3 Order of the day, 27 February 2017

/ Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
Geneva, 27 February - 24 March 2017
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Monday, 27 February 2017
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
1st meeting / Item 1 / Organizational and procedural matters
A/HRC/34/1, A/HRC/34/1/Corr.1
Opening of the session
H.E. Mr. Joaquin Alexander Maza Martelli
President of the Human Rights Council
H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson
President of the General Assembly of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
H.E. Mr. Didier Burkhalter
Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
High-level segment[**]
H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine
H.E. Mr. Faiez Mustafa Serraj, President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord, Libya
H.E. Gen. Taban Deng Gai, First Vice President, South Sudan
H.E. Mr. Davor Ivo Stier, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
H.E. Mr. Augusto Santos Silva, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Portugal
H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Eladio Loizaga, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Paraguay
H.E. Mr. Hugo Martínez Bonilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs, El Salvador
H.E. Mr. Perfecto R. Yasay Jr., Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Philippines
H.E. Mr. Ayman Safadi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Jordan
H.E. Mr. Khemaies Jhinaoui, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tunisia
H.E. Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Australia
Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program
LUNCH
12.00 – 15.00
2nd meeting / High-level segment (cont’d)
H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg
H.E. Ms. Luislinda Dias de Valois Santos, Minister for Human Rights, Brazil
H.E. Mr. Anders Samuelsen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark
H.E Mr. Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iraq
H.E. Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senegal
H.E. Ms. María Angela Holguín, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colombia
H.E. Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nigeria
H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstein
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Asim, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maldives
H.E. Mr. Bert Koenders, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
H.E. Mr. Gudlaugur Thordarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
H.E. Mr. Owen Bonnici, Minister of Justice, Culture and Local Government, Malta
H.E. Mr. Mikheil Janelidze, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Georgia
H.E. Mr. Yun Byung-se, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
H.E. Mr. Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Qatar
H.E. Mr. Virasakdi Futrakul, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thailand
AFTERNOON
15.00 – 18.00
3rd meeting / Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming
Theme: The contribution of human rights to peacebuilding through the enhancement of dialogue and international cooperation for the promotion of human rights
Chair: H.E. Mr. Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli, President of the Human Rights Council
Opening statements:
H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Moderator: Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Panellists:
•  Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
•  Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
•  H.E. Ms. Yvette Stevens, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
•  Mr. Jean Ziegler, Member of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
•  Ms. Julienne Lusenge, President of Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises (FFC) and Founder and Chair of the Board of Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral (SOFEPADI) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A/HRC/RES/16/21
[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/34thSession/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:
•  Draft programme of work is attached.
•  All speakers scheduled to take the floor should provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25 copies of their statements.
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•  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, 16 March 2017, at 1.00 p.m. (office E-3054). Related guidelines and signature forms for co-sponsors are available on HRC34 Extranet.
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Draft Programme of Work for the 34th session of the Human Rights Council (27 february - 24 march 2017)
Version of 17 February 2017 (PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4
27 February / 6 March / 13 March / 20 March
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12.00 / Item 1
Opening of session
High-level segment (HLS) / 9.00
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12.00 / Annual full-day MEETing: rights of the child (res. 7/29 & 31/7) / 9:00
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12.00 / ITEM 4 - IDs with:
- SR on DPRK
- SR on Islamic Republic of Iran
- SR on Myanmar / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 7
- ID with SR on OPT
- HC/SG reports
- General debate on ITEM 7
12.00
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15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR truth, justice
- SR freedom of religion / 12.00
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15.00 / IDs with:
- SR on Myanmar (cont’d)
- SR on Eritrea (oral update) / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 7 (cont’d)
General debate on ITEM 8
15.00
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18.00 / Annual HIGH-LEVEL panel: HUMAN RIGHTS mainstreaming
(res. 16/21) / 15.00
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18.00 / Annual full-day MeeTinG: rights of the child (res. 7/29 & 31/7) / 15.00
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18.00 / - COI on Burundi / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 9
- Reports of IGWG, Ad Hoc Committee and HC report on HRC res. 31/26)
- General debate on ITEM 9
28 February / 7 March / 14 March / 21 March
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12.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with SRSGs:
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict / 9.00
