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Welcome to the meeting calendar of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council

Please note that meeting details may be subject to change and are updated daily

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Monday, February 27
 

9:00am CET

1st meeting: Opening of the 52nd session
Opening of the 52nd Human Rights Council session (please note that the time is indicative only and will be updated in line with the Council's deliberations tomorrow)

A/HRC/52/1

Opening of the session by H.E. Mr. Václav Bálek, President of the Human Rights Council, followed by speeches by:

  • President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Mr. Csaba Kőrösi
  • Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. António Guterres 
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk
  • S.E. M. Ignazio Cassis, Chef du Département fédéral des Affaires étrangères de la Confédération suisse

High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here:
https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Monday February 27, 2023 9:00am - 9:45am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

9:45am CET

1st meeting: High-level segment
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here:
https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx

Monday February 27, 2023 9:45am - 12:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

12:00pm CET

Side event - Lawyer at your own risk
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Belgium, Costa Rica, Togo and the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)

Contact person: Ms. Christine Coen
Permanent Mission of Belgium
Tel: 022 730 4013
Email: christine.coen@diplobel.fed.be
Monday February 27, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

2nd meeting: High-level segment (continued)
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here: https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Monday February 27, 2023 12:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

1:00pm CET

Side event - The rights of persons with disabilities and armed conflicts
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Finland

Contact person: Ms. Sari Fournier
Tel: 022 919 4248
Email: Sari.fournier@formin.fi
Monday February 27, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

3rd meeting: High-level segment (continued)
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here: https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Monday February 27, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

4:00pm CET

Side event - Aggression against Ukraine: Human rights and humanitarian impact in Ukraine and beyond
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Sweden and Ukraine and co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Costa Rica and France

Contac person:
Ms. Malin Sundstrom
Assistant, HR, Humanitarian Affairs and Migration
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Email: Malin.sundstrom@gov.se

Monday February 27, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Side event

5:00pm CET

Side event: Bridging the gap: outcomes of multilateral environmental action in 2022 and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland


Contact person: Mr. Damir Devcic
Minister Plenipotentiary
Permanent Mission of Slovenia
Email: Damir.Devcic@gov.si
Monday February 27, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

5:00pm CET

3rd meeting: High-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming
Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming 

Theme: A reflection on five years of the United Nations Youth Strategy (Youth 2030): mapping a blueprint for the next steps 

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

A/HRC/RES/16/21, A/HRC/52/NGO/23

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Monday February 27, 2023 5:00pm - 7:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting
 
Tuesday, February 28
 

9:00am CET

4th meeting: Biennial high-level panel discussion on death penalty
Biennial high-level panel on human rights violations relating to the use of death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting death penalty to the most serious crimes

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

A/HRC/RES/26/2; A/HRC/RES/48/9; A/HRC/52/NGO/129

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday February 28, 2023 9:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

11:00am CET

4th meeting: High-level segment (continued)
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here: https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Tuesday February 28, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

12:00pm CET

Side event - Prison and justice sector reforms and human rights
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines

Contact person: Mr. Neil Brillantes
Attaché
Email: Neil.brillantes@dfa.gov.ph
Tuesday February 28, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Side event

12:00pm CET

5th meeting: High-level segment (continued)
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here: https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Tuesday February 28, 2023 12:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

1:00pm CET

Side event - A way forward to establish a network among national mechanisms for implementation reporting and follow-up
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Morocco, Paraguay and Portugal



Tuesday February 28, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - The role of defense lawyers in death penalty cases
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Benin, Belgium, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Moldavia, Mongolia and Switzerland, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)

Contact person: Ms. Ilinca Paladi
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Moldova
Email: ilinca.paladi@mfa.gov.md

Tuesday February 28, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Towards COP 28
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates
Tuesday February 28, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXI
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - By States, for States: Tapping into Small Island Developing States’ Experiences with the UN Convention Against Torture
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Fiji and the Convention Against Torture Initiative


