1Order of the day, 2 March 2015

/ Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighthsession
Geneva, 2 -27 March 2015
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Monday, 2 March 2015
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
1st meeting / Item 1 / Organizational and procedural matters
A/HRC/28/1, A/HRC/28/1/Corr.1
Opening of the session
H.E. Mr. Joachim Rücker
President of the Human Rights Council
H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa (by video message)
President of General Assembly
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon (by video message)
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
S.E. M. Didier Burkhalter
Président de la Confédération et Chef du Département fédéral des affaires étrangères de la Suisse (Pays hôte)
High-level segment[**]
H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov, President, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
H.E. Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister,Fiji
S.E. M. Didier Reynders, Vice-Premier Ministre et Ministre des Affaires étrangères, Belgique
H.E. Mrs. Vesna Pusić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Eladio Ramón Loizaga Lezcano, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Paraguay
H.E. Mr. Bert Koenders, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
H.E. Mr. Rui Chancerelle de Machete, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Portugal
H.E. Mr. M. Javad Zarif, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
H.E. Ms. Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Botswana
H.E. Mr. John F. Kerry, Secretary of State, United States of America
H.E. Ms. Dunya Maumoon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maldives
H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Affairs, Qatar
LUNCH
12.10– 15.00
2nd meeting / High-level segment(cont’d)
H.E. General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thailand
H.E. Ms. Margot Wallström, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstein
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Mahdi Ameen Al-Bayati, Minister of Human Rights, Iraq
H.E. Mrs. Tamar Beruchashvili, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Georgia
H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
H.E. Mr. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka
H.E. Mr. Nasser Judeh, Minister for Foreign and Expatriates Affairs, Jordan
H.E. Mr. Bandar bin Mohammed Alaiban, Minister and President of the Human Rights Commission, Saudi Arabia
H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Mexico
H.E. Mr. Eduardo Antonio Zuain, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
H.E. Mr. Naci Koru, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
H.E. Mr. Bogdan Benko, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
AFTERNOON
15.00–18.00
3rd meeting / High-level segment(cont’d)
H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cuba
H.E. Mr. Ditmir Bushati, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Albania
H.E. Mr. David Choquehuanca Céspedes, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
H.E. Mr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, South Sudan
H.E. Ms. Ideli Salvatti, Minister of the Secretariat for Human Rights, Brazil
H.E. Mr. Bård Glad Pedersen, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
H.E. Mr. Takashi Uto, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
H.E. Mr. Carlos Ramiro Martinez, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Guatemala
H.E. Baroness Anelay, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H.E. Mr. Alexandros N. Zenon, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cyprus
H.E. Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
H.E. Mr. Hassan al-Saghir,Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Libya
H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross
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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Draft Programme of Work for the 28th session of the Human Rights Council (2-27 March 2015)
Version as of 27 February 2015 (subject to change)

Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4
2 March / 9 March / 16 March / 23 March
M
O
N
D
A
Y / 9.00
–
12.00 / Item 1
Opening of session
High-level segment (HLS) / 9.00
–
12.00 / Item 3
Clustered ID with:
- IE on HR & environment
- IE on foreign debt / 9:00
–
12.00 / ITEM 4
Individual IDs with:
- SR on DPR of Korea
- COI on Eritrea (oral update) / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 7
IndividualIDs with:
- COI on Gaza
- SR on OPT
12.00
–
15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
–
15.00 / Item 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on right to food
- SR on adequate housing / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
Individual IDs with:
- COI on Eritrea (cont’d)
- SR on Islamic Republic of Iran / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 7 (cont’d)
- SR on OPT (cont’d)
- HC/SG reports followed by General debate
15.00
–
18.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 15.00
–
18.00 / Item 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on torture
- SR on HR defenders / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
Individual IDs with:
- SR on Iran (cont’d)
- SR on Myanmar / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 8
General debate
3 March / 10 March / 17 March / 24 March
T
U
E
S
D
A
Y / 9.00
–
12.00 / Annual HIGH-LEVEL panel on HUMAN RIGHTS mainstreaming
(HRC res. 16/21) / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d)
- SR on torture
- SR on HR defenders / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
Individual IDs with:
- SR on Myanmar (cont’d)
- COI on the Syrian Arab Republic / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 9
- Report of Ad Hoc Committeefollowed byGeneral debate
ITEM 10
Individual ID with:
- IE on CAR (oral update)
12.00
–
15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on freedom of religion or belief
- SR on counter-terrorism / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
IDwithCOI on the Syrian Arab Republic (cont’d)
followed by General debate / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 10
Individual IDs with:
- IE on CAR (cont’d)
- IE on Côte d’Ivoire
(oral update)
- IE on Haiti
15.00
–
18.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 15.00
–
18.00 / Annual interactive debate on the Rights of persons with disabilitIEs
(HRC res. 25/20) / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 10
Individual IDs with:
- IE on Haiti (cont’d)
- IE on Mali
4 March / 11 March / 18 March / 25 March
W
E
D
N
E
S
D
A
Y / 9.00
–
12.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 9.00
–
12.00 / 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 / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d)
ID with SR on minority issuesITEM 5 (cont’d)
Report of the Forum on Minority Issues
followed by General debate / 9.00
–
12.00 / Annual thematic discussion on technical cooperation
(HRC res. 27/20)
12.00
–
15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR on cultural rights
- SR on sale of children / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 6
UPR outcomes
Italy, El Salvador, Gambia / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
Individual ID with:
- IE on Mali (cont’d)
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
- ID on OHCHR report on Iraq
15.00
–
18.00 / Biennial HIGH-LEVEL panel on
the Question of
the death penalty
(HRC res. 26/2) / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with SRSGs:
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Fiji, San Marino / 15.00
–
18.00 / - Other HC/SG country reports (Item 2) followed by General debate
ITEM 10
- HC/SG country reports (Item 10), followed by General debate
5 March / 12 March / 19 March / 26 March
T
H
U
R
S
D
A
Y / 9.00
–
12.00 / HLS (cont’d)
General segment / 9.00
–
12.00 / Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child (HRC res. 25/6) / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Kazakhstan, Angola, Iran (Islamic Republic of) / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 10 GD (cont’d)
HC/SG country reports, followed by General debate
12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 2*
HC annual report
followed byID with the HC / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID w SRSGs (cont’d)
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict / 12.00
–
15.00 / panel DISCUSSION
on NATIONAL POLICIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
(HRC res. 27/26) / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 2 (cont’d)
ID with the HC (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / Annual full-day Meeting on the rights of the child (HRC res. 25/6) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Iraq, Madagascar, Slovenia / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
6 March / 13 March / 20 March / 27 March
F
R
I
D
A
Y / 9.00
–
12.00 / Full-Day Discussion On Human Rights & Climate Change
(HRC res. 26/27) / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEMS 2 & 3 (cont’d)
HC/SG thematic reportsfollowed byGeneral debate / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
UPR outcomes
Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ITEM 5 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 9.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 2 (cont’d)
ID with the HC (cont’d)
TBC / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
General debate / 12.00
–
15.00 / Break
15.00
–
18.00 / Full-Day Discussion On Human Rights & Climate Change
(HRC res. 26/27) / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 15.00
–
18.00 / Debate on the STATE OF racial discrimination WORLDWIDE
(GA res. 69/162) / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions(cont’d)
Appt. of SP mandate holders
Adoption of session report

* Item 2 remains open throughout the session.

Human Rights Council
28th 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
(min.) / Observers for NHRIs* / NGOs**
(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
Interactive dialogues for thematic mandates
(when clustered)
……………………..
NEW: maximum duration of each clustered interactive dialogue is 4 hours
/ 5’
……………….
may be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
3’
(or 2’) / 3’
……………….
may 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’
Right of reply / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / N/A

-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

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.

Speaking time arrangements for a clustered interactive dialogue (“ID”)

with special procedures mandateholders

  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 mandateholders.
  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.

[*]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.