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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United Nations, and can be subject to possible change.
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 September 2013
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION
Type of
meeting
Room
Coordination meeting of EU human rights
experts
Private
XXIV
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
10:00-13:00
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
10:00-18:00
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 Mission of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Open-ended informal consultations:
Special Rapporteur on contemporary
forms of Slavery
Public
XXIII
13:00-15:00
Holy See Mission
Side event: Right to peace
Public
XXIII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
8.30 – 10.00
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Bulletin of Informal Meetings
16 and 17 September 2013
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
17:00-19:00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Informal Consultations on draft resolutions
on Mercenaries and Social Forum
Public
XXIV
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
Type of
meeting
Room
Forthcoming Meetings –Tuesday, 17 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 Missions of Chile,
Egypt, Romania and the Republic
of Korea
Second Informal consultation on draft
resolution on Local Government and
Human Rights
Public
XXI
09.00 - 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group meeting
Private
XXII
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
16 and 17 September 2013
10:00-12:00
Permanent Missions of Australia,
Hungary, Nigeria, Rwanda and
Uruguay
Side event: The Responsibility of States
and the International Community to Build
States’ Capacity to Protect Their Own
Populations
Public
XXIV
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of the Islamic
Republic of Iran
NAM Meeting
Private
XXII
10:00-11:00
Permanent Mission of the United
States
Informal negotiations on the resolution on
the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful
Assembly and of Association
Public
XXVII
11:00-13:00
Arab League
Arab Ambassadorial Meeting
Private
XII
11:00-13:00
Permanent Mission of Austria
Informal consultation on Human rights in
the Administration of Justice
Public
XXVII
12:00-13:00
Permanent Missions of Croatia,
Costa Rica and Poland
Informals on the draft resolution on the
Right to Conscious Objection to Military
Service
Public
XXII
12:00-13:00
Permanent Mission of Thailand
Open-ended consultation of the draft
resolution entitled: Enhancement of
Technical Cooperation and Capacity
Building in the Field of Human Rights
Public
XXIII
13:00-14:00
Permanent Mission of Australia
Juscanz Meeting
Private
E-3023
13:00-15:00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
Side event: Freedom of Information and
the Protection of Whistle-blowers with Act
in the Public Interest
Public
XXIV
13.00 - 14.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group Meeting
Private
XXII
14:00-16:00
Permanent Missions of Germany,
Jordan, Qatar, Turkey, United
Kingdom and United States
Co-sponsors meeting on resolution on
Human Rights Situation in Syria
Private
XII
15:00-16:00
Permanent Missions of Austria,
Brazil, Morocco, Switzerland and
Tunisia
Panel discussion on the Safety of
Journalists
Public
XXVII
16:00-18:00
Permanent Missions of Belgium,
Armenia, Mexico, Senegal and
Thailand
Informal consultations on the draft
resolution: Regional Arrangements for the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Public
XXVII
16:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Informals on the resolution on the Right to
Health
Public
XXIII
16:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal Consultations on Draft Resolution
on Preventable Child Mortality and
Morbidity and Human Rights
Public
XXIV
16:00-18:00
Permanent Mission of Spain
Second informal meeting and
consultations on Human Right to Safe
Drinking Water and Sanitation Resolution
Public
XXI
18:00-19:00
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
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Bulletin of Informal Meetings
16 and 17 September 2013
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
10:00 - 12:00
Action Canada for Population and
Development
Decriminalizing abortion
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
World Federation of United
Nations Associations
Human rights and femicide
Public
XXIII
12:00 - 14:00
International Indian Treaty Council
Rights of indigenous peoples
Public
XXI
13:00 - 15:00
World Muslim Congress
Human Rights in Occupied Territories
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 16:00
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
NGO Recommendations in the UPR
Public
XXIII
14:00 - 16:00
International Federation of
University Women
State practices and challenges in human
rights education for women
Public
XXI
14:00 - 16:00
Convergence et divergence au Conseil
des droits de l'homme
Public
XXII
16:00 - 18:00
International Movement for
Fraternal Union among Races and
Peoples
United Nations Watch
Human Rights in Cuba
Public
XXII
18:00 - 20:00
Syriac Universal Alliance
Human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
Public
XXIII
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Type of
meeting
Room