Tuesday February 28, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXI
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Side event - 50 years from the Coup d'Etat in Chile and the work of the UNVFVT
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Chile

contact person: Mr. Maximiliano Valdes
1st Secretary
Email: mvaldes@minrel.gob.cl
Tuesday February 28, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

4:00pm CET

6th meeting: Full-day high-level meeting on right to development
Full-day high-level meeting commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

A/HRC/52/51; A/HRC/RES/49/8; A/HRC/52/NGO/77

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday February 28, 2023 4:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting
 
Wednesday, March 1
 

10:00am CET

7th meeting: Full-day high-level meeting on the right to development
Full-day high level meeting commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

A/HRC/52/51; A/HRC/RES/49/8; A/HRC/52/NGO/69; A/HRC/52/NGO/77; A/HRC/52/NGO/168; A/HRC/52/NGO/193


For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 1, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

12:00pm CET

7th meeting: High-level segment (continued)
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here: https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Wednesday March 1, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

1:00pm CET

Side event - Sexual and reproductive justice: vehicle for Global Progress
Side event organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Permanent Missions of Denmark, Kenya and Tanzania
Wednesday March 1, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXI
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - The New Brazilian Human Rights Policy
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Brazil
Wednesday March 1, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:30pm CET

Side event - A human rights based approach to drug policy
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Portugal, Switzerland and Uruguay and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Contact person: Ms. Cizero Ntasano Samira
First Secretary
Human Rights Section
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
Email: samira.cizero@eda.admin.ch
Wednesday March 1, 2023 1:30pm - 2:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Implementation of Art.1 ICCPR/ICESCR in Western Sahara
Side event organized by the permanent missions of Algeria, Angola, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Cuba, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, South Africa, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zimbabwe and Geneva Support Group for Western Sahara
Wednesday March 1, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

8th meeting: High-level segment (continued)
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here: https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Wednesday March 1, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

3:00pm CET

Side event - Violence against women: another side of the Nicaraguan crisis
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada


Contact person: Ms. Amelie Goudreau
Email: amelie.goudreau@international.gc.ca
Wednesday March 1, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Side event

4:00pm CET

8th meeting: High-level meeting on voluntary funds for UPR
High-level panel discussion on the achievements good practices and lessons learned by the voluntary funds for the universal periodic review mechanism of the Human Rights Council

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

A/HRC/RES/51/30

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 1, 2023 4:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting
 
Thursday, March 2
 

10:00am CET

9th meeting: High-level segment (continued)
High-level segment

List of speakers for the high-level segment, which is regularly updated, can be found here: https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/High-level%20segment.aspx
Thursday March 2, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

11:30am CET

Co-sponsors meeting on the draft resolution on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland
Thursday March 2, 2023 11:30am - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Co-sponsors meeting - Private

1:00pm CET

Side event - Accountability for international crimes and serious human rights violations in Belarus
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Lithuania, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

Contact person: Ms. Emilija Giedraitytė
Permanent Mission of Lithuania
Email: Emilija.Giedraityte@urm.lt
Thursday March 2, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - OHCHR-UNEP joint briefing and consultation
Side event organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Environment Program  

Contact person: Ms. Soo-Young Hwang
Office or the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Email: soo.hwang@un.org
Thursday March 2, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on respecting human rights in drug policies
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal, Paraguay, Switzerland and Uruguay

Contact person: Ms. Samira Cizero Ntasano
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
E-mail: samira.cizero@eda.admin.ch
Thursday March 2, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

10th meeting: High-level segment (continued); General segment

General segment modalities:

Delegations not represented by dignitaries at the high-level segment may take the floor during the general segment, which is scheduled immediately following the high-level segment. The speaking time limits is 5 minutes for States members of the Council, and 3 minutes for observer States and other observers.

Thursday March 2, 2023 3:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting
 
Friday, March 3
 

10:00am CET

Side event - Gender equality and freedom of expression
Organizer: World Association for Christian Communication
Friday March 3, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CET

10th meeting: High-level segment (continued); General segment (continued)

General segment modalities:

Delegations not represented by dignitaries at the high-level segment may take the floor during the general segment, which is scheduled immediately following the high-level segment. The speaking time limits is 5 minutes for States members of the Council, and 3 minutes for observer States and other observers.

