1Order of the day, 8 March 2017

/ Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourthsession
Geneva, 27 February -24 March 2017
Order of the day[*]
Plenary meetings – Room XX
Wednesday, 8March 2017
MORNING
9.00 – 12.00
22nd meeting / 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
Presentation of the annual report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights
A/HRC/34/3, A/HRC/34/NGO/44
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 rights to privacy
A/HRC/34/60, A/HRC/34/NGO/49
- Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
A/HRC/34/55, A/HRC/34/55/Add.1, A/HRC/34/55/Add.2, A/HRC/34/NGO/51, A/HRC/34/NGO/154
[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 23 February at 5 p.m. and remains open for inscriptions until 2 hours before the scheduled start of the interactive dialogue in question. After that inscriptions can still be made in person, at the list of speakers’ desk.The lists close approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of each interactive dialogue. NHRIs are requested to inscribe and NGOs are requested to confirm their on-line registration at the list of speakers’ desk in Room XX. Speaking time has been reduced to 2 minutes for both States Members of the Council and all otherobservers. Please refer to announcements made in Room XX and through SMS alert.]
LUNCH
12.00– 15.00
23rd 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 issue of human rights obligations relating to theenjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
A/HRC/34/49,A/HRC/34/49/Add.1, A/HRC/34/NGO/12, A/HRC/34/NGO/26,A/HRC/34/NGO/53, A/HRC/34/NGO/54, A/HRC/34/NGO/60, A/HRC/34/NGO/112
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
A/HRC/34/48, A/HRC/34/48/Add.1,A/HRC/34/48/Add.2, A/HRC/34/48/Add.3, A/HRC/34/NI/11, A/HRC/34/NGO/18
[Modalities for participation in the clustered interactive dialogue:See above.]
AFTERNOON
15.00–18.00
24th meeting / Panel discussion on good practices and key challenges relevant to access to medicines as one of the fundamental elements of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Chair: H.E. Mr. Mouayed Saleh, Vice-President and Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council
Opening statement: Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Moderator: H.E. Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Panellists:
•H.E. Ms. Ruth Dreifuss, former President of Switzerland, Chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and Co-Chair of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Access to Medicines
•The Honourable Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and Member of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Access to Medicines
•Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director-General, Health Systems and Innovation, World Health Organization
•Mr. Antony Taubman, Director of the Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization
•Mr. Thomas Bombelles, Head of Global Health at the Global Issues Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization
•Mr. Carlos Correa, Special Advisor on Trade and Intellectual Property, South Centre
•Mr. James Zhan, Director of the Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
A/HRC/RES/32/15, A/HRC/34/NGO/38, A/HRC/34/NGO/226
[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 ( 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 25 copies of their statements.
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Draft Programme of Work for the 34th session of the Human Rights Council (27 february - 24 march 2017)
Version of 7 March 2017 (PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4
27 February / 6 March / 13 March / 20 March
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12.00 / Item 1
Opening of session
High-level segment (HLS) / 9.00
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12.00 / Annual full-day MEETing: rights of the child (res. 7/29 & 31/7) / 9:00
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12.00 / ITEM 4 - IDs with:
- SR on DPRK
- SR on Islamic Republic of Iran
- SR on Myanmar / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 7
- ID with SR on OPT
- HC/SG reports
- General debate on ITEM 7
12.00
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15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / IDs with:
- SR on Myanmar (cont’d)
- SR on Eritrea (oral update) / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 7 (cont’d)
General debate on ITEM 8
15.00
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18.00 / Annual HIGH-LEVEL panel: HUMAN RIGHTS mainstreaming
(res. 16/21) / 15.00
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18.00 / Annual full-day MeeTinG: rights of the child (res. 7/29 & 31/7) / 15.00
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18.00 / - COI on Burundi / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 9
- Reports of IGWG, Ad Hoc Committee and HC report on HRC res. 31/26)
- General debate on ITEM 9
28 February / 7 March / 14 March / 21 March
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12.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 Clustered ID with:
- SR truth, justice
- SR freedom of religion / 9.00
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12.00 / HiGh-level panel DISCUSSION: human rights situation in syrian arab republic (res. 33/23) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 10
- ID with IE on Central African Republic
- ID with IE on Mali
12.00
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15.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with SRSGs:
- violence against children
