5 Order of the day, 9 September 2014

/ Human Rights Council
Twenty-seventh session
Geneva, 8 - 26 September 2014
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
4th meeting / Panel discussion on history teaching and memorialization processes
Chair: H.E. Mr. Baudelaire Ndong Ella, President of the Human Rights Council
Moderator: Ms. Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Opening statement: Ms. Flavia Pansieri, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Panellists:
·  Mr. Pablo de Greiff, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence;
·  Mr. Sami Adwan, Professor of Education and Teacher Training, Hebron University, State of Palestine;
·  Ms. Dubravka Stojanovic, Professor, History Department, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade University, Serbia;
·  Ms. Marie Wilson, Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on residential schools for aboriginal peoples
[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 (https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/27thSession/Pages/Panels.aspx).
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.]
LUNCH
12.00 / Visit of H.E. Ms. Aichetou Mint M’Haiham,
Commissioner for Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, Mauritania
12.15 – 15.00
5th 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
A/HRC/27/46, A/HRC/27/NGO/9, A/HRC/27/NGO/18, A/HRC/27/NGO/29, A/HRC/27/NGO/50, A/HRC/27/NGO/87[((]*
- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
A/HRC/27/53, A/HRC/27/53/Add.1, A/HRC/27/53/Add.2, A/HRC/27/NI/1, A/HRC/27/NGO/19, A/HRC/27/NGO/48, A/HRC/27/NGO/64[((]*
[Modalities for participation in the clustered interactive dialogue: 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 dialogue. 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 5minutes for States Members of the Council and 3 minutes for observer States and other observers, including NHRIs and NGOs, which may be reduced depending on the number of speakers inscribed on the list of speakers.]
AFTERNOON
15.00 – 18.00
6th 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:
- Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
A/HRC/27/55, A/HRC/27/55/Add.1, A/HRC/27/55/Add.2, A/HRC/27/55/Add.3, A/HRC/27/55/Add.4, A/HRC/27/55/Add.5, A/HRC/27/NGO/28, A/HRC/27/NGO/70
- Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
A/HRC/27/54
[Modalities for participation in the clustered interactive dialogue: See above.]
Other information:
•  Draft programme of work is attached.
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draft Programme of Work for the 27th session of the Human Rights Council (8-26 SEPTEMBER 2014)
as of 26 August 2014 (subject to change)

WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3
8 September (non-stop) / 15 September (non-stop) / 22 September (non-stop)
M
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Y / 09.00
–
12.00 / ITEMS 1 and 2*
Opening of the session
ITEM 2 (cont’d)
Update by the HC followed by
General debate / 09:00
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12:00 / PANEL ON THE PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY AND ITS MEMBERS
(HRC resolution 26/11) / 09.00
–
12.00 / PANEL ON THE USE OF REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT OR ARMED DRONES IN COUNTER-TERRORISM AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
(HRC resolution 25/22)
12.00
–
15:00 / ITEM 2 (cont’d) / 12.00
–
15:00 / ITEMS 2 & 3 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d) / 12:00
–
15:00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
General debate
ITEM 7
HC report followed by
General debate
15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 2 (cont’d)
ITEM 3
Clustered ID with
- IE on older persons
- SR on contemporary forms of slavery / 15.00
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18.00 / ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
(HRC resolution 6/30) / 15.00
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17.00 / ITEM 8
General debate
17:00
–
18.00 / ITEM 5 (cont’d)
Complaint procedure (closed meeting)
9 September (non-stop) / 16 September (non-stop) / 23 September (non-stop)
T
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S
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Y / 09.00
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12.00 / PANEL ON HISTORY TEACHING & MEMORIALIZATION PROCESSES
(HRC resolution 25/19) / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 4
ID with Commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic / 09.00
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12.00 / PANEL ON ACCELERATING GLOBAL EFFORTS TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
(HRC resolution 25/10)
12:00
–
15:00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d) / 12:00
–
15:00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
General debate / 12:00
–
15:00 / ITEM 9
ID with WG of Experts on People of African Descent
followed by General debate
ITEM 10
ID on HC report Ukraine
15.00
–
18.00 / Clustered ID with:
- SR on water and sanitation
- SR on hazardous wastes / 15:00
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18:00 / ITEM 4 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
ITEM 5 (cont’d)
ID with HRC Advisory Committee / 15.00
–
18.00 / ID with SR on Cambodia
ID with IE on Sudan
10 September (non-stop) / 17 September (non-stop) / 24 September (non-stop)
W
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Y / 09.00
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12.00 / PANEL ON THE PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF THEIR LIBERTY (HRC resolution 24/12) / 09.00
–
12.00 / ITEMS 3 & 5
Clustered ID with:
- SR on indigenous peoples
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) / 09.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
ID with IE on Sudan (cont’d)
ID with IE on Somalia
ID with IE on Central African Republic
ITEM 10 (cont’d)
ID with IE on CAR (cont’d)
SG/HC country reports (Items 2+10) followed by General debate
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with
- WG on mercenaries
- IE on democratic & equitable int’l order / 12:00
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15:00 / Half-day discussion on THE RIGHTS OF indigenous peoples
(HRC resolutions 18/8 and 24/10) / 12:00
–
15:00
15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID with
- SR on truth, justice, reparation and non- recurrence
- WG on arbitrary detention / 15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 5 (cont’d)
Report of IGWG on the right to peace
followed by General debate / 15.00
–
18.00 / PANEL DISCUSSION ON SOUTH SUDAN (HRC resolution 26/31)
11 September / 18 September (non-stop) / 25 September (non-stop)
T
H
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S
D
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Y / UNITED NATIONS HOLIDAY / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6
Consideration of UPR outcomes
Norway, Albania,
Democratic Republic of the Congo / 09.00
–
12.00 / ITEM 10 (cont’d)
General debate (cont’d)
12:00
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15:00 / PANEL ON THE ROLE OF PREVENTION IN THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
(HRC resolution 24/16) / 12:00
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15:00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions
15.00
–
18.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR outcomes
Côte d’Ivoire, Portugal, Bhutan / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Election of HRC Advisory Committee members
12 September (non-stop) / 19 September (non-stop) / 26 September
F
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I
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A
Y / 09.00
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12.00 / PANEL ON THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE (HRC decision 25/117) / 09.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR outcomes
Dominica, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Brunei Darussalam / 10.00
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13.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 3 (cont’d)
Clustered ID (cont’d)
ID with WG enforced disappearances / 12.00
–
15.00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR outcomes
Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia / 13.00
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15.00 / Break
15.00
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17.00 / ITEMS 2 & 3 (cont’d)
- Report IGWG on right to development
- Introduction of SG/HC/OHCHR thematic reports followed by General debate / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 1 (cont’d)
Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
Appointment of SP mandate holders
Adoption of the session report
15.00
–
17:00 / ITEM 6 (cont’d)
Consideration of UPR outcomes
Qatar, Nicaragua
17.00
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18.00 / ITEM 5
Complaint procedure (closed meeting) / 17.00
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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
27th session (8 – 26 September 2014)
Inscriptions on the list of speakers and speaking time arrangements

Type of discussion / Member States
(min.) / Observer States and other observers
(min.) / Observers for NHRIs* / NGOs**
(min.)
General debates for all items / 3’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Panels / 2’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Interactive dialogues for country and other mandates (when individual) / 3’ / 2’ / 2’ per NHRI / NGO
Interactive dialogues for thematic mandates
(when clustered)
……………………..
NEW: maximum duration of each clustered interactive dialogue is 4 hours
(a special arrangement for HRC27 on a trial basis,
see next page for details) / 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
Right of reply / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / 3’ (for the first reply)
2’ (for the second reply) / N/A

-  The electronic system in Room XX will be used for all interactive dialogues and panel discussions. 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 at the beginning of each dialogue, 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).

-  For general debates, all delegates are requested to inscribe in person at the List of speakers desk in Room XX, which is open for all items 30 minutes before the official opening of the session.

-  The right of reply is limited to two replies and is exercised either at the end of the day or at the end of the consideration of a relevant agenda item concerned.

* 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 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NgoParticipation.aspx

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.

Speaking time arrangements for a clustered interactive dialogue (“ID”)

with special procedures mandate holders

1.  The following arrangements have been made for the 27th session on a trial basis.

2.  The total duration of each clustered ID will not exceed 4 hours.

3.  Each special procedures mandate holder in a cluster will introduce his/her reports within 15 minutes and respond to questions and make concluding remarks within 15 minutes. The total amount of time for two mandate holders is: 1 hour

4.  Countries concerned will be given 5 minutes each as in the past. In case there are 6 countries concerned, the total amount of time is: 30 minutes

5.  The total amount of time for NGOs remains unchanged: 30 minutes

6.  As soon as the list of speakers is available following the electronic registration, the secretariat will calculate the estimated time needed to complete the clustered ID with the mandate holders.