1Order of the day, 26June2015
/ Human Rights CouncilTwenty-ninthsession
Geneva, 15 June -3July 2015
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Friday, 26June 2015
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
30thmeeting / Item 6
(cont’d) / Universal Periodic Review
-Sweden
A/HRC/29/13, A/HRC/29/13/Add.1
-Grenada
A/HRC/29/14, A/HRC/29/14/Corr.1, A/HRC/29/14/Add.1
-Turkey
A/HRC/29/15, A/HRC/29/15/Add.1
[Modalities for participation in the UPR segment –time allocated is 1 hour for each State under review: Total time for State under review is 20 minutes. NHRI with A status can speak for 2 minutes immediately following the State. Total time for States Members of the Council, observer States and United Nations agencies is 20 minutes and speaking time varies depending on the number of speakers. Total time for other stakeholders is 20 minutes, with speaking time of 2 minutes for all.]
LUNCH
14.00– 15.00
31stmeeting / Item 6
(cont’d) / Universal Periodic Review
- Kuwait
A/HRC/29/17, A/HRC/29/17/Add.1
[Modalities for participation in the UPR segment –See above.]
AFTERNOON
15.00– 18.00
32nd meeting / Item 5
(cont’d) / Human rights bodies and mechanisms
General debate (cont’d)
A/HRC/29/29, A/HRC/29/44, A/HRC/29/45, A/HRC/29/NGO/90, A/HRC/29/NGO/90/Corr.1, A/HRC/29/NGO/109
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: States Members of the Council, observer States and other observers, including NHRIs, are requested to inscribe with the List of speakers desk in Room XX. NGOs are requested to confirm online registration at the List of Speakers desk in room XX. Speaking time is 3 minutes for States Members of the Council, and 2 minutes for observer States and other observers, including NHRIs and NGOs.]
Item 6
(cont’d) / Universal Periodic Review
General debate
A/HRC/29/21, A/HRC/29/22, A/HRC/29/G/1, A/HRC/29/G/4, A/HRC/29/NI/6, A/HRC/29/NI/7, A/HRC/29/NGO/72
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: See above.]
Other information:
•Draft programme of work is attached.
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draft Programme of Work for the 29th session of the Human Rights Council(15 June-3july 2015)
as of 24June 2015 (subject to change)
15 June (non-stop) / 22 June (non-stop) / 29 June (non-stop)
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / Item 1-Opening of the session
ITEM 2*-Update by the HC followed by
General debate / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d) -Clustered ID with:
- SR on extreme poverty
- SR on counter-terrorism / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 5 / 6 (cont’d)
ITEM 7
IndividualID with Commission of inquiry on Gaza
followed byGeneral debate
12.00
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18.00 / General debate (cont’d)
followed by
Enhanced interactive dialogue
on the human rights of migrants / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3(cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 2 & 3 - SG/HC thematic reports followed by General debate / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 7 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 8 - General debate
18.00
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21.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- SR on migrants
- SR on minority issues (study on Roma) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 2 & 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 15.00
18.00 / ITEM 8 (cont’d) -GD (cont’d)
ITEM 9
IndividualID withSR on racism followed by General debate
16 June (non-stop) / 23 June / 30 June (non-stop)
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d) -Clustered ID with:
- WG on transnational corporations and human rights
- SR on trafficking / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 4
Individual ID with the Commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic(oral update) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 9 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 10
Individual ID with IE on
the Central African Republic
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d) / 12.00
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13.00 / Item 4 (cont’d)
Individual ID with SR on Belarus / 12.00
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15.00 / Panel on THE effects of terrorism on the enjoyment by all persons of human rights and fundamental freedoms (HRC res. 28/17)
13.00
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15.00 / Break
15.00
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18.00 / Panel on realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl
(HRC res. 27/6) / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 4 (cont’d)
- Individual ID w. SR Belarus (cont’d)
- Individual ID with the Commission of inquiry on Eritrea
- Individual ID with SR on Eritrea / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
- Individual ID with IE on CAR(cont’d)
- Individual ID with IE on Côte d’Ivoire
17 June (non-stop) / 24 June (non-stop) / 1 July (non-stop)
W
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d) -Clustered ID with:
- SR on violence against women
- SR on internally displaced persons / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
Individual ID with SR on Eritrea (cont’d)
followed by General debate / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
ID with IE on Côte d’Ivoire (cont’d)
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
ID on OHCHR oral update
on Boko Haram
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d) - General debate (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
- HC annual presentation on technical
cooperation
- Board of Trustees of Voluntary Fund
for Technical Cooperation
followed by General debate
15.00
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20.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID with:
- SR on right to freedom of expression
- SR on peaceful assembly & association / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d) - General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 6-UPR outcomes
Kyrgyzstan, Guinea / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 6(cont’d) -UPR outcomes
Kiribati
18 June (non-stop) / 25 June (non-stop) / 2 July
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID with:
- SR on independence of judges & lawyers
- SR on right to health / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Spain, Lesotho / 9.00
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13.00 / ITEM 6(cont’d) -UPR outcomes
Guyana
ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID with:
- SR onright to education
- IE on international solidarity / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d) - GD(cont’d)
ITEM 5
Reports of the Social Forum, Forum on Business & HR and IGWG on the right to peace
followed by General debate / 13.00
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15.00 / Break
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
17.15 -Dialogue with Co-facilitator for the post-2015 development agenda / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 6(cont’d) -UPR outcomes
Kenya, Armenia, Guinea-Bissau / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
19 June (non-stop) / 26 June / 3 July
F
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / Annual full-day discussion
on the human rights of women
(HRC res. 6/30, 23/25 and 26/15) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6(cont’d) -UPR outcomes
Sweden, Grenada, Turkey / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions(cont’d)
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d) - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 (cont’d) -Clustered ID with:
- SR onsummary executions
- WG on discrimination against women / 12.00
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14.00 / Break / 12.00
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14.00 / Break
15.00
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18.00 / Annual full-day discussion
on the human rights of women
(HRC res. 6/30, 23/25 and 26/15) / 14.00
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15.00 / ITEM 6(cont’d) -UPR outcomes
Kuwait / 14.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
- Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
- Appointment of SP mandateholders
- Adoption of the session report
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 5 (cont’d) –General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 6 (cont’d) General debate
* Item 2 remains open throughout the session
Human Rights Council
29th session (15 June – 3 July 2015)
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(when clustered)
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[*]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 panels and the consideration of UPR reports. The Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS alerts, HRC Extranet and Twitter (@UN_HRC #HRC29). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.
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