Friday March 3, 2023 10:00am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting

11:00am CET

Side event - Human rights in Tunisia
Organizer: Institut International pour les Droits et le Développement
Friday March 3, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

11:30am CET

11th meeting: ID on High Commissioner's oral update on Nicaragua
Agenda 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

Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua

A/HRC/RES/49/3

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Friday March 3, 2023 11:30am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human rights in the Arab region
Organizer: Arab Organization for Human Rights
Friday March 3, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

12th meeting: ID on High Commissioner's oral update on the Sudan
Agenda 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

Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner's oral update, mandated in resolution 50/1, on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, with the participation of the designated Expert

A/HRC/RES/50/1; A/HRC/52/NGO/139

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Friday March 3, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

4:00pm CET

Side event - Right to mental health of Syrian refugees
Organizer: Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Friday March 3, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

4:40pm CET

12th meeting: ID on High Commissioner's report on Occupied Palestinian Territory
Agenda 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

Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice

The High Commissioner's report on the implementation of resolution 49/4

A/HRC/52/75 ; A/HRC/RES/49/4; A/HRC/52/NGO/216

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Friday March 3, 2023 4:40pm - 6:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

5:00pm CET

Side event - Human rights and self-determination
Organizer: International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM)
Friday March 3, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event
 
Monday, March 6
 

10:00am CET

13th meeting: ID on High Commissioner's report on Occupied Palestinian Territory (continued)
Agenda 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

Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice

The High Commissioner's report on the implementation of resolution 49/4

A/HRC/52/75 ; A/HRC/RES/49/4; A/HRC/52/NGO/216

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Monday March 6, 2023 10:00am - 10:45am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

10:45am CET

13th meeting: Enhanced ID on human rights in Eritrea
Agenda 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

Enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, with participation of the Special Rapporteur, Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, OHCHR, civil society and other relevant stakeholders

 A/HRC/RES/50/2; A/HRC/52/NGO/140

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Monday March 6, 2023 10:45am - 12:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

12:00pm CET

Side event: Human Rights in Libya
Organizer: Human Rights Watch

Contact person : Ms. Borel Floriane
Email: borelf@hrw.org
Monday March 6, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

13th meeting: ID with SR on Afghanistan
Agenda 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

Strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights in Afghanistan: report of the Special Rapporteur, Richard Bennett 

A/HRC/52/85

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.




Monday March 6, 2023 12:00pm - 1:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

1:00pm CET

Side event - Charting a path to sustainable peace in Yemen
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the UN in Geneva, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Peace Track Initiative, Save the Children, Yemeni Archive

Contact person: Ms. Nuria Garcia
Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the UN in Geneva
Email: Nuria.Garcia@mae.etat.lu

Monday March 6, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Accountability for human rights violations: the case of Daesh
Organizer: International Bar Association

Contact person: Ms. Ewelina Ochab
ewelina.ochab@int-bar.org
Monday March 6, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

14th meeting: ID with SR on Afghanistan (continued)
Agenda 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

Strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights in Afghanistan: report of the Special Rapporteur, Richard Bennett 

A/HRC/52/85

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.




Monday March 6, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

4:10pm CET

14th meeting: ID on HC report on Myanmar
Agenda 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

Situation of human rights in Myanmar: report of the High Commissioner

A/HRC/52/21; A/HRC/RES/47/1; A/HRC/52/NGO/101

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.




Monday March 6, 2023 4:10pm - 4:40pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

5:40pm CET

14th meeting: ID with Group of Experts on Nicaragua
Agenda 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

Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua: report of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua

A/HRC/52/63; A/HRC/RES/49/3

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.




