1Order of the day, 11September2017

/ Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixthsession
Geneva, 11–29 September 2017
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Monday, 11September 2017
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
1st meeting / Item 1 / Organizational and procedural matters
Opening of the session
H.E. Mr. Joaquin Alexander Maza Martelli,
President of the Human Rights Council
Item 2 / Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Update by the High Commissioneron the situation of human rights worldwide and on the activities of his office.
Item 3 / Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
10.00 / Clustered interactive dialogue with:
- Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
A/HRC/36/39, A/HRC/36/39/Add.1, A/HRC/36/39/Add.2, A/HRC/36/39/Add.3, A/HRC/36/39/Add.4, A/HRC/36/NGO/36,A/HRC/36/NGO/68, A/HRC/36/NGO/147
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
A/HRC/36/50, A/HRC/36/50/Add.1
[Modalities for participation in the clustered interactive dialogue:Online inscription in the list of speakers for States, United Nations agencies and international and regional organizations opened on 6 September at 4 p.m. and remains open for inscriptions until 2 hours before the meeting in which the interactive dialogue in question is scheduled to start. After that inscriptions can still be made in person, at the list of speakers’ desk in Room XX.The lists close approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of each interactive dialogue. NHRIs and NGOS are requested to inscribe online and NGOs are requested to confirm their on-line registration at the list of speakers’ desk in Room XX. Speaking time is 2 minutes for States Members of the Council and 2 minutes for all observers.Please refer to announcements made in Room XX and through SMS alert.]
11.30 / Visit of H.E. Mr.Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim
Al-Thani,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar
11.40 / Visit of H.E. Mr. Jorge Arreaza Montserrat,
Minister for Foreign Affairsof the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
11.50 / Visit of H.E. Mr. Timo Soini,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
12.00 / Visit of H.E. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon,
State Minister for the Commonwealth and the United Nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
12.10 / Visit of H.E. Ms. Carmen Almendras,
Vice Minister of Institutional and Consular Management of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
LUNCH
12.00– 15.00
2ndMeeting / Item 3
(cont’d) / Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Clustered interactive dialogue with: (cont’d)
- Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
[Modalities for participation in the clustered interactive dialogue: See above.]
Clustered interactive dialogue with:
- Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
A/HRC/36/48, A/HRC/36/48/Add.1, A/HRC/36/48/Add.2
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
A/HRC/36/45, A/HRC/36/45/Add.1, A/HRC/36/45/Add.2
[Modalities for participation in the clustered interactive dialogue: See above.]
14.50 / Visit of H.E.Mr. Keo Remy,
President of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee
AFTERNOON
15.00 -- 18.00
3rd meeting / Item 3
(cont’d) / Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Clustered interactive dialogue with: (cont’d)
- Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
[Modalities for participation in the clustered interactive dialogue: See above.]
Other information:
•Draft programme of work is attached.
•All speakers scheduled to take the floor should provide the conference officersbeforehand with acopy of their statement.
•Delegations are requested to upload their statement in Word format in the online registration system for posting on HRC Extranet as soon as possible.
•Identity session photo-badges may be obtained by all delegations from the UNOG Security and Safety Section at the ‘Pregny Gate’ (Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Requests for accreditation to the 36th session of the Human Rights Council are to be made to the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council through the following online platform: Due to the high number of participants expected, kindly allow sufficient time for accreditation.
•Information about accessibility for persons with disabilities is available at the dedicated web page on accessibility [
•The deadline for submission of draft resolutions or decisions is Thursday, 21 September 2017, at 1.00 p.m. (office E-3054). Related guidelines and signature forms for co-sponsors are available on HRC36Extranet.
•Delegations wishing to reserve rooms for meetings should contact Ms. Laura Giardini (email: * tel.79255 * office E-3060), no later than 12 noon of the day before the meeting.
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draft Programme of Work for the 36th session of the Human Rights Council(11-29september 2017)
as of 24August 2017(PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3
11 September / 18 September / 25 September
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12.00 / ITEM 2 - Oral update by the HC
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- WG arbitrary detention
- SR on truth, justice, reparation / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 4
- IDwith Commission ofinquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic / 09.00
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12.00 / General debate on ITEM 7
General debate on ITEM 8
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- IE on the rights of older persons
- SR on water and sanitation / 12.00
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15.00 / - Enhanced ID on the situation of human rights in South Sudan / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 8 (cont’d)
ITEM 9 - ID with WG African Descent
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID(cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / - ID with FFM on Myanmar (oral update)
- ID with Commission of inquiry on Burundi / 15.00
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18.00 / PANEL DISCUSSION ON IMPACT OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
(HRC res. 32/17)
12 September / 19 September / 26 September
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12.00 / ITEM 2 - General debate on the oral update by the HC* / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 4
- ID with Commission of inquiry on Burundi(cont’d)
General debate on ITEM 4 / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 9 - ID WG African Descent(cont’d)
General debate on ITEM 9
ITEM 10
- ID on HC oral update on Ukraine
12.00
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15.00 / General debate(cont’d)
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- SR contemporary forms of slavery
- WG on enforced disappearances / 13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
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15.00 / - ID on Ukraine (cont’d)
- Enhanced ID on OHCHR report on Democratic Republic of the Congo
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- IE on international order
- SR on coercive measures / 15.00
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18.00 / General debate on ITEM 4 (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / - ID with SR onCambodia
- ID with IE on Somalia
13 September / 20 September / 27 September
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13.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 -ClusteredID with:
- WG on use of mercenaries
- SR on hazardous wastes / 9.00
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12.00 / ANNUAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
(HRC res. 33/13)
accessible / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 10
- ID with IE on Somalia (cont’d)
- ID on HC oral update on Libya
- ID with IE on Sudan
13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEMS 3 & 5 - Clustered ID with:
- SR on indigenous peoples
- EMRIP / 12.00
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15.00 / - ID with IE on Sudan (cont’d)
- ID with IE on Central African Republic
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 - ID with SR right to development / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 5
- ID with Advisory Committee
General debate on ITEM 5, incl. on report of IGWG on rights of peasants** / 15.00
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18.00 / - ID with IE on CAR(cont’d)
General debate onITEM 10, incl. on other HC/SG country reports (Cambodia; Yemen; Georgia)**
14 September / 21 September / 28 September
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13.00 / General debate on ITEM 3, incl. on report of WG right to development, report of IGWG private military and security companies** / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia / 10.00
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13.00 / General debate on ITEM 10 (cont’d)
13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
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15.00 / Morocco, Indonesia, Finland / 13.00
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15.00 / BREAK
15.00
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18.00 / BIENNIAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
(HRC res. 34/13) / 15.00
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18.00 / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Brazil
General debate on ITEM 5
(cont’d - if time permits) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1
- Decisions and conclusions
15 September / 22 September / 29 September
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13.00 / ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
(HRC res. 6/30) / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Philippines, Algeria, Poland / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 1
- Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
13.00
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15.00 / BREAK / 12.00
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15.00 / Netherlands, South Africa
General debate on ITEM 5 (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / - Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / General debate on ITEM 3(cont’d) / General debate on ITEM 6 / 15.00
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18.00 / - Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
- Election of Advisory Committee members
- Appointment of SP mandate holders
- Adoption of the session report
15.00
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17.30
17.30
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18.00 / Complaint procedure (closed meeting)

