Bulletin of informal meetings 1 and 2 March 2018

Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventhsession
Geneva, 26 February– 23March2018
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-3015, E-3019, E-3009, E-3011, E-3005 and E-3001have been allocated for meetings of African Union, GRULAC, NAM, OIC, JUSCANZ and EU Delegationrespectively, for the entire duration of the session, and will not be reflected in this document unless specifically requested.
Thursday, 1 March 2018
MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY PERMANENT MISSIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OHCHR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Time / Organized by / Subject of themeeting / Type of meeting / Room
08:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / EU group meeting / Private / XXIV
08:30 – 10:00 / Permanent Mission of Mexico / GRULAC group meeting / Private / XXVII
09:00 – 12:00 / African Union (AU) / African Union group meeting / Private / XXIII
09:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) / OIC group meeting / Private / XXII
09:00 - 10:00 / Permanent Mission of Denmark / WEOG group meeting / Private / XXV
10:00 – 12:00 / Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela / NAM group meeting / Private / XXVII
10:00 -11:30 / Permanent Missions of Brazil and Germany / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age / Public / XXII
10:00 -11:30 / Permanent Missions of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Portugal, Switzerland and Uruguay / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on human rights and drugs / Public / XXV
11:30 -13:00 / Permanent Missions of Mexico and New Zealand / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the rights of persons with disabilities / Public / XXV
11.30 -13:00 / Permanent Missions of Australia, Chile, Republic of Korea, South Africa and Poland / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the role of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights / Public / XXII
12:00 -13:00 / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) / Presentation of the OHCHR campaign for the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Public / XXIV
12:00 -13:30 / Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia / Saudi women's role within the Saudivision2030 / Public / XXIII
13:00 – 14:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) / OIC group meeting / Private / XXII
13:00 -14:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) / Meeting of experts / Private / E-3025
13:30 -15:00 / Permanent Missions of Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Portugaland Thailand, and UNAIDS / Zero discrimination day: harnessing the power of human rights to advance the HIV response / Public / XXIII
14:00 -15:30 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU)and the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries in the United Nations (GRULAC) / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the rights of the child in humanitarian situations / Public / XXII
14:00 -15:00 / Permanent Delegation of the League of Arab States / Meeting of experts / Private / E-3023
14:30 -16:00 / Permanent Missions of Brazil, Finland, Germany and Namibia / Co-sponsor meeting on the draft resolution on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to non-discrimination in this context / Private / XXV
15:00 -16:30 / Permanent Missions of Argentina, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Mali, Poland, Serbia and Switzerland / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on cultural rights and protection of cultural heritage / Public / XXIII
15:30 -17:00 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / Private meeting / Private / XXI
16:30 -18:00 / Permanent Mission of Georgia / Co-sponsor meeting on the draft resolution on cooperation with Georgia / Private / XXIII
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of meeting / Room
12:00 -13:00 / Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of torture / Human rights in Bahrain / Public / XXVII
12:30 -14:00 / Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience / Human rights in the People’s Republic of China / Public / XXI
13:00 -14:00 / IUS PRIMI VIRI International Association / Right to education / Public / XXVII
13:00 -14:30 / FIAN International e.V. / Right to food beyond the Sustainable Development Goals / Public / XXV
14:00 -15:00 / Rencontre africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme / Human rights and citizenship / Public / XXVII
15:00 -16:30 / Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities) / Right to adequate housing / Public / XXIV
16:00 -17:30 / Association of World Citizens / Human rights in Turkey / Public / XXV
16:30 -18:00 / Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development / Human rights defenders in Asia / Public / XXIV
Forthcoming meetings Friday, 2 March 2018
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 themeeting / Type of meeting / Room
08:00 – 10:00 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / EU group meeting / Private / XXIV
08:30 – 10:00 / Permanent Mission of Mexico / GRULAC group meeting / Private / XXVII
09:00 – 12:00 / African Union (AU) / African Union group meeting / Private / XXIII
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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / Co-sponsor meeting on the draft resolution on human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic / Private / XXV
10:00 – 12:00 / Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela / NAM group meeting / Private / XXVII
10:00 -11:30 / Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on human rights and the environment / Public / XXII
11:30 -13:00 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) / Private meeting on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar / Private / XXII
12:00 -13:30 / Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, and Permanent Mission of Bolivia, and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's (FES) / Assessing human rights impacts of economic reform policies / Public / XXVII
12:00 -13:30 / Permanent Mission of Switzerland and Association pour la prévention de la torture / Protecting the human rights of migrants / Public / XXIII
12:00 -13:30 / Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment / Children’s rights and the environment / Public / XXV
13:00 – 14:00 / Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) / OIC group meeting / Private / XXII
13:30 -15:00 / Permanent Missions of Egypt, Indonesia, Mexico and Romania / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the right to work / Public / XXV
13:30 -15:00 / Permanent Missions of Finland, Germany and Namibia, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) / The Shift – housing as a human right / Public / XXVII
13:30 -15:00 / Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation and the Russian Peace Foundation / Combating glorification of Nazism and neo-Nazism / Public / XXIII
14:00 -15:30 / Permanent Mission of Greece / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal / Public / XXII
15:00 -16:30 / Permanent Missions of Austria, Senegal and Slovenia / Co-sponsor meeting on the draft resolution on human rights of minorities / Private / XXVII
15:00 -16:30 / Permanent Delegation of the European Union (EU) and the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries in the United Nations (GRULAC) / Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the rights of the child in humanitarian situations / Public / XXIII
16:30 -18:00 / Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation and Information Group on Crimes against Humanity / Origins and perspectives of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine: ethnic aspect / Public / XXIII
MEETING ORGANIZED BY NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of meeting / Room
09:00 -10:30 / International Fellowship of Reconciliation / Human rights in Turkey / Public / XI
10:00 -11:30 / World Organisation Against Torture / Human rights in Turkey / Public / XXI
11:30 -13:00 / East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project / Human rights in Ethiopia: civic space / Public / XXIV
11:30 -13:00 / The Next Century Foundation / Human rights in Bahrain, Syrian Arab Republic and in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Public / XXI
12:00 -13:30 / Organisation pour la Communication en Afrique et de Promotion de la Coopération Economique Internationale - OCAPROCE Internationale / Impacts of war on human rights / Public / XI
13:00 -14:30 / Franciscans International / Human rights, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate / Public / XXI
13:30 -15:00 / Association Thendral / Human rights in Sri Lanka / Public / XI
14:30 -16:00 / ABC Tamil Oli / Human rights in Sri Lanka / Public / XXI
15:00 -16:30 / World Organisation Against Torture / Human rights in India / Public / XXV
15:00 -16:30 / CiVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation / Emergency powers and civic space / Public / XI
15:30 -17:00 / Arab Organization for Human Rights / Human rights in MENA: conflicts and child soldiers / Public / XXII
16:00 -17:30 / CIRID (Centre Independent de Recherches et d'Initiatives pour le Dialogue) / Human rights in Africa: truth and reconciliation / Public / XXIV
16:30 -18:00 / Indian Council of South America (CISA) / Human rights in Yemen / Public / XXV
16:30 -18:00 / Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims, The / Human rights in Yemen: war, child and education / Public / XXVII

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