Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth session
Geneva, 2 - 27 March 2015
Order of the day*
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
7th meeting
High-level segment**(cont’d)
H.E. Mr. Alfonso Nsue Mokuy, Deputy Prime Minister for the Social
Sector and Human Rights, Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Mr. Marou Amadou, Ministre de la Justice, Garde des Sceaux,
Porte-parole du gouvernement, Niger
H.E. Mr. Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Bangladesh
H.E. Mr. Erlan A. Idrissov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan
H.E. Mr. Yacoubou Hamadou, Minister for Human Rights, the
consolidation of democracy, responsible for the implementation of the
recommendations of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission,
Togo
H.E. Mr. Manuel González Sanz, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Costa
Rica
H.E. Mr. Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, Minister of Justice and Human
Rights, Democratic Republic of the Congo
H.E. Mr. Frederick A. Mitchell, Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Immigraton, Bahamas
H.E. Ms. Joséphine Ouédraogo, Minister of Justice, Human Rights and
Civic Promotion, Burkina Faso
*
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 high-level segment, panels and the consideration
of UPR reports. The Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS alerts, HRC Extranet and Twitter (@UN_HRC &
#HRC28). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.
**
The present list is provisional and subject to change.
A/HRC/28/OD/3
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H.E. Mr. Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Latvia
H.E. Mr. Franklyn Bai Kargbo, Minister of Justice and AttorneyGeneral, Sierra Leone
H.E. Mr. Taieb Baccouche, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tunisia
H.E. Mr. Charles Flanagan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Ireland
H.E. Dr. Anwar Mohamad Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Mr. Joaquim Verissimo, Deputy Minister of Justice,
Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Mozambique
H.E. Mr. Thant Kyaw, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Myanmar
H.E. Mr. Benedetto Della Vedova, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
and International Cooperation, Italy
LUNCH
12.00 – 15.00
8th meeting
High-level segment**(cont’d)
H.E. Ms. Carmen Liliana Burlacu, State Secretary for Global Affairs,
Romania
H.E. Mr. Hisham Badr, Assistant Foreign Minister, Egypt
H.E. Mr. Isam Eldin Abdelgadir Elzien Mohamed, Deputy Minister of
Justice, Sudan
H.E. Mr. Edgardo Riveros Marín, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Chile
H.E. Mr. Joaquim Verissimo, Deputy Minister of Justice,
Constitutional and Religious Affairs of Mozambique, Community of
Portuguese Speaking Countries
**
The present list is provisional and subject to change.
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AFTERNOON
15.00 – 18.00
9th meeting
Biennial high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty
Chair: H.E. Mr. Joachim Ruecker, President of the Human Rights Council
Opening remarks: Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
Moderator: Ms. Ruth Dreifuss, Former President of the Swiss Confederation
Panellists:
•
Ms. Zainabo Sylvie Kayitesi, Chairperson, African Commission on Human and
Peoples’ Rights
•
Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis, European Union Special Representative for Human
Rights
•
Ms. Tracy Robinson, President, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
•
Mr. Mohammed Bedjaoui, Commissioner, International Commission against the
Death Penalty
•
Ms. Sara Hossain, Commissioner (Asia-Pacific), International Commission of
Jurists
[Modalities for participation in the panel: The presentations of panellists from the podium will be followed
by an interactive discussion, to be divided in two slots of 60 minutes each (45 minutes for comments and
questions from the floor, followed by 15 minutes for comments and replies by panellists).
The concept note including the modalities of the panel is available on HRC Extranet
(https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/28thSession/Pages/Panels.aspx).
States Members of the Council, observer States and other observers are requested to use the electronic system
in Room XX and inscribe on the list of speakers by pressing the microphone button at their desk at the
beginning of the panel, when the timer is displayed on the screen. NHRIs are requested to inscribe at the List
of speakers desk in Room XX. NGOs are requested to confirm their on-line registration at the List of
speakers desk in Room XX. Speaking time is 2 minutes for all.]
Other information:
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Draft programme of work is attached.
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All speakers scheduled to take the floor should provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25 copies of their
statements.
•
Delegations are requested to send their statements to hrcstatement@ohchr.org for posting on HRC Extranet.
•
Identity session photo-badges may be obtained by all delegations from the UNOG Security and Safety Section at
the ‘Pregny Gate’ (Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. upon presentation of a copy
of the letter requesting accreditation and an identity document. Due to the high number of participants expected,
kindly allow sufficient time for accreditation.
•
Information about accessibility for persons with disabilities is available at the dedicated web page on accessibility
[http://www.ohchr.org/hrc/accessibility].
•
The deadline for submission of draft resolutions or decisions is Thursday, 19 March 2015, at 1.00 p.m. (office E3054). Related guidelines and signature forms for co-sponsors are available on HRC Extranet.
•
Delegations wishing to reserve rooms for meetings or modify existing reservations should contact Ms. Laura
Giardini (email: lgiardini@ohchr.org * tel. 79255 * office E-3060), no later than 12 noon of the day before the
meeting.
