Bulletin of informal meetings 3 and 6 March 2017

Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
Geneva, 27 February – 24 March 2017
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 UnitedNations, and can be subject to possible change. Event organizers are requested to kindly notify the Secretariat (, 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. /
Friday, 3 March 2017 /
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION /
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of meeting / Room /
08:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / EU group meeting / Private / XXIII /
09:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Mission of Jamaica / GRULAC group meeting / Private / XVIII /
09:00 – 12:00 / African Union (AU) / African Union group meeting / Private / XXI /
09:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) / OIC group meeting / Private / XXII /
09:30 - 11:00 / Permanent Mission of Solomon Islands / Shinning the light on the human rights situation in West Papua / Public / XXV /
10:00 - 11:30 / Permanent Mission of Portugal / Informal consultations on the omnibus resolution on economic, social and cultural rights / Public / XXIII /
10:00 – 12:00 / Permanent Mission of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) / NAM group meeting / Private / XXII /
13:00 - 15:00 / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) / Labour rights in times of austerity / Public / XXV /
13:00 - 14:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) / OIC group meeting / Private / XXII /
14:00 - 16:00 / Permanent Missions of Brazil and Germany / First informal consultation on the draft resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age / Public / XXII /
15:00 - 16:30 / Permanent Missions of Brazil, Finland, Germany and Namibia / Co-sponsor meeting on housing / Private / XXIII /
16:00 - 18:00 / GRULAC and the Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / Open informal consultations on the draft resolution on the rights of the child / Public / XXII /
16:00 - 18:00 / Permanent Mission of Egypt / Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the right to work / Public / XXIV /
16:00 - 18:00 / Permanent Mission of the Maldives / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the voluntary technical assistance trust fund to support the participation of LDCs countries and small island developing States in the work of the Human Rights Council / Public / XXI /
16:30 - 18:00 / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Permanent Mission of Finland, International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Disability Alliance / Equality and non-discrimination under the committee on the rights of persons with disabilities: reasonable accommodation as a tool for inclusion / Public / XXIII /
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS /
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of Meeting / Room /
10:00 - 11:00 / East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project / Human rights in South Sudan and Burundi / Public / XXIV /
10:00 - 11:30 / Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) / Fundamentalism and cultural rights / Public / XVIII /
11:30 - 13:00 / Conectas Direitos Humanos and Franciscans International / Human rights in Brazil / Public / XVIII /
11:30 - 13:00 / Organisation pour la Communication en Afrique et de Promotion de la Cooperation Economique Internationale - OCAPROCE Internationale / Women's rights and migration / Public / XXIII /
12:00 - 13:00 / Human Rights Advocates Inc. / Human rights in the United States of America: Guantanamo / Public / XXI /
12:00 - 13:00 / International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations / Repatriation of Illicit funds / Public / XXII /
12:00 - 13:00 / Rencontre africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme / Freedom of religion / Public / XXIV /
13:00 - 14:00 / CIViCUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation / Backsliding in democratic states / Public / XXI /
13:00 - 14:30 / Human Rights Watch / Human rights in the Philippines / Public / XVIII /
14:00 - 15:00 / Asian Legal Resource Centre / Torture and Asian justice system / Public / XXI /
14:30 - 16:00 / World Organisation Against Torture / Human rights in Honduras: defenders / Public / XVIII /
15:00 - 16:00 / Amnesty International / Stop torture tools export / Public / XXI /
15:00 - 16:30 / International Fellowship of Reconciliation / Human rights in Turkey / XXV /
Forthcoming meetings Monday, 6 March 2017 /
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 / Type of meeting / Room /
08:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / EU group meeting / Private / XXIII /
08:30 – 10:00 / Permanent Mission of Jamaica / GRULAC group meeting / Private / XXVII /
09:00 – 12:00 / African Union (AU) / African Union group meeting / Private / XXI /
09:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) / OIC group meeting / Private / XXII /
09:00 - 10:30 / Permanent Mission of the United States of America / Co-sponsor meeting / Private / XXIV /
10:00 – 12:00 / Permanent Mission of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) / NAM group meeting / Private / XXII /
10:00 - 11:30 / Permanent Mission of Norway / Meeting hosted by the Norwegian Mission / Private / XXIII /
10:30 - 12.30 / Permanent Mission of Canada / Human rights, diversity and inclusion / Public / XXIV /
12:00 - 14:00 / Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, International Labour Organization (ILO), Civicus and Solidarity Centre / Freedoms of association and peaceful assembly in the workplace / Public / XXI /
12:30 - 14:30 / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment , the Permanent Mission of Spain and the Universal Rights Group / Environmental human rights defenders: responding to a global crisis / Public / XXVII /
12:30 - 14:30 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / Presentation of the updated EU guidelines on the rights of the child / Public / XXIV /
13:00 - 14:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) / OIC group meeting / Private / XXII /
14:00 - 16:00 / Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Fiji, France and Morocco / From Paris to Marrakech, tackling climate change, is also, an obligation of human rights through Geneva pledge / Public / XXI /
14:00 - 15:30 / Permanent Mission of the United States of America / Co-sponsor meeting of the draft resolution on the renewal of the mandate of freedom of expression / Private / XXII /
16:00 - 18:00 / Permanent Mission of Egypt / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the right to work / Public / XXI /
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS /
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of Meeting / Room /
10:00 - 11:00 / Jubilee Campaign / Human rights in Nigeria / Public / XXVI /
11:00 - 12:30 / CIRID (Centre Independent de Recherches et d'Iniatives pour le Dialogue) / Human rights in Burundi / Public / XXVI /
11:30 - 12:30 / Arab Penal Reform Organization / Human rights in Egypt: human rights defenders / Public / XXVII /
12:00 - 13:00 / Jssor Youth Organization / Youth role in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process / Public / XXII /
12:30 - 14:00 / Comision Juridica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos – Capaj / Mother tongues / Public / XXVI /
14:30 - 16:00 / World Environment and Resources Council (WERC) / Human rights in South Asia / Public / XXVII /
15:30 - 17:00 / Association des étudiants tamouls de France / Human rights in Sri Lanka / Public / XXVI /
15:30 - 17:00 / American Civil Liberties Union / Surveillance and democracy / Public / XXII /
16:00 - 17:30 / Verein Sudwind Entwicklungspolitik / Human rights in Iran: minorities / Public / XXVII /
16:30 - 18:00 / Réseau International des Droits Humains (RIDH) / Human rights in Italy: migrants / Public / XXIII /

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