1Order of the day, 13 June 2016
/ Human Rights CouncilThirty-second session
Geneva, 13 June–1 July 2016
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Monday, 13June 2016
MORNING
10.00 – 13.00
1st meeting / Item 1 / Organizational and procedural matters
A/HRC/32/1
Opening of the session
H.E. Mr. Didier Burkhalter
Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
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 Commissioner followed bygeneral debate
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: States Members of the Council, observer States and intergovernmental organisations are requested to use the online registration system to inscribe and upload their statements. Log in details have been provided by the secretariat. NGOs are requested to confirm their on-line 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 all other observers, including NHRIs and NGOs. The list of speakers will be closed approximately 15 minutes after the debate has started.]
11.45 / Visit of H.E. Ms. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh,
Vice-President, Viet Nam
11.55 / Visit of H. E. Mr. Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev,
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijan
LUNCH
13.00– 15.00
2ndMeeting / Item 2
(cont’d) / Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
General debate(cont’d)
[Modalities for participation in the general debate: See above.]
AFTERNOON
15.00 -- 18.00
3rd meeting / High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Human Rights Council: achievements and challenges
Chair: H.E. Mr. Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council
Opening statements:
- Mr. Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
- Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Panellists:
•H.E. Mr. Joachim Rücker (Germany), former President of the Human Rights Council, 9th Cycle, 2015
•H.E. Mr. Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon), former President of the Human Rights Council, 8th Cycle, 2014
•H.E. Mr. Remigiusz Achilles Henczel (Poland), former President of the Human Rights Council, 7th Cycle, 2013
•H.E. Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre (Uruguay), former President of the Human Rights Council, 6th Cycle, June 2011 – December 2012
•H.E. Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow (Thailand), former President of the Human Rights Council, 5th Cycle, June 2010 – June 2011
•H.E. Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), former President of the Human Rights Council, 4th Cycle, June 2009 – June 2010
•H.E. Mr. Martin I. Uhomoibhi (Nigeria), former President of the Human Rights Council, 3rd Cycle, June 2008 – June 2009
•H.E. Mr. Doru Costea (Romania), former President of the Human Rights Council, 2nd Cycle, June 2007 – June 2008
•H.E. Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba Góngora (Mexico), former President of the Human Rights Council, 1st cycle, June 2006 – June 2007 (by video message)
•Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, former Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, 2008 - 2014
•Ms. Laila Matar, United Nations Advocate, Human Rights Watch
A/HRC/32/NGO/110
[Modalities for participation in the panel: The presentations of panellists from the podium will be followed by an interactive discussion, to be divided in two slots of 60 minutes each (45 minutes for comments and questions from the floor, followed by 15 minutes for comments and replies by panellists).The concept note including the modalities of the panel is available on HRC Extranet (
States Members of the Council, observer States and other observers are requested to use the electronic system in Room XX and inscribe on the list of speakers by pressing the microphone button at their desk at the beginning of the panel, when the timer is displayed on the screen. NHRIs are requested to inscribe at the List of speakers desk in Room XX. NGOs are requested to confirm their on-line registration at the List of speakers desk in Room XX. Speaking time is 2 minutes for all.]
Other information:
•Draft programme of work is attached.
•All speakers scheduled to take the floor should provide the Secretariat beforehand with only one copy of their statements in the room.
•Delegations are requested to upload their statement on the online registration system for general debates and to send all their other statements to for posting on HRC Extranet.
•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. upon presentation of a copy of the letter requesting accreditation and an identity document. 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, 23June 2016, at 1.00 p.m. (office E-3054). Related guidelines and signature forms for co-sponsors are available on HRC32 Extranet.
•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.
•The Human Rights Council is on social media:
Twitter:@UN_HRC #HRC32 and #HRCat10
•To access the live or archived webcast, please go to
•PHOTOGRAPHS AND FILMING: Please note that only accredited media are permitted to film and take photographs in Room XX.