•
The Human Rights Council is on social media:
Twitter: @UN_HRC & #HRC28
http://www.facebook.com/UNHRC
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To access the live or archived webcast, please go to http://webtv.un.org
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PHOTOGRAPHS AND FILMING: Please note that only accredited media are permitted to film and take
photographs in Room XX.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE 28TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (2-27 MARCH 2015)
Version as of 3 March 2015 (subject to change)
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
2 March
9 March
16 March
23 March
9.00
–
O 12.00
ITEM 1
Opening of session
High-level segment
(HLS)
9.00
–
12.00
N 12.00
–
D 15.00
HLS (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00
HLS (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
M
A
Y
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 3
Clustered ID with:
- IE on HR & environment
- IE on foreign debt
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on right to food
- SR on adequate housing
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on torture
- SR on HR defenders
3 March
T
U
9.00
–
12.00
E
ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL
PANEL ON HUMAN
RIGHTS
MAINSTREAMING
(HRC res. 16/21)
9.00
–
12.00
HLS (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00
Y 15.00
–
18.00
HLS (cont’d)
HLS (cont’d)
T
9.00
–
H
12.00
U
R 12.00
–
S 15.00
D
15.00
A
–
Y 18.00
9.00
–
R 12.00
24 March
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on freedom of
religion or belief
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
12.00
ID with COI on the Syrian 12.00
–
–
Arab Republic (cont’d)
15.00 followed by General debate 15.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d)
- SR on freedom of
religion or belief
- SR on counter-terrorism
ID with SR on persons
with disabilities
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on cultural rights
- SR on sale of children
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
9.00
–
12.00
15.00
–
18.00
18 March
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
9.00 ID with SR on minority issues
–
ITEM 5
12.00
- Report of the Forum on
Minority Issues
- SP annual report
followed by General debate
ITEM 8
General debate
ITEM 9
- Report of Ad Hoc
Committee followed by
General debate
ITEM 10
Individual ID with:
- IE on CAR (oral update)
ITEM 10
Individual IDs with:
- IE on CAR (cont’d)
- IE on Côte d’Ivoire
(oral update)
- IE on Haiti
ITEM 10
Individual IDs with:
- IE on Haiti (cont’d)
- IE on Mali
25 March
ANNUAL THEMATIC
9.00
DISCUSSION ON
–
12.00 TECHNICAL COOPERATION
(HRC res. 27/20)
ITEM 10 (cont’d)
Individual ID with:
- IE on Mali (cont’d)
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
- ID on OHCHR report on Iraq
- Other HC/SG country
reports (Item 2) followed by
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
15.00
15.00
General debate
UPR outcomes
–
–
ITEM 10
Bolivia
(Plurinational State of),
18.00
18.00
- HC/SG country reports
Fiji, San Marino
(Item 10), followed by
General debate
12.00
–
15.00
ITEM 6
UPR outcomes
Italy, El Salvador, Gambia
5 March
12 March
19 March
HLS (cont’d)
General segment
9.00 ANNUAL FULL-DAY MEETING 9.00
ON THE RIGHTS OF THE
–
–
CHILD (HRC res. 25/6)
12.00
12.00
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Kazakhstan, Angola, Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
PANEL DISCUSSION
ON NATIONAL POLICIES
AND HUMAN RIGHTS
(HRC res. 27/26)
9.00
–
12.00
ITEM 10 GD (cont’d)
HC/SG country reports,
followed by General
debate
12.00
–
15.00
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Iraq, Madagascar, Slovenia
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
(cont’d)
HLS (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00
BIENNIAL HIGH-LEVEL
PANEL ON
THE QUESTION OF
THE DEATH PENALTY
(HRC res. 26/2)
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 2*
12.00
–
HC annual report
followed by ID with the HC 15.00
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
ID with the HC (cont’d)
6 March
F
17 March
11 March
9.00
–
12.00
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
9.00
Individual IDs with:
–
- SR on Myanmar (cont’d)
12.00 - COI on the Syrian Arab
Republic
D
A 15.00
–
Y
18.00
- SR on Myanmar
- SR on counter-terrorism
ANNUAL INTERACTIVE
15.00
DEBATE ON THE RIGHTS OF 15.00
–
–
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 18.00
18.00
(HRC res. 25/20)
N
E 12.00
–
S 15.00
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
15.00
Individual IDs with:
–
18.00 - SR on Iran (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d)
- SR on torture
- SR on HR defenders
4 March
W 9.00
–
E
12.00
D
ITEM 7
9.00
Individual IDs with:
–
12.00 - COI on Gaza
- COI on Eritrea (oral update)
- SR on OPT
ITEM 4 (cont’d)
ITEM 7 (cont’d)
12.00
12.00 - SR on OPT (cont’d)
Individual IDs with:
–
–
reports followed
15.00 - COI on Eritrea (cont’d)
15.00 -byHC/SG
General debate
- SR on Islamic Republic of Iran
10 March
S
12.00
D
–
15.00
A
ITEM 4
9:00
Individual IDs with:
–
12.00 - SR on DPR of Korea
FULL-DAY DISCUSSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS &
CLIMATE CHANGE
(HRC res. 26/27)
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with SRSGs:
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID w SRSGs (cont’d)
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict
12.00
–
15.00
15.00 ANNUAL FULL-DAY MEETING
ON THE RIGHTS OF THE
–
CHILD (HRC res. 25/6)
18.00
13 March
15.00
–
18.00
9.00
–
12.00
ITEMS 2 & 3 (cont’d)
HC/SG thematic reports
followed by General debate
9.00
–
12.00
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
12.00
ID with the HC (cont’d)
–
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00
A 15.00
–
Y 18.00
FULL-DAY DISCUSSION 15.00
ON HUMAN RIGHTS &
–
CLIMATE CHANGE
18.00
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
15.00
–
18.00
15.00
(HRC res. 26/27)
* Item 2 remains open throughout the session.
