public
XXVII
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of Canada
CEFM Core Group
Public
XI
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of the Islamic
Republic of Iran
NAM Meeting
Private
XXII
10:00-11:00
Permanent Mission of Ukraine
Open-ended informal consultations on the
Role of Prevention in the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights
Public
XXIV
12:30-15:00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Side event on Combating Violence Against
LGBT Individuals: Human Rights and
Good Practices
Public
XXIII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
8.30 – 10.00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
9.00 – 12.00
A/HRC/24/BI/5
GE.13 - 16822
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
13 and 16 September 2013
Permanent Missions of Hungary
and Ecuador, OHCHR
Side event: Water and Human Rights in
the post 2015 Agenda
Public
13.00 - 14.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00-15:00
OHCHR, Permanent Missions of
the UK and Germany
Side event: Challenges and Lessons
Learnt in Combating Contemporary Forms
of Slavery
Public
XXIV
13:00-15:00
Permanent Missions of Chile,
Egypt, Romania and the Republic
of Korea
First informal consultation on draft
resolution on Local Government and
Human Rights
Public
XI
13:15-14:45
Permanent Missions of Austria,
Spain, Mexico, New Zealand and
Ecuador, OHCHR, Light for the
World
Side event: Development for all;
Opportunities to Increase the Accessibility
for and inclusion of Persons with
Disabilities in Development Efforts
Public
XX
14:00-15:00
HRC Secretariat, HRC
Presidency, OHCHR
Meeting of the President of the Human
Rights Council with NGOs
Public
XXII
15:00-16:00
Permanent Missions of Mexico
and Guatemala
Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
Mandate Special Rapporteur
Public
XXII
16:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of Japan
Open-ended informal meeting on the
resolution on Technical Assistance to
Cambodia
Public
XXI
16:00-18:00
Permanent Missions of Mexico
and Guatemala
Resolution on Human Rights and
Indigenous Peoples
Public
XXII
16:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of the United
States
Informal negotiations on the resolution on
the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful
Assembly and of Association
Public
XXVI
17:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of Argentina
Informal consultation on draft resolution on
Older Persons
Public
XXIII
17:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of South Africa
Informal Consultations from Rhetoric to
Reality: A global Call for Concrete Action
Against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and related Intolerance
Public
XXIV
13:00-16:00
XXI
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
11:00 - 13:00
France Libertes : Fondation
Danielle Mitterrand
Right to water and indigenous peoples
Public
XXI
11:00 - 13:00
International Humanist and Ethical
Union
Human rights in Mauritania
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 13:00
Indian Council of South America
Human rights and self-determination
Public
XXII
12:00 - 14:00
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Centre de Documentation, de
Recherche et d'Information des
Peuples Autochtones (doCip)
Indigenous peoples at the United Nations
Public
XVI
-2-
Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
13 and 16 September 2013
14:00 - 16:00
Associazione Comunita Papa
Giovanni XXIII
Right to development and post-2015
agenda
Public
XXVII
15:00 - 17:00
Swiss Peace Foundation
Access to truth archives
Public
XXIV
15:00 - 17:00
Inter-African Committee on
Traditional Practices Affecting the
Health of Women and Children
Right to development
Public
XI
15:00 - 17:00
Amnesty International
Human rights in Egypt
Public
XXIII
18:00 - 20:00
Comité International pour le
Respect et l'Application de la
Charte Africaine des Droits de
l'Homme et des Peuples (CIRAC)
Human rights in Bahrain
Public
XXIV
Forthcoming Meetings –Monday, 16 September 2013
Please note that the information on forthcoming events is indicative and may be subject to changes
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
Coordination meeting of EU human rights
experts
Private
XXIV
8.30 – 10.00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
9.00 – 12.00
African Union (AU)
African Group meeting
Private
XXIII
09.00 - 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of the Islamic
Republic of Iran
NAM Meeting
Private
XXII
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of Hungary
Second open ended informal - Resolution
on the Cooperation with the UN, its
Representatives and Mechanisms in the
Field of Human Rights
Public
XXI
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal Consultations on Draft Resolution
on Civil Society Space
Public
XXIV
10:00-18:00
OHCHR
Policy Board Meeting on UN-Indigenous
Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP)
Private
XXVII
10:30-12:30
Permanent Mission of Argentina
Informal consultation on draft resolution
“Older persons”
Public
XI
12:00-13:00
Permanent Missions of Brazil,
Congo , Greece, Japan, Lebanon,
Morocco, Republic of Korea and
the Russian Federation
Informal consultations on the resolution
Promoting Human Rights through Sport
and the Olympic Ideal
Public
XXIV
12:00-13:00
Permanent Mission of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Open-ended informal consultations:
Special Rapporteur on contemporary
forms of Slavery
Public
XXIII
-3-
Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
13 and 16 September 2013
12:30-14:30
Permanent Mission of Germany
Informals on the Roll-over of the Mandate
Renewal on the Right to Adequate
Housing
Public
XI
13:00-15:00
Holy See Mission
Side event: Right to peace
Public
XXIII
13.00 - 14.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
15:00-17:00
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on the World Programme for
Human Rights Education and Training
Public
XXIV
16:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
Informal meeting on the Impact of Arms
Transfer in the Human Rights of People
Living in Armed Conflict Affected Areas
Public
XXII
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
12:00 - 14:00
Human Rights Watch
Human rights in Bahrain
Public
XXI
13:00 - 15:00
Penal Reform International
Impact of over-incarceration
Public
XXIV
14:00 - 16:00
International Catholic Child Bureau
Restorative juvenile justice
Public
XXII
14:00 - 16:00
Eastern Sudan Women
Development Organization
Human rights in Sudan
Public
XXI
15:00 - 17:00
Centre de Documentation, de
Recherche et d'Information des
Peuples Autochtones (doCip)
Global indigenous caucus
Public
XXIII
16:00 - 18:00
Action internationale pour la paix
et le développement dans la
région des Grands Lacs
Human rights in Morocco
Public
XXI
-4-
Type of
meeting
Room