Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva, 9 – 27 September 2013
Order of the Day*
Plenary Meetings – Room XX
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
14th meeting
Item 4
(cont’d)
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Interactive dialogue with: (cont’d)
- Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab
Republic
Interactive dialogue with:
- Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
[Modalities for participation in an individual interactive dialogue with the
Commission of Inquiry: Introductory statement by the Commission of Inquiry. States
Members of the Council, observer States and other observers are requested to raise their
nameplates which are noted by the podium. NHRIs are requested to inscribe at the List
of Speakers Desk in room XX. NGOs are requested to confirm on-line registration at
the List of Speakers Desk in room XX. Speaking time is 3 minutes for States Members
of the Council, and 2 minutes for observer States and other observers, including NHRIs
and NGOs.]
General debate
A/HRC/24/NGO/3, A/HRC/24/NGO/6, A/HRC/24/NGO/8,
A/HRC/24/NGO/11, A/HRC/24/NGO/16, A/HRC/24/NGO/27,
A/HRC/24/NGO/40, A/HRC/24/NGO/41, A/HRC/24/NGO/55,
A/HRC/24/NGO/59, A/HRC/24/NGO/60, A/HRC/24/NGO/65,
A/HRC/24/NGO/69, A/HRC/24/NGO/75, A/HRC/24/NGO/79,
A/HRC/24/NGO/86, A/HRC/24/NGO/88, A/HRC/24/NGO/92,
A/HRC/24/NGO/96, A/HRC/24/NGO/97, A/HRC/24/NGO/98,
A/HRC/24/NGO/100, A/HRC/24/NGO/103, A/HRC/24/NGO/104,
A/HRC/24/NGO/110, A/HRC/24/NGO/118, A/HRC/24/NGO/119,
A/HRC/24/NGO/130, A/HRC/24/NGO/131
*
The information contained in this document was compiled and is correct as of 6 p.m. of the previous day. In the event that the
consideration of a specific item or sub-item does not take up the whole meeting, the Council will move to the consideration of the
next item or sub-item scheduled for the following meeting, with the exception of the consideration of UPR reports and panels. The
Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS, HRC Extranet and Twitter (UN_HRC & #HRC24). Any comments
should be notified to the Secretariat, office E-3060.
A/HRC/24/OD/7
GE.13-16962
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observer States and other observers, including NHRIs, are requested to inscribe with
the List of Speakers Desk in room XX. NGOs are requested to confirm on-line
registration at the List of Speakers Desk in room XX. Speaking time is 3 minutes for
States Members of the Council, and 2 minutes for observer States and other observers,
including NHRIs and NGOs. The list of speakers will be closed 10 minutes after the
commencement of the discussion.]
LUNCH
12.00 – 15.00
15th meeting
14.50
Item 4
(cont’d)
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
General debate (cont’d)
Visit of H.E. Mr. Utoni Nujoma,
Minister of Justice of Namibia
AFTERNOON
15.00 – 18.00
16th meeting
Half-day panel discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples:
Human rights as a cross-cutting theme in the World Conference on
Indigenous Peoples
Chairperson:
H.E. Ms. Iruthisham Adam, Vice-President of the Human Rights
Council
Moderator:
H.E. Mr. Ulises Canchola Gutierrez, Deputy Permanent
Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations
and other International Organizations in Geneva
Opening statement:
Ms. Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Panellists:

Mr. John Henriksen, Co-facilitator in the process towards the
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

Mr. Raja Devasish Roy, Member of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues

Ms. Soyata Maiga, African Commission on Human and
Peoples’ Rights

Ms. Tania Edith Pariona Tarqui, Indigenous Global
Coordinating Group

International Chief Wilton Littlechild, Chairperson of the
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A/HRC/24/NGO/20
[Modalities for participation in the panel: The presentations of panellists from the
podium will be followed by an interactive discussion, to be divided in two slots of 60
minutes each (45 minutes for comments and questions from the floor, followed by 15
minutes for comments and replies by panellists). Concept note including modalities
posted on HRC Extranet:
https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/24thSession/Pages/P
anels.aspx ]
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DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE 24TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (9-27 September 2013)
as of 16 September 2013 (subject to change)
WEEK 1
9 September
10.00
–
M 13.00
O
N 13.00
D –
A 15:00
Y
Item 1 and 2*
Opening of the session
Item 2 (cont’d)
Update by the HC followed by
General debate
10:00
–
13:00
Break
13.00
–
15:00
(oral update)
10 September
Item 3 (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
11 September
10.00
–
13.00
13.00
-15.00
Panel on the human rights of children of
parents sentenced to the death penalty 09.00
–
or executed
12.00
(HRC resolution 22/11)
12:00
Item 3 (cont’d)
–
Clustered ID with WG on mercenaries & IE 15:00
on democratic & equitable int’l order (cont’d)
followed by
15.00
15.00
–
–
Clustered ID with SR on hazardous wastes
18.00
18.00
& SR on water and sanitation
12 September
T
H
U
R
S
D
A
Y
10.00
–
13.00
13.00
-15.00
15.00
–
18.00
Annual discussion on gender integration 09.00
–
(HRC resolution 6/30)
12.00
Break
12:00
–
15:00
Item 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID with:
- SR on truth, justice, reparation and non- 15.00
–
recurrence
18.00
- SR on contemporary forms of slavery
13 September
10.00
–
F 13.00
R
I 13.00
–
D 15.00
A
Y 15.00
–
18.00
Item 4
Report of the SR on IDPs (Res 23/26)
ID with COI on the Syrian Arab
Republic (HRC res 23/1 and 23/26)
Break
Item 4 (cont’d)
ID with COI on Syria (cont’d)
10.00
–
13.00
---
13:00
–
Break
15:00
15.00
Item 7 (cont’d)
–
--17.00
Item 8 – General debate
17:00
Item 5 (cont’d)
–
18.00 Complaint procedure (closed meeting)
24 September (non-stop)
Item 4 (cont’d)
ID with COI on Syria (cont’d)
ID with COI on the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
(HRC resolution 22/13, oral update)
followed by General debate
09.00
–
12.00
Item 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
12:00
–
15:00
Half-day discussion on indigenous
peoples
(HRC resolution 18/8)
18 September (non-stop)
Items 3 & 5
Clustered ID with:
- SR on indigenous peoples
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)
Item 5 (cont’d)
- ID with HRC Advisory Committee
General debate
Item 6
Consideration of UPR reports
Turkmenistan, Burkina Faso,
Cape Verde
19 September
Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Tuvalu, Colombia, Uzbekistan
Item 7
Report of SG on the Occupied
Palestinian Territory
General debate
17 September (non-stop)
Item 3 (cont’d)
ID with SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict
10.00
09.00
(cont’d)
T –
–
Clustered ID with:
12.00
U 13.00
WG
on
mercenaries
E
- IE on democratic & equitable int’l order
S
12:00
D 13:00
–
–
Break
A 15:00
15:00
Y
W
E
D
N
E
S
D
A
Y
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Item 2 (cont’d)
--15.00
15.00
Item 3
–
–
18.00 ID with SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict 18.00
15.00
–
18.00
WEEK 3
23 September
WEEK 2
16 September
Item 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
Item 9
ID with WG of Experts on People
of African Descent
---
General debate
Item 10 (cont’d)
- Individual ID with SR on Cambodia
- Individual ID with IE on Somalia
Item 10 (cont’d)
15.00
–
Stand-alone high-level ID on Somalia
18.00
(HRC decision 23/114)
25 September
10.00
–
13.00
Item 10 (cont’d)
- Individual ID with IE on Sudan
- SG/HC country reports (Items 2+10)
---
General debate
13:00
–
15:00
Break
15.00
–
18.00
Item 10 (cont’d)
26 September
10.00
–
13.00
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
Item 4 (cont’d) TBC
13:00
–
15:00
Break
Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Germany, Djibouti, Canada
15.00
–
18.00
20 September
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Election of HRC Advisory Committee
members
27 September
Items 2 & 3 (cont’d)
- Report of WG on right to development
- Introduction of SG/HC thematic reports
followed by General debate
10.00
–
13.00
Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Bangladesh, Azerbaijan,
Russian Federation
10.00
–
13.00
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Break
13.00
–
15.00
Break
13.00
–
15.00
Break
Item 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
15.00
–
18.00
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Adoption of the session report
Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Cameroon, Cuba
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General debate
* Item 2 remains open throughout the session.
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Information note for ease of reference on speaking time arrangements
Human Rights Council
(24th session / 9 – 27 September 2013)
TYPE OF DISCUSSION
MEMBER
STATES
(MIN.)
OBSERVER
STATES AND
OTHER
OBSERVERS
OBSERVERS FOR
NHRIS/NGOS
(MIN.)
(MIN.)
General debate for all items
3’
2’
-
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Panels
3’
2’
-
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Interactive dialogues for
country and other mandates
(when individual)
3’
2’
-
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Interactive dialogues for
thematic mandates
(clustered)
5’
3’
-
3’ per NHRI / NGO
3’ (for the first
reply)
3’ (for the first
reply)
2’ (for the
second reply)
2’ (for the
second reply)
Right of reply
Not applicable
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Room XX, which is open for all items 30 minutes before the official opening of the session.
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NGOs* are requested to approach the List of Speakers Desk in Room XX.
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end of the agenda item concerned.
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