* Timing for the general debate on the oral update by the HC is fixed, i.e. it will start at 9 a.m. sharp.

** These general debates are preceded by the presentation of the relevant reports.

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
36th session (11 - 29September 2017)

Inscription on the list of speakers and posting statements on the HRC Extranet

The online system for inscription for the list of speakers applies to general debates (“GDs”), individual and clustered interactive dialogues (“IDs”), and can be accessed through Delegations are invited to inscribe online using the same login details used during the 35th session of the Council. In case of log-in problems, delegations can press the red button to retrieve their password, or contact for further assistance.

(a) For all GDs and IDs, online inscription for the lists of speakers opened on Wednesday 6 September 2017 at 4 p.m.and will close two hours before the meeting in which the respective debate/dialogue is scheduled to start. The online inscription system allows delegations to register on behalf of regional or political groups. If the name of the group does not appear in the drop-down menu, the delegation should choose the “other” option, provide the name of the group and select at least two countries that are part of the joint registration. After the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw at the List of Speakers Desk until the closure of the list, approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the respective debate/dialogue. The list of speakers will be made available at the desk two hours before the debate/dialogue is scheduled to start.

(b) Inscription for all panel discussions will be done through the electronic system in Room XX,at the beginning of each panel. Delegations are invited to inscribe by pressing the microphone button at their desk once the Secretariat has activated the system. For States Members of the Council, only the microphone button with the red sticker can be used to inscribe on the list. Delegations wishing to register a dignitary or speaking on behalf of a group should inform the Secretariat at the List of Speakers Desk and will be given priority slots on the list. Delegations may still inscribe at the Desk until the list is closed approximately 15 minutes after the corresponding discussion has started.

(c)For the first time, inscription on the list of speakers for the adoption of the fourteen UPR outcomes will be through the online system for inscription and no longer through in person inscription at the desk in room XX. Inscription for the UPR outcomes will be open from Monday 11 September at 9 a.m. until Thursday 14 September at 6 p.m. No inscription will be possible after this deadline. The final lists with the speaking order and speaking time will be available on Friday 15 September at the speakers’ list desk where States may still come to withdraw from a list or make bilateral arrangements to swap position on the same list.

All delegations are strongly encouraged to upload their oral statements as soon as possible through the online system for inscription on the lists of speakers for posting on the Extranet. Hard or electronic copies of statements handed in person or received by email will not be posted. Hard copies given to conference officers will be used for interpretation purposes only.

(a)Statements should be uploaded in Word format in the online system.

(b) Statements uploaded in advance of a debate/dialogue/panel will be forwarded automatically to the interpreters, and will be posted on the Extranet shortly after being delivered.

(c) Statements uploaded after a debate will be posted, but may likely appear on the Extranet after a delay.

(d) It is possible to upload a revised version of an oral statement to replace its earlier version, but a final version should be posted as soon as possible.

(e) Should you require advice onuploading statements, please ask the Secretariat at the List of Speakers Desk.

SPEAKING TIME MODALITIES HRC35
Type of discussion / Member States
(min.) / Observer States /other observers
(min.) / Observers for NHRIs / NGOs
(min.)
General debates / 2’30 / 1’30 / 1’30
All interactive dialogues / Panel discussions / 2’ / 2’ / 2’
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

[*]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 #HRC36). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.