Human Rights Council
Twenty-ninth session
Geneva, 15 June – 3 July 2015
Bulletin of informal meetings
Held in parallel to the session
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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. Event organizers are requested to kindly notify the
Secretariat (lgiardini@ohchr.org, Tel: 022 917 9255) of any change to their planned events.
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.
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Type of
meeting
Room
EU group meeting
Private
XXVI
Permanent Mission of
Guatemala
GRULAC group meeting
Private
XXVII
09:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
African group meeting
Private
XXV
09:00 - 11:00
Permanent Mission of
Colombia
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on discrimination against
women
Public
XII
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
09:00 - 10:00
OHCHR
Meeting of the President with NGOs
(postponed)
Postponed
Postponed
10:00 - 12:00
The Permanent Delegation
of the Council of Europe
and the Permanent
missions of Australia,
Botswana, Hungary and
Mexico
Securing the independence and
effectiveness of the judiciary:
European initiatives and perspectives
in a global context
Public
XVII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent missions of Italy
and Sierra Leone
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on child, early and forced
marriage
Public
XXVII
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
08:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
08:30 – 10:00
A/HRC/29/BI/3
Bulletin of informal meetings
17 and 18 June 2015
11:00 - 13:00
OHCHR, Quaker United
Nations Office and
Permanent Mission of
Mexico
Death penalty and foreign nationals
Public
XII
12:00 - 14:00
OHCHR
Attacks against girls seeking
education
Public
XXV
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13.00 - 15:00
Committee on the
Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families,
Migrant Forum in Asia,
Migrants Rights
International, Global
Coalition on Migration
Migrants in situations of crisis
Public
XII
13:00 - 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the League of Arab States
Meeting of Arab Ambassadors
Private
XVII
13.00 - 15.00
United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
and Permanent Mission of
Switzerland
Exploring the definition of trafficking
in persons - the UNODC issue
papers on abuse of a position of
vulnerability, consent and exploitation
Public
XXVII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent missions of
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra
Leone and Caritas
Internationalis
Responding to the psychological
needs of ebola orphans
Public
XXVI
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent Mission of
Morocco
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the negative impact of
corruption on human rights
Public
XXII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the incompatibility
between democracy and racism
Public
XII
15:00 - 16:30
Permanent Mission of
Canada
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on violence against
women
Public
XVII
15:00 – 17:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC Ambassadorial meeting
Private
XXV
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Room
10:00 - 11:30
Friends of the Earth
International
Treaty proposal
Public
XXII
12:00 - 13:00
East and Horn of Africa
Human Rights Defenders
Project
Human rights in South Sudan
Public
XVII
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Bulletin of informal meetings
17 and 18 June 2015
12:00 - 13:00
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Human rights in Iran (Islamic
Republic of): Expression, assembly,
lawyers
Public
XXVII
14:00 - 15:00
Khiam Rehabilitation Center
for Victims of Torture
Human Rights in Bahrain
Public
XXV
16:30 - 18:00
Mbororo Social and Cultural
Development Association
Human rights defenders
Public
XVII
15:00 - 17:00
Center for Economic and
Social Rights
Economical, social, cultural rights
and the Universal Periodical Review
(UPR)
Public
XXVII
17:00 - 18:30
Women's World Summit
Foundation
European media and gender
Public
XII
17:00 - 18:30
Association for Women's
Rights in Development
Universality of human rights
Public
XXVI
Forthcoming meetings Thursday, 18 June 2015
Please note that the information on forthcoming events is indicative and may be subject to change.
