Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth session
Geneva, 10 – 27 June 2014
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 June 2014
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
08:00 -11:00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union
EU meeting
Private
XXV
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of El
Salvador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Cross-regional group
Private
E-3025
09:00 – 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
09:00 - 11:00
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to education
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
11:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of Somalia,
Human Rights Concern –
Eritrea and Amnesty
International, Cristian Solidarity
World Wide, CIVICUS, East
and Horn of Africa Human
Rights Defenders Projet,
Human Rights Watch and
International Fellowship of
Reconciliation
Side event: The impact of gross human
rights violations on vulnerable groups
within the Eritrean society
Public
XII
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Type of meeting Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 June 2014
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of
Germany and Philippines
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the mandate renewal of
the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in
persons, especially women and children
12:00-13:00
Permanent Mission of Somalia
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on international albinism
awareness day
Public
XXII
12:30 - 14:30
Permanent Mission of Portugal
and Qatar
Side event: Skill development and the
right to education
Public
XXIV
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Mission of Australia
Juscanz meeting
Private
E-3023
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Observer Mission
of the Sovereign Order of
Malta, Permanent Observer
Mission of the Holy See and
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union
Side event: Migration in dignity and
security
Public
XII
13:00 - 15.00
OHCHR
Side event: Human rights obligations
related to judicial stereotyping
Public
XXV
14:00 - 15:00
Permanent Delegation of the
League of Arab States
Meeting of experts
Private
E-3025
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of France,
Italy, Qatar, No Peace Without
Justice and the Nonviolent
Radical Party, Transnational
and Transparty
Side event: Ending impunity for
atrocities in the Syrian Arab Republic
Public
XVII
15:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Brazil,
Nigeria, Sweden, Tunisia,
Turkey, United States of
America
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the promotion, protection
and enjoyment of human right on the
internet
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on extrajudicial, arbitrary or
summary executions
Public
XII
17:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on legally binding instrument
on transnational corporations and
human rights
Public
XVII
17:00 - 18:30
Permanent Mission of Egypt
Human rights like-minded group
Private
XXV
17:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on protection of Roma
Public
XXII
18:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to health
Public
XXIII
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Public
XXIII
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 June 2014
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
09:30 – 11:00
Union of Arab Jurists
Human rights in the Syrian Arab
Republic
Public
XVII
09:30 - 11:00
Alsalam Foundation
Rights of migrants in the Gulf
Public
XII
10:00 – 11:00
International Muslim Women’s
Union
Women in war and peace
Public
XXVII
11:00 - 13:00
Institut international pour la
paix, la justice et les droits de
l'Homme
Youth radicalization and human rights
Public
XVII
11:00 - 12:30
Tandem Project
Human rights in Lebanon
Public
XXIV
11:00 - 13:00
Organisation pour la
Communication en Afrique et
de Promotion de la
Coopération Economique
Internationale (OCAPROCE
International)
Human rights of women in mediation
and resolution of conflict
Public
XXV
13:00 - 15:00
Oxfam Novib
End violence against women
Public
XVII
13:00 - 15:00
International Movement
Against All Forms of
Discrimination and Racism
Caste-based violence against women
Public
XXIII
13:00 – 15:00
Rehabilitation and Research
Centre for Torture Victims
Human rights of women in custody
Public
XXVII
14:00 -15:30
Centre for Human Rights and
Peace Advocacy
Rights of the child
Public
XXII
14:30 - 16:30
Women's Human Rights
International Association
Human rights in the Islamic Republic
of Iran
Public
XXIV
15:00 - 17:00
United Nations Watch
Human rights in Latin America
Public
XXV
15:00 - 17:00
Khiam Rehabilitation Centre for
Victims of Torture
Political prisoners in Europe
Public
XXVII
15:30 - 17:00
Inter-African Committee on
Traditional Practices Affecting
the Health of Women and
Children
Rencontre africaine pour la
défense des droits de l’homme
Advancing action on female genital
mutilation
Public
XXII
Human rights and religious
intolerance
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 18:30
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Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 June 2014