- children and armed conflict / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 4
ID with COI on the Syrian Arab Republic / 12.00
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15.00 / - ID with IE on Mali (cont’d)
- ID with IE on Haiti
15.00
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18.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR privacy
- SR sale of children / 15.00
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18.00 / ID with Commission on South Sudan
General debate on ITEM 4 / 15.00
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18.00 / - ID with IE on Haiti (cont’d)
- ID on HC report on Libya
1 March / 8 March / 15 March / 22 March
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12.00 / HLS (cont’d) / 9.00
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10.00 / ITEM 2 - HC annual report
(presentation only) / 9.00
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12.00 / General debate on ITEM 4 (cont’d) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 10 – IDs on:
-HC oral report on Ukraine
- HC report on Guinea (res. 31/29)
10.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR environment
- SR food
12.00
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15.00 / General segment
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with:
- IE foreign debt
- SR adequate housing / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 4 (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / - HC report on Guinea (cont’d)
- ID on Democratic Republic of the Congo
15.00
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18.00 / BIENNIAL HIGH-LEVEL PANEL: DEATH PENALTY
(res. 26/2 & 30/5) / 15.00
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18.00 / panel DISCUSSION: ACCESS TO MEDICINES (res. 32/15)
accessible / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEMs 3 & 5
ID with SR minorities
- Report of Forum on human rights, democracy and rule of law
- Report of Forum on Minority Issues and
- Report of Social Forum
- SP annual report by CC chair
- General debate on ITEM 5 / 15.00
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18.00 / ITEM 2
-ID on HC report on Sri Lanka
- Presentation of other HC/SG country reports followed by General debate
ITEM 10 - Presentation of other HC/SG country report/oral update
- HC annual presentation on technicalcooperation
- Presentation of Report of Board of Trustees of Voluntary Fund Technical Cooperation followed by General debate
2 March / 9 March / 16 March / 23 March
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12.00 / PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE CHANGE
(res. 32/33) / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 2 - ID with the HC / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 6
UPR outcomes
Togo, Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 1
Decisions and conclusions
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID (cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR human rights defenders
- SR torture / 12.00
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15.00 / ID with the HC (cont’d)
ITEM 3
- Report of IGWG on transnational corporations
- HC/OHCHR/SG thematic reports
- General debate on ITEM 3 / 12.00
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15.00 / UPR outcomes
Iceland, Zimbabwe, Lithuania / 12.00
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15.00 / 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 / panel DISCUSSION: MATERNAL MORTALITY
(res. 33/18)
accessible / 15.00
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18.00 / UPR outcomes
Uganda, Timor-Leste, Republic of Moldova
(GD on ITEM 5 (cont’d)) / 15.00
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18.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
3 March / 10 March / 17 March / 24 March
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12.00 / Annual debate: Rights of persons with disabilitIEs(res. 7/9 and 31/6)
accessible / 9.00
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12.00 / ITEM 3 – Enhanced ID on migrants / 9.00
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12.00 / DEBATE: racial profiling and incitement to hatred
(GA res. 71/181) / 9.00
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12.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 3 -Clustered ID(cont’d)
Clustered ID with:
- SR terrorism
- SR cultural rights / 12.00
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15.00 / General debate on ITEM 3 (cont’d) / 12.00
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15.00 / ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes
Haiti, South Sudan
General debate on ITEM 6 / 12.00
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15.00 / Decisions and conclusions(cont’d)
15.00
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18.00 / Clustered ID with:
- SR disabilities
- IE albinism / 15.00
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18.00 / GD on ITEM 3 (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / General debate on ITEM 6 (cont’d) / 15.00
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18.00 / Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
- Appointment of mandate holders
- Election of Advisory Committee member
- Adoption of session report

[*]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 high-level segment, panels and the consideration of UPR reports. The Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS alerts, HRC Extranet and Twitter (@UN_HRC #HRC34). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.

Documents already circulated on 7 March 2017.