26 March
20 March
I 12.00
–
D 15.00
TBC
12.00
–
15.00
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ITEM 5 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 6 (cont’d)
General debate
DEBATE ON THE STATE OF
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
WORLDWIDE
(GA res. 69/162)
27 March
9.00
–
12.00
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
(cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00
Break
15.00
–
18.00
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
(cont’d)
Appt. of SP mandate holders
Adoption of session report
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Order of the day, 4 March 2015
28th
Human Rights Council
session (2 – 27 March 2015)
Inscriptions on the list of speakers and speaking time arrangements
TYPE OF DISCUSSION
MEMBER STATES
(MIN.)
OBSERVER
STATES AND
OTHER
OBSERVERS
OBSERVERS
FOR NHRIs* /
NGOs**
(MIN.)
(MIN.)
General debates for all items
3’
2’
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Panels
2’
2’
2’ per NHRI / NGO
Interactive dialogues for
country and other mandates
(when individual)
3’
2’
2’ per NHRI / NGO
5’
3’
3’ per NHRI / NGO
……………….
may be reduced
according to the
number of registered
speakers to
3’
(or 2’)
……………….
may be reduced
according to the
number of registered
speakers to
2’
……………….
may be reduced
according to the
number of
registered speakers
to 2’
3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second
reply)
3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second
reply)
N/A
Interactive dialogues for
thematic mandates
(when clustered)
……………………..
NEW: maximum duration
of each clustered interactive
dialogue is 4 hours
Right of reply
-
The electronic system in Room XX will be used for all interactive dialogues and panel discussions.
Delegates representing States, United Nations agencies and international and regional organizations can
inscribe on the list of speakers by pressing the microphone button at their desk at the beginning of each
dialogue, when the timer is displayed on the screen. For States Members of the Council, only the
microphone with the red sticker can be used to inscribe on the list. This does not apply to NGOs and
NHRIs (see below).
-
For general debates, all delegates are requested to inscribe in person at the List of speakers desk in
Room XX, which is open for all items 30 minutes before the official opening of the session.
-
The right of reply is limited to two replies and is exercised either at the end of the day or at the end of
the consideration of a relevant agenda item concerned.
* National human rights institutions (NHRIs) with “A” status accreditation wishing to make an oral
statement should approach the NGO/NHRI List of speakers desk in Room XX before the delivery of the
statement.
** Accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wishing to make an oral statement should submit a
request using the online registration system for oral statements available on the Council website at
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NgoParticipation.aspx
NGO delegations must confirm in person their request and the name of the speaker who will deliver the
statement at the NGO/NHRI List of speakers desk in Room XX 24 hours preceding the relevant meeting.
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Speaking time arrangements for a clustered interactive dialogue (“ID”)
with special procedures mandate holders
1. The following arrangements have been made for the 28th session on a temporary basis.
2. The total duration of each clustered ID will not exceed 4 hours.
3. Each special procedures mandate holder in a cluster will introduce his/her reports within 15
minutes and respond to questions and make concluding remarks within 15 minutes. The total
amount of time for two mandate holders is: 1 hour
4. Countries concerned will be given 5 minutes each as in the past. In case there are 6 countries
concerned, the total amount of time is: 30 minutes
5. The total amount of time for NGOs remains unchanged: 30 minutes
6. As soon as the list of speakers is available following the electronic registration, the
secretariat will calculate the estimated time needed to complete the clustered ID with the
mandate holders.
7. Should the total duration of a given ID be estimated to last less than 4 hours, the speaking
time limits will remain 5 minutes for Members (and groups) and 3 minutes for
Observers. However, if it is estimated to be more than 4 hours, the speaking time limits will
be reduced to 3 minutes for Members (and groups) and 2 minutes for Observers. Should
this measure be deemed insufficient to ensure that the total duration not exceed 4 hours, the
speaking time limit will be further reduced to 2 minutes for Members (and groups) and 2
minutes for Observers or the total time may be divided equally among all with a minimum
of 1.5 minute per speaker.