Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva, 9 – 27 September 2013
Order of the Day*
Plenary Meetings – Room XX
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
27th meeting
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
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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.]
Item 9
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of
intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action
Interactive dialogue with:
- The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
A/HRC/24/52, A/HRC/24/52/Add.1, A/HRC/24/52/Add.2,
A/HRC/24/52/Add.3, A/HRC/24/52/Add.4, A/HRC/24/53
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Introductory statement by the mandate holder. 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.]
*
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
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Document already circulated on 23 September 2013
A/HRC/24/OD/12
GE.13-17051
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General debate
A/HRC/24/NGO/122
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: See above.]
LUNCH
12.00 – 15.00
28th meeting
Item 9
(cont’d)
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of
intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action
General debate (cont’d)
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: See above.]
Item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Interactive dialogue with:
- The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
A/HRC/24/36, A/HRC/24/G/10
[Modalities for participation in the interactive dialogue with the mandate holder:
See above.]
AFTERNOON
15.00 – 18.00
29th meeting
Item 10
(cont’d)
Technical assistance and capacity-building
- Stand-alone high-level interactive dialogue on assistance to Somalia
in the field of human rights
Opening statement:
Ms. Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Speakers:

H.E. Mr. Abdi Farah Shirdon, Prime Minister of the Federal
Government of Somalia

Mr. Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on the situation of
human rights in Somalia

Mr. Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the United
Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United
Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia

H.E. Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia
and Head of AMISOM

Ms. Zahra Nur, National Coordinator, FAWE Somalia

Ms. Fartuun Adan, Executive Director, Elman Peace and
Human Rights Centre

Mr. Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, Director General of Horn Cable
TV

Mr. Abdinasir Yasin Salad, Somali Broadcasting Corporation
(SBC Radio & TV)
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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.]
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Draft programme of work attached.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE 24TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (9-27 September 2013)
as of 23 September 2013 rev (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
F
R
I
D
A
Y
24 September (non-stop)
Item 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
12:00
–
15:00
15.00
–
18.00
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 (non-stop)
Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Tuvalu, Colombia, Uzbekistan
10.00
–
13.00
Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
Break
12:00
–
15:00
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
Item 3 (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
10.00
–
13.00
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
13.00
-15.00
13:00
–
Break
15:00
15.00
–
Item 7 (cont’d)
17.00
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 13.00
Clustered ID with:
12.00
WG
on
mercenaries
U
- IE on democratic & equitable int’l order
E
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)
15.00
–
18.00
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
20 September
10.00
–
13.00
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
13.00
–
15.00
Break
13.00
–
15.00
15.00
–
18.00
Item 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
* Item 2 remains open throughout the session.
Break
Item 8 – General debate
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Item 9
ID with WG of Experts on People
of African Descent
followed by General debate
Item 9 (cont’d) - General debate (cont’d)
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Item 10
- ID with SR on Cambodia
Item 10 (cont’d)
Stand-alone high-level ID on Somalia
(HRC decision 23/114)
25 September (non-stop)
09.00
–
12.00
Item 10 (cont’d)
- ID with IE on Somalia
- ID with IE on Sudan
- ID on the Central African Republic
12:00 - SG/HC country reports (Items 2+10)
–
15:00
15.00
–
18.00
Item 10 (cont’d)
General debate
26 September
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