draft Programme of Work for the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council(13June -1July 2016)
as of 11 May 2016 (subject to change)
13 June / 20 June / 27 June
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13.00 / Item 1-Opening of the session
ITEM 2*-Update by the HC followed by
General debate / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3-Clustered ID with:
- SR on internally displaced persons
- SR on summary executions / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM6 -General debate (cont’d)
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ITEM 7- General debate
13.00
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15.00 / General debate (cont’d) / 13.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 2 & 3 - SG/HC thematic reports followed by General debate / 13.00
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15.00 / ITEM 8 - General debate
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ITEM 9
ID withSR on racism
15.00
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18.00 / high-level Panel on the 10th anniversary of the human rights council
(HRC dec. 31/115) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 2 & 3
General debate (cont’d) / 15.00
18.00 / ITEM 9
ID withSR on racism(cont’d)
followed by General debate
14 June / 21 June / 28 June
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13.00 / ITEM 2 General debate (cont’d)
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ITEM 3-Clustered ID with:
- SR on migrants
- SR on poverty / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 4
ID with the Commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
(oral update) / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 9(cont’d) GD (cont’d)
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ITEM 10
- ID with IE on Central African Republic
- ID with IE on Côte d’Ivoire
13.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) / 13.00
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15.00 / Item 4
- ID with SR on Belarus
- ID with the Commission of inquiry on Eritrea / 13.00
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15.00
ITEM 10(cont’d) - ID with IE on Côte d’Ivoire(cont’d)
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- SR on health
- SR on trafficking / Item 4
- ID with the Commission of inquiry on Eritrea (cont’d) / Panel on the use of sport and the olympic idealto promote human rights for all
(HRC res. 31/23)
15.00
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18.00 / 15.00
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18.00 / 15.00
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18.00
15 June / 22 June / 29 June
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Y / 10.00
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13.00 / Panel on the PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE right to development: 30th anniversary(HRC res. 31/4) / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 4
- Enhanced ID on South Sudan followed by General debate / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 10
- IDon regular periodic update on Ukraine
- ID on HC report on Burundi
13.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 4 - General debate (cont’d)
13.00
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15.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
- ID on HC report on Burundi(cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID with:
-SR on independence of judges & lawyers
- IE on international solidarityJune / 15.00
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18.00 / Panel on THE contribution of parliaments to the work of the council and the upr
(HRC res. 30/14) / 15.00
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18.00 /
ITEM 2
Other HC country reports and oral updates (Item 2) followed by General debate
16 June / 23 June / 30 June
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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 and 29/14) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6-UPR outcomes
Namibia, Niger, Mozambique / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 2 (cont’d)General debate (cont’d)
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3- Clustered ID with:
- WG on transnational corporations and human rights
- SR on the right to freedom of expression / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 5
Report of the Forum on Business & HR and EMRIP review
followed by General debate / 13.00
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15.00 / ITEM 10
- HC annual presentation on technical cooperation
-Board of Trustees of Voluntary Fundfor Technical Cooperation followed by General debate
15.00
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18.00 / Annual full-day discussion
on the human rights of women
(HRC res. 6/30and 29/14) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 6-UPR outcomes
Estonia, Paraguay, Belgium / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
17 June / 24 June / 1 July
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Y / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3- Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- SR on right to education
- SR on peaceful assembly and association / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6-UPR outcomes
Denmark, Palau, Somalia / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 1
Decisions and conclusions(cont’d)
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d)
ITEM 3 -Clustered ID with:
- SR onviolence against women
- WG on discrimination against women / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 6-UPR outcomes
Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Latvia / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 1
Decisions and conclusions(cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 6-UPR outcomes
Sierra Leone, Singapore
ITEM5 - General debate
ITEM 6 – HC reportsfollowed by General debate / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1
- Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
- Appointment of SP mandateholders
- Adoption of the session report
* Item 2 remains open throughout the session
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
32nd session (13 June – 1 July 2016)
Inscriptions on the list of speakers and speaking time arrangements
(min.) / Observer States / other observers
(min.) / Observers for NHRIs* / NGOs**
(min.)
General debates1 / 3’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Clustered interactive dialogues2
(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’
Individual interactive dialogues3
(including interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner) / 3’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Panel discussions3 / 2’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Consideration of UPR outcomes4 / 3’
May be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
2’ (or minimum 1:30) / 2’
May be reduced according to the number of registered speakers to
minimum 1:30 / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Rights of reply5 / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / N/A
Electronic system
Inscriptions for all interactive dialogues(“IDs”) and panel discussions will be done through the electronic system in Room XX. 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, 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). The lists of speakers for all IDs and panel discussions close 15 minutes after the corresponding dialogue or discussion has started; delegations may still inscribe at the list of speakers desk until that moment.
Schedule of inscriptions
1.For general debates (“GDs”),the online inscription system in the lists of speakers for all agenda items opened on Thursday9 June2016 at noon. The secretariat has been providing information and assistance in office E-3056 behind Room XX and as from Monday 13 June 2016, the list will be made available at the secretariat desk in Room XX. The list will close approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the respective debate. All delegations have been given login details and have been requested to inscribe online until the respective general debate opens. Delegations will be able to inscribe groups on behalf of the groups, swap places and withdraw from the lists by contacting the secretariat at the list of speakers desk in Room XX.
2.For all clustered IDs, electronic inscription will take place in advance onMonday 13 June 2016 at around 2.20 p.m. and inscriptions on the list of speakers for each clustered ID will be possible until its closure approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the respective dialogue. Should the total duration of a given clustered 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 both Members (and groups) and observers.
3.For allindividual IDs and panels, electronic inscription will take place at the beginning of each dialogue or panel. The list will close approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the respective dialogue or panel.
4.For the adoptions of UPR outcomes under agenda item 6, inscription will open on Monday 13 June at 9 a.m. and will remain open for four working days until Thursday 16 June at 6 p.m. No inscription on the lists will be possible after that date. Speaking order will be drawn by lot by the Bureau of the HRC on Friday 17 June. Speaking time for States varies depending on the number of speakers inscribed. Total time for States Members of the Council, observer States and United Nations agencies is 20 minutes. Total time for other stakeholders is 20 minutes, with speaking time of 2 minutes for all.
5.The right of reply is limited to two replies and is exercised either at the end of the day (unless there is a panel discussion at the end of the day) or at the end of the consideration of a relevant agenda item concerned.
NHRIs and NGOs
* 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.
[*]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 & #HRC32 #HRCat10). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.