Monday March 6, 2023 5:40pm - 6:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2
 
Tuesday, March 7
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on human rights, democracy and rule of law
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Morocco, Norway Peru, Republic of Korea, Romania and Tunisia

Contact person: Ms. Maria Mihailescu
Minister-Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Romania
Email: maria.mihailescu@mae.ro
Tuesday March 7, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

15th meeting: ID with Group of Experts on Nicaragua (continued)
Agenda 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

Promotion and protection of human rights in Nicaragua: report of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua

A/HRC/52/63; A/HRC/RES/49/3

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.




Tuesday March 7, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

10:30am CET

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on freedom of opinion and expression: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Canada and Netherlands

Contact person: Ms. Liliane Bitsch
Permanent Mission of the Netherlands
E-mail: Liliane.bitsch@minbuza.nl

Tuesday March 7, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

11:00am CET

15th meeting: Enhanced ID on report of Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
Agenda 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

Situation of human rights in South Sudan: report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue, which includes the participation of the High Commissioner

A/HRC/52/26; A/HRC/RES/49/2

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.




Tuesday March 7, 2023 11:00am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

12:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Portugal
Contact person: Ms. Mara Sousa
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Portugal
Email: mara.sousa@mne.pt

Tuesday March 7, 2023 12:00pm - 1:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

12:30pm CET

15th meeting: HC oral update; presentation of Item 2 reports, followed by general debate
Agenda 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

The High Commissioner's oral update

Reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports on Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 48/141:

Colombia (A/HRC/52/25), Guatemala (A/HRC/52/23) and Honduras (A/HRC/52/24)

Question of human rights in Cyprus (A/HRC/52/18); A/HRC/52/NI/1

Summary of the panel discussion on the root causes of human rights violations and abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar   A/HRC/52/22

A/HRC/52/NGO/215

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 7, 2023 12:30pm - 1:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

1:00pm CET

Side event - The impact of Climate Change on the Rights of Persons in Vulnerable Situations
Side event organized by the Permanent  Missions of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the European Union and Turkiye

Contact person name: Ms. Dilnoza Minbayeva
Second Secretary
Mission of Kazakhstan
Email address ds.minbayeva@gmail.com
Tuesday March 7, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXVI
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Women Rights in Humanitarian Settings
Organizer: Center for Reproductive Rights, Inc., The



Tuesday March 7, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Girls, women and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Organizer: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment

Contact person: Ms. Viktoria Aberg
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Email: viktoria.aberg@un.org
Tuesday March 7, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uruguay

Contact person: Ms. Cathy Wiseler
Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Email: Cathy.Wiseler@mae.etat.lu
Tuesday March 7, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

16th meeting: Presentation of reports; Item 2 general debate (continued)
Agenda 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

A/HRC/52/NGO/215

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 7, 2023 3:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

4:00pm CET

Side event - Human rights in Nicaragua
Organizer: Centre pour les Droits Civils et Politiques - Centre CCPR



Contact person: Ms. Solari Yrigoyen Olivia
Email: osolari@ccprcentre.org

Tuesday March 7, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event
 
Wednesday, March 8
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Brazil, Finland, Germany and Namibia

Contact person: Ms. Louisa Hall
Second Secretary
Human Rights
German Mission to the UN in Geneva
Email: pol-9-io@genf.diplo.de
Wednesday March 8, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

17th meeting: Item 2 general debate (continued)
Agenda 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

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 8, 2023 10:00am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
Organizer: Reprieve
Wednesday March 8, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Right to Healthy Environment
Organizer: Universal Rights Group

Contact person:
Mr. Joseph Burke,
Universal Rights Group
Email: joseph@universal-rights.org
Wednesday March 8, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

18th meeting: Item 2 general debate (continued)
Agenda 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

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 8, 2023 3:00pm - 3:30pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 2

3:00pm CET

Side event - International Women’s Day Presentation: The 8 March Principles for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law Proscribing Conduct Associated with Sex, Reproduction, Drug Use, HIV, Homelessness and Poverty
Side event organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Commission of Jurists, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization

Contact person: Ms. Masiha Ghafory
Human Rights Officer
Women’s Rights and Gender Section
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