1Order of the Day, 23September 2013

/ Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva,9–27September 2013
Order of the Day[*]
Plenary Meetings – Room XX
Monday, 23September 2013
MORNING
10.00 – 13.00
25th meeting / Item 6
(cont’d) / Universal periodic review
General debate
A/HRC/24/G/7, A/HRC/24/G/8, A/HRC/24/NGO/12, A/HRC/24/NGO/57,A/HRC/24/NGO/81, A/HRC/24/NGO/108, A/HRC/24/NGO/120,
A/HRC/24/NGO/124
[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 on-line registration at theList 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. The list of speakers will be closed 10 minutes after the commencement of the discussion.]
Item 7 / Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories
- Report of the Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
A/HRC/24/30
General debate
A/HRC/24/NGO/1, A/HRC/24/NGO/51, A/HRC/24/NGO/66, A/HRC/24/NGO/72, A/HRC/24/NGO/78, A/HRC/24/NGO/121, A/HRC/24/NGO/138, A/HRC/24/NGO/139
[Modalities for participation in the general:See above.]
AFTERNOON
15.00 / Visit of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Khattra,
Commissioner for Human Rights, Humanitarian Action and Relations with Civil Society of Mauritania
15.00 – 18.00
26th meeting / Item 7
(cont’d) / Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories
- Report of the Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (cont’d)
General debate(cont’d)
[Modalities for participation in the general debate:See above.]
Item 8 / Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
General debate
A/HRC/24/G/3, A/HRC/24/NGO/7, A/HRC/24/NGO/21, A/HRC/24/NGO/63, A/HRC/24/NGO/126, A/HRC/24/NGO/127
[Modalities for participation in the general debate:See above.]
17.00 – 18.00 / Item 5 (cont’d) / Human rights bodies and mechanisms
Complaint Procedure – Closed meeting
Other information:
•Draft programme of work attached.
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draft Programme of Work for the 24th session of the Human Rights Council(9-27 September 2013)
as of 20 September 2013 (subject to change)

WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3
9 September / 16 September / 23 September
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Y / 10.00
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13.00 / Item 1 and 2*
Opening of the session
Item 2 (cont’d)
Update by the HC followed by
General debate / 10:00
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13:00 / Item 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
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Item 4
Report of the SR on IDPs (Res 23/26)
ID with COI on the Syrian Arab Republic (HRC res 23/1 and 23/26) / 10.00
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13.00 / Item 6 (cont’d)
General debate
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Item 7
Report of SG on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
followed by General debate
13.00
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15:00 / Break / 13.00
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15:00 / Break / 13:00
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15:00 / Break
15.00
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18.00 / Item 2 (cont’d)
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Item 3
ID with SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict (oral update) / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 4 (cont’d)
ID with COI on Syria (cont’d) / 15.00
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17.00 / Item 7 (cont’d)
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Item 8 – General debate
17:00
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18.00 / Item 5 (cont’d)
Complaint procedure (closed meeting)
10 September / 17 September (non-stop) / 24 September (non-stop)
T
U
E
S
D
A
Y / 10.00
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13.00 / Item 3 (cont’d)
ID with SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- WG on mercenaries
- IE on democratic & equitable int’l order / 09.00
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12.00 / Item 4 (cont’d)
- ID with COI on Syria (cont’d)
- IDwith COI on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(HRC resolution 22/13, oral update)
followed byGeneral debate / 09.00
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12.00 / Item 9
ID with WG of Experts on People of African Descent
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General debate
13:00
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15:00 / Break / 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)
- ID with SR on Cambodia
- ID with IE on Somalia
15.00
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18.00 / Item 3 (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / Half-day discussion on indigenous peoples
(HRC resolution 18/8) / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 10 (cont’d)
Stand-alone high-level ID on Somalia (HRC decision 23/114)
11 September / 18 September (non-stop) / 25 September
W
E
D
N
E
S
D
A
Y / 10.00
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13.00 / Panel on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty
or executed
(HRC resolution 22/11) / 09.00
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12.00 / Items 3 & 5
Clustered ID with:
- SR on indigenous peoples
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) / 09.00
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12.00 / Item 10 (cont’d)
- ID with IE on Sudan
- ID on the Central African Republic
- SG/HC country reports (Items 2+10)
13.00
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15.00 / Item 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with WG on mercenaries & IE on democratic & equitable int’l order(cont’d)
followed by
Clustered ID with SR on hazardous wastes & SR on water and sanitation / 12:00
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15:00 / Item 5 (cont’d)
- IDwith HRC Advisory Committee
General debate / 12:00
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15:00 / Item 10 (cont’d)
General debate
15.00
–
18.00 / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 6
Consideration of UPR reports
Turkmenistan, Burkina Faso,
Cape Verde / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 10 (cont’d)
12 September / 19 September / 26 September
T
H
U
R
S
D
A
Y / 10.00
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13.00 / Annual discussion on gender integration
(HRC resolution 6/30) / 09.00
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12.00 / Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Tuvalu, Colombia, Uzbekistan / 10.00
–
13.00 / Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
13.00
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15.00 / Break / 12:00
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15:00 / Item 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 13:00
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15:00 / Break
15.00
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18.00 / Item 3 (cont’d) -Clustered ID with:
- SR on truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence
- SR on contemporary forms of slavery / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Germany, Djibouti, Canada / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Election of HRC Advisory Committee members
13 September / 20 September / 27 September
F
R
I
D
A
Y / 10.00
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13.00 / Items 2 & 3 (cont’d)
- Report of WG on right to development
- Introduction of SG/HC thematic reports followed by General debate / 10.00
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13.00 / Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Bangladesh, Azerbaijan
/ 10.00
–
13.00 / Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
13.00
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15.00 / Break / 13.00
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15.00 / Break / 13.00
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15.00 / Break
15.00
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18.00 / Item 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR reports
Russian Federation, Cameroon, Cuba / 15.00
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18.00 / Item 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Adoption of the session report

* Item 2 remains open throughout the session.

[*]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 consideration of UPR reports and panels. The Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS, HRC Extranet and Twitter (UN_HRC& #HRC24). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat,officeE-3060.

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