Forthcoming Meetings –Wednesday, 18 June 2014
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
08:00 -10:00
Permanent Delegation of the
European Union
EU meeting
Private
XXV
08:00 - 09:00
Permanent Mission of the
Philippines
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and climate
change
Public
XXIII
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of El
Salvador
GRULAC meeting
Private
XXVII
09:00 – 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
Australia, Ghana, Hungary,
Nigeria, Rwanda and Uruguay
Side event: The role of special
procedure mandate holders in the
identification and prevention of human
rights violations
Public
XXV
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
NAM meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Norway
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on business and human rights
Public
XXIV
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Peru
and Ecuador
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the impact on human
rights of civilian possession and use of
firearms
Public
XXVII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and arbitrary
deprivation of nationality
Public
XVII
12:00 - 14.00
Permanent Mission of Belgium
and the International
Commission against Death
Penalty
Side event: 25th anniversary of the
ratification of the second optional
protocol to the ICCPR
Public
XXIV
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of the
Plurinational State of Bolivia
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on promotion and protection
of the rights of peasants and other
people working in rural areas
Public
XXII
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 June 2014
13:00 - 15.00
Permanent Missions of the
United States of America,
Kenya, Portugal, Republic of
Senegal, UNHCR, UN Women,
Equality Now, Equal Rights
Trust, Tilburg University
Statelessness Programme and
Women’s Refugee
Commission
Side event: Launch of the International
campaign to end gender discrimination
in nationality laws
Public
XXV
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of the
Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:30 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of Ukraine
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on cooperation and
assistance to Ukraine in the field of
human rights
Public
XXIII
1400 – 16:00
Permanent Mission of Israel
and Canada
Side event: Women economic
empowerment as a tool for combating
and eliminating violence against women
Public
XXVII
15:15 - 16:15
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Side event: #TimeToAct – Outcomes of
the global summit to end sexual violence
in conflict
Public
XIV
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft
resolutions on social forum and the draft
resolution on international solidarity
Public
XXVII
16:00 - 18:00
Permanent Mission of Ecuador,
Italy, Morocco, Spain,
Romania, Maldives
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on synergies between
parliaments and the HRC/UPR
Public
XVII
17:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
and New Zealand
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the rights of persons with
disabilities
Public
XXV
17:30 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of
Colombia and Mexico
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the elimination of
discrimination against women
Public
XXII
18:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of the
Philippines
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and climate
change
Public
XXVII
18:00 - 19:00
Permanent Mission of Ukraine
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on cooperation and
assistance to Ukraine in the field of
human rights
Public
XXII
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
12:00 - 13:30
International Youth and
Student Movement for the
United Nations
Racism - African descent decade
Public
XXIII
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Bulletin of Informal Meetings
17 and 18 June 2014
12:00 - 13:30
Arab NGO Network
Development
Human rights in Bahrain
Public
XVII
14:00 - 15:30
Centre Europe - Tiers Monde Europe-Third World Centre
Rights of peasants
Public
XXIV
14:00 - 16:00
CIVICUS - World Alliance for
Citizen Participation
Target the Gulf region
Public
XXII
15:00 – 16:30
Vivekananda Sevakendra-OSishu Uddyan
Human rights in Sri Lanka
Public
XXIII
15:00 - 17:00
International Lesbian and Gay
Association
Women and Human Rights: a Trans,
Intersex, Lesbian and Bisexual
perspective
Public
XXV
15:30 - 17:30
Conference of NonGovernmental Organizations in
Consultative Relationship with
the United Nations
Introduction to Special Procedures
and UPR
Public
XII
15:30 - 17:00
Nonviolent Radical Party,
Transnational and Transparty
Human rights in Libya
Public
XXIV
16:00 - 18:00
Freedom House
Human rights in the Ukraine: freedom
of the press and expression
Public
XXII
16:30 - 18:00
Comité International pour le
Respect et l'Application de la
Charte africaine des Droits de
l'homme et des peuples
(CIRAC)
Human Rights in the Central African
Republic
Public
XXIII
17:00 - 18:30
Transparency International
Corruption and human rights
Public
XXIV
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