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12.00 / HiGh-level panel DISCUSSION: human rights situation in syrian arab republic (res. 33/23) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 10
- ID with IE on Central African Republic
- ID on Democratic Republic of the Congo
12.00
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15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR privacy
- SR sale of children / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 4
ID with COI on the Syrian Arab Republic / 12.00
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15.00 / - ID on DRC (cont’d)
- ID with IE on Mali
15.00
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18.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR environment
- SR food / 15.00
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18.00 / ID with Commission on South Sudan
General debate on ITEM 4 / 15.00
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18.00 / - ID with IE on Mali (cont’d)
- ID with IE on Haiti
- ID on HC report on Libya
1 March / 8 March / 15 March / 22 March
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / HLS (cont’d)
General segment / 9.00
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10.00 / ITEM 2 - HC annual report
(presentation only) / 9.00
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12.00 / General debate on ITEM 4 (cont’d) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 10 – IDs on:
- HC report on Libya (cont’d)
- HC oral report on Ukraine
- HC report on Guinea (res. 31/29)
10.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
12.00
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15.00 / General segment (cont’d)
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- IE foreign debt
- SR adequate housing / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 4 (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / - HC report on Guinea (cont’d)
ITEM 2 - ID on HC report on Sri Lanka
15.00
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18.00 / BIENNIAL HIGH-LEVEL PANEL: DEATH PENALTY
(res. 26/2 & 30/5) / 15.00
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18.00 / panel DISCUSSION: ACCESS TO MEDICINES (res. 32/15)
accessible / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEMs 3 & 5
ID with SR minorities
- Report of Forum on human rights, democracy and rule of law
- Report of Forum on Minority Issues and
- Report of Social Forum
- SP annual report by CC chair
- General debate on ITEM 5 / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 2 - Presentation of other HC/SG country reports followed by General debate
ITEM 10 - Presentation of other HC/SG country report/oral update
- HC annual presentation on technical cooperation
- Presentation of Report of Board of Trustees of Voluntary Fund Technical Cooperation followed by General debate
2 March / 9 March / 16 March / 23 March
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12.00 / PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE CHANGE
(res. 32/33) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 2 - ID with the HC / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6
UPR outcomes
Togo, Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 1
Decisions and conclusions
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR human rights defenders
- SR torture / 12.00
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15.00 / ID with the HC (cont’d)
- Report of IGWG on transnational corporations
- HC/OHCHR/SG thematic reports
- General debate on ITEM 3 / 12.00
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15.00 / UPR outcomes
Iceland, Zimbabwe, Lithuania / 12.00
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15.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR terrorism
- SR cultural rights / 15.00
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18.00 / panel DISCUSSION: MATERNAL MORTALITY
(res. 33/18)
accessible / 15.00
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18.00 / UPR outcomes
Uganda, Timor-Leste, Republic of Moldova
(General debate on ITEM 5 (cont’d)) / 15.00
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18.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
3 March / 10 March / 17 March / 24 March
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / Annual debate: Rights of persons with disabilitIEs
(res. 7/9 and 31/6)
accessible / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 – Enhanced ID on migrants / 9.00
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12.00 / DEBATE: racial profiling and incitement to hatred
(GA res. 71/181) / 9.00
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12.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID(cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 3 (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Haiti, South Sudan
General debate on ITEM 6 / 12.00
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15.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / Clustered ID with:
- SR disabilities
- IE albinism / 15.00
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18.00 / GD on ITEM 3 (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / General debate on ITEM 6 (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
- Appointment of mandate holders
- Election of Advisory Committee member
- Adoption of session report

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
34th session (27 February – 24 March 2017)
Inscriptions on the list of speakers and speaking time arrangements

Type of discussion / Member States
(min.) / Observer States / other observers
(min.) / Observers for NHRIs / NGOs
(min.)
General debates / 3’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Clustered interactive dialogues[1]
(Maximum duration of each clustered interactive dialogue is 4 hours)
/ 5’- will be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
3’ (or 2’) / 3’
- will be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
2’ / 3’ per NHRI / NGO
May be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
2’
Individual interactive dialogues
(including ID with the High Commissioner and the enhanced ID on migrants ) / 3’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Panel discussions / 2’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Consideration of UPR outcomes / 3’
- will be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
2’ (or minimum 1:30) / 2’
- will be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
minimum 1:30 / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Rights of reply[2] / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / N/A

Inscription on the list of speakers