Secretariat of the Human Rights Council
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Bulletin of informal meetings
held in parallel to the seventh session of
the Human Rights Council
The information included in this Bulletin is provided for ease of reference only and is subject to possible
change. Permanent reservations of conference rooms made for meetings of regional groups and other groups
of States will not be reflected in this document unless specifically requested.
The information included and the suggested titles of meetings do not imply any opinion or endorsement by the
Secretariat of the United Nations.
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, specialized
agencies, OHCHR and the Department of Public Information (DPI)
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
9.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Open-ended consultations on the draft
resolution: “Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
while Countering Terrorism”
Public
XXIV
10.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Slovenia
and the European Union
European informal consultations on
the resolution on Myanmar
Public
XXI
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Open-ended informal consultations
on: “Freedom of Expression”
Public
XXI
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Norway
Open-ended informal consultations
on the draft resolution on human
rights defenders
Public
XXII
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Slovenia
and the European Union
Open-ended consultations on the
resolution for Renewal of Mandate –
Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea
Public
XXIV
Time
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Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, specialized
agencies, OHCHR and the Department of Public Information (DPI)
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
15.00 - 17.00
African Group
Open-ended consultations
Public
XXIV
16.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of Armenia
Open-ended consultations on the draft
resolution: “Prevention of Genocide”
Public
XXVII
16.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of the Russian
Federation
Open-ended informal consultations on
“Human Rights and Arbitrary
Deprivation of Nationality”
Public
XXII
18.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Co-sponsors informal meeting on
“Freedom of Expression”
Private
XXIII
Time
Organized by
Suggested title of the meeting
13.00-15.00
Women’s Rights and Gender Unit,
Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights (co-sponsored by
Amnesty International)
Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights (co-sponsored by
the International Coordinating
Committee of National Institutions
for the Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights)
NGO events
13.30-15.00
Type of meeting
Conference
Room
Safe Schools: Every Girl’s Right
Public
XXIV
National Institutions’ Forum:
Human Rights Perspectives on
Water and Sanitation
Public
XXI
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NGO events
Time
Organized by
Suggested title of the meeting
Type of meeting
Conference
Room
11.00-14.00
Action Internationale pour la
Paix et le Développement dans
la Région des Grands Lacs
(co-sponsored by Comité
Internationale pour le Respect et
l’Application de la Charte
Africaine des Droits de
l’Homme et des Peuples)
Droits de l’Homme,
Démocratie et
Développement : Enjeux et
Défis pour l’Afrique
Public
XXVII
12.00-14.00
Action Canada for Population
and Development (co-sponsored
by International Council on
Human Rights Policy,
Development Alternatives with
Women for a New Era)
What are Sexual Rights? A
Dialogue, involving women
from the Global South, to
demystify sexual rights
Public
XXIII
13.00-15.00
Interfaith International
Toward a Confederation of
Peoples in South Asia
Public
E-3025
13.00-15.00
Migrants Rights International
(co-sponsored by Asian Forum
for Human Rights and
Development)
Briefing on Migrants’ Rights
and the Global Forum on
Migration and Development
2008
Public
E-2064/66
13.00-15.00
International Federation of
Human Rights Leagues
Maintaining the Special
Procedure mandate of the
Independent Expert on the
situation of human rights in
the Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Public
XII
14.00-16.00
Social Service Agency of the
Protestant Church in Germany
(co-sponsored by Amnesty
International)
Addressing Extrajudicial
Executions in the
Philippines: A call to end
impunity
Public
XXVII
15.00-16.00
International Educational
Development
The Right to Health in the
Context of Armed Conflict
Public
XXIII
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NGO events
Time
Organized by
Suggested title of the meeting
Type of meeting
Conference
Room
15.00-17.00
Migrants Rights International
(co-sponsored by Asian Forum
for Human Rights and
Development)
Open strategy session for
Civil Society Groups
Public
E-2064/66
15.00-19.00
New Humanity (co-sponsored
by International Catholic Child
Bureau, International
Organization for the Right to
Education and Freedom of
Education)
Dialogue interculturel et
interreligieux: quelles
pratiques?
Public
XXI
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