Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva, 9 – 27 September 2013
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.
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, 17 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 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
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
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
8.00 – 10.00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union (EU)
8.30 – 10.00
A/HRC/24/BI/7
GE.13 - 16972
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 September 2013
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 Missions of Ireland,
Chile, Japan, Sierra Leone and
Tunisia
Informal consultations on draft resolution
on Civil Society Space
Public
XXIV
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
PMs 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
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
Informal consultations on draft decision:
“Panel discussion on the safety of
journalists”
Public
XXVII
15:00-16:00
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
XXIV
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 South Africa
Informal Consultations: From Rhetoric to
Reality: A Global Call for Concrete Action
Against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and related Intolerance
Public
XII
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
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
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 September 2013
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
International Movement for
Fraternal Union among Races and
Peoples
United Nations Watch
Convergence et divergence au Conseil
des droits de l'homme
Public
XXII
Human Rights in Cuba
Public
XXII
16:00 - 18:00
Forthcoming Meetings –Wednesday, 18 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
08:00-09:00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
Informal meeting on the draft resolution
on the Impact of Arms Transfer in the
Human Rights of People Living in Armed
Conflict Affected States
Public
XXII
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 Austria
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on Human rights in the
Administration of Justice
Public
XXVII
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of Hungary
Third open ended informal - Resolution on
the Cooperation with the UN, its
Representatives and Mechanisms in the
Field of Human Rights
Public
XXIV
10:00-12:00
Permanent Mission of the Islamic
Republic of Iran
NAM Meeting
Private
XXII
12:00-13:00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Informal Consultations on the draft
resolution on Child Early and Forced
Marriage
Public
XXVII
12:00-13:00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Individual Guarantees in the Cuban
Judicial System
Public
XXII
12:00-13:00
Permanent Mission of France
Open ended informal consultations on the
draft resolution “Arbitrary detention”
Public
XXIII
12:00-14:00
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal Consultations on draft resolution
on Civil Society Space
Public
XXIV
13:00-15:00
Permanent Missions of Botswana,
Czech Republic, Indonesia, the
Netherlands and Peru
Informal consultations on the draft
resolution on Equal Political Participation
Public
XXVII
-3-
Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 September 2013
13:00-15:00
Permanent Missions of
Netherlands and Yemen
Informal consultations on the draft
resolution on Technical Assistance and
Capacity-Building for Yemen in the Field of
Human Rights
Public
XXIII
13.00 - 14.00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Group Meeting
Private
XXII
14:00-16:00
OHCHR
Side Event: In-Depth Presentation of the
SR’ Annual Report to the HRC on
Extractive Industries and Indigenous
People
Public
XXII
14:00-15:00
Permanent Mission of Ukraine
Open-ended informals on the draft
resolution on the Role of Prevention in the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Public
XXIV
15:00-17:00
Permanent Mission of Argentina
Informal consultation on draft resolution
“Older persons”
Public
XII
15:00-17:00
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on World Program on Human
Rights Education and Training
Public
XXIV
15:00-17:00
Permanent Mission of Ireland
Informal Consultations on draft resolution
on Preventable Child Mortality and
Morbidity and Human Rights
Public
XXIII
15:00-16:00
Permanent Missions of Mexico
and Guatemala
Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur
Public
XXVII
16:00-18:00
Permanent Missions of Mexico
and Guatemala
Resolution on Human Rights and
Indigenous Peoples
Public
XXVII
17:00-18:00
Permanent Missions of Austria,
Cuba and Norway
Fund for Fora under the Human Rights
Council
Public
XII
17:00-19:00
Permanent Mission of Japan
Open-ended informal meeting on the
Resolution on Technical Assistance to
Cambodia
Public
XXIV
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
10:00 - 12:00
Mouvement Mondial des Mères
International
Unpaid care work and poverty of women
Public
XXI
12:00 - 14:00
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for
Victims of Torture
Human Rights in Bahrain
Public
XXI
14:00 - 16:00
Charitable Institute for Protecting
Social Victims
The role of NGOs in Realization of Human
Rights
Public
XXI
16:00 - 18:00
Cairo Institute for Human Rights
Studies
Human rights in Egypt
Public
XXII
17:00 - 19:00
Organization for Defending Victims
of Violence
Islamophobia and human rights violations
Public
XXIII
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Type of
meeting
Room