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)
EU group meeting
Private
XXVI
08:30 – 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Guatemala
GRULAC group meeting
Private
XXVII
09:00 – 12:00
African Union (AU)
African group meeting
Private
XXV
09:00 – 10:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
09:00 - 11:00
Permanent missions of
Ecuador and Peru
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on human rights and the
regulation of civilian acquisition,
possession and use of firearms
Public
IX
09:00 - 10:00
Permanent Mission of
Norway
WEOG meeting
Private
XII
10:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
NAM group meeting
Private
XXII
10:00 - 11:00
Permanent Delegation of
the European Union (EU)
EU meeting
Private
XVII
11:00 - 13.00
Permanent missions of
Mexico and Philippines
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on protection of human
rights of migrants
Public
IX
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Type of
meeting
Room
Bulletin of informal meetings
17 and 18 June 2015
11:00 - 12:00
Permanent Mission of
Slovenia
Informal consultation on the draft
President’s statement on
Commemorating 15 years of
resolution 1325 - Women, peace and
security
Public
XVII
12.00 - 13.30
Committee on the
Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families,
Special Rapporteur on the
right to health and Migrant
Forum in Asia
Right to health of migrant workers
Public
XXV
12:00 - 13:00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on international solidarity
and social forum
Public
XII
12:30 - 15:00
OHCHR, Fondation
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and
Geneva Academy of
International Humanitarian
Law and Human Rights
Meeting towards accountability for
the sustainable development goals
Public
XVII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Estonia, Council of Europe
and Organization of News
Ombudsmen
Handling the challenges of the online
era; Finding synergies in protecting
freedom of expression online
Public
XII
13:00 – 14:00
Permanent Delegation of
the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC)
OIC group meeting
Private
XXII
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent missions of
Italy, Belgium, Uruguay,
Sierra Leone, Center for
Reproductive Rights,
UNFPA, UN Women,
OHCHR, WHO, WYWCA,
Plan International
Addressing child, early and forced
marriage: National and regional
perspectives
Public
IX
13:00 - 15:00
Permanent Mission of
Portugal
Advancing economic, social and
cultural Rights (ESCR): The role of
the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on ESCR in
securing access to justice at all levels
Public
XXVI
13:00 - 14.00
Permanent Mission of Qatar
G.C.C. informal meeting
Private
E-3025
14:00 - 16:00
Permanent missions of
Bangladesh, Belarus, Cote
d'Ivoire, People’s Republic
of China, El Salvador,
Mauritania, Morocco,
Namibia, Saudi Arabia,
Sierra Leone, Tunisia,
Uganda, Qatar and Russian
Federation
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on protection of the family
Public
XXII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent missions of Italy
and the Netherlands
Alternative rites to female genital
mutilations
Public
XXV
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Bulletin of informal meetings
17 and 18 June 2015
15:00 - 17:00
OHCHR
Side event organized by the Special
Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful
assembly and of association
Public
XVII
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Switzerland and Defence
for Children International,
Penal Reform International
and the Office of the
Special Representative to
the Secretary General on
Violence against Children
Girls in detention
Public
XXVI
15:00 - 17:00
Permanent Mission of
Portugal
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the right to education
Public
XII
15:00 - 16:30
Permanent Mission of the
United Kingdom of great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Co-sponsor meeting on the draft
resolution on Syria
Private
IX
15:30 - 18:30
Permanent Mission of the
Netherlands
GHR expert seminar: Dialogue on
freedom of religion or belief and
gender related rights
Public
XXVII
16.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of
Japan
Informal consultation on the draft
resolution on the elimination of
discrimination against people
affected by leprosy
Public
XXII
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Type of
meeting
Room
Human rights in the Sahel and North
Africa: Violence against women
Public
XXVI
CIVICUS World
Alliance for Citizen
Participation
Women's human rights defenders in
MENA region
Public
XXVII
11:00 - 13:00
Article 19 - International
Centre Against
Censorship
Encryption and anonymity
Public
XXVI
11:30 - 12:30
Verein Sudwind
Entwicklungspolitik
Human rights in Iran (Islamic republic
of): Education and death penalty
Public
XXVII
12:00 - 13:00
Union of Arab Jurists
Human rights in Yemen
Public
XXII
13:00 - 14:00
Al-Hakim Foundation
Human rights in Iraq: Minorities
Public
XXVII
13:30 - 15:00
Ecole instrument de la
paix
Human rights in Lao People's
Democratic Republic
Public
XXV
Time
Organized by
10:00 - 11:00
Jossour Forum Des
Femmes Marocaines
10:00 - 12:00
Subject of the meeting
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Bulletin of informal meetings
17 and 18 June 2015
16:30 - 18:00
International
organisation for the
right to education and
freedom of education
(OIDEL)
Special report on right to education
Public
IX
17:00 - 18:30
International
Association of
Democratic Lawyers
(IADL)
Human rights in Ukraine
Public
XVII
17:00 - 18:30
International Movement
Against All Forms of
Discrimination and
Racism (IMADR)
Caste-based forced labour
Public
XXV
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