Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva, 9 – 27 September 2013
Order of the Day*
Plenary Meetings – Room XX
Monday, 23 September 2013
MORNING
10.00 – 13.00
25th meeting
Item 6
(cont’d)
Universal periodic review
General debate
A/HRC/24/G/7, A/HRC/24/G/8, A/HRC/24/NGO/12, A/HRC/24/NGO/57,
A/HRC/24/NGO/81, A/HRC/24/NGO/108, A/HRC/24/NGO/120,
A/HRC/24/NGO/124
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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.]
Item 7
Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab
territories
- Report of the Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
A/HRC/24/30
General debate
A/HRC/24/NGO/1, A/HRC/24/NGO/51, A/HRC/24/NGO/66,
A/HRC/24/NGO/72, A/HRC/24/NGO/78, A/HRC/24/NGO/121,
A/HRC/24/NGO/138, A/HRC/24/NGO/139
[Modalities for participation in the general: See above.]
*
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
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should be notified to the Secretariat, office E-3060.
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Document already circulated on 20 September 2013
A/HRC/24/OD/11
GE.13-17049
Order of the Day, 23 September 2013
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AFTERNOON
Visit of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Khattra,
Commissioner for Human Rights, Humanitarian Action and Relations
with Civil Society of Mauritania
15.00
15.00 – 18.00
26th meeting
Item 7
(cont’d)
Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab
territories
- Report of the Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: See above.]
Item 8
Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action
General debate
A/HRC/24/G/3, A/HRC/24/NGO/7, A/HRC/24/NGO/21, A/HRC/24/NGO/63,
A/HRC/24/NGO/126, A/HRC/24/NGO/127
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: See above.]
17.00 – 18.00
Item 5
(cont’d)
Human rights bodies and mechanisms
Complaint Procedure – Closed meeting
Other information:
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Draft programme of work attached.
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Order of the Day, 23 September 2013
DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE 24TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (9-27 September 2013)
as of 20 September 2013 (subject to change)
WEEK 1
9 September
10.00
–
13.00
M
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
12:00
–
15:00
Item 10 (cont’d)
- ID with SR on Cambodia
- ID with IE on Somalia
15.00
–
18.00
Item 10 (cont’d)
Stand-alone high-level ID on Somalia
(HRC decision 23/114)
Annual discussion on gender integration
(HRC resolution 6/30)
09.00
–
12.00
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
Break
12:00
–
15:00
Item 3 (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
Panel on the human rights of children of
parents sentenced to the death penalty 09.00
–
or executed
12.00
(HRC resolution 22/11)
13.00
-15.00
Item 3 (cont’d)
–
Clustered ID with WG on mercenaries & IE 15:00
12:00
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
15.00
–
18.00
10.00
–
F 13.00
R
I 13.00
–
D 15.00
A
Y 15.00
–
18.00
24 September (non-stop)
Item 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
10.00
–
13.00
13.00
-15.00
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)
09.00
–
12.00
12 September
U
R
S
D
A
Y
Item 4 (cont’d)
ID with COI on Syria (cont’d)
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Item 7
Report of SG on the Occupied
Palestinian Territory
followed by General debate
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
11 September
10.00
T –
H 13.00
Break
10.00
–
13.00
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:
13.00
12.00
U
- 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 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)
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
Item 6 (cont’d)
General debate
WEEK 2
16 September
Item 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
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
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General debate
25 September
09.00
–
12.00
Item 10 (cont’d)
- ID with IE on Sudan
- ID on the Central African Republic
- SG/HC country reports (Items 2+10)
12:00
–
15:00
Item 10 (cont’d)
General debate
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)
General debate (cont’d)
13:00
–
15:00
Break
Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Germany, Djibouti, Canada
15.00
–
18.00
13 September
20 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
Break
13.00
–
15.00
Item 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
* Item 2 remains open throughout the session.
Item 9
ID with WG of Experts on People
of African Descent
Break
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Election of HRC Advisory Committee
members
27 September
10.00
–
13.00
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
13.00
–
15.00
Break
Item 6 (cont’d)
15.00
Consideration of UPR reports
–
Russian Federation, Cameroon, Cuba 18.00
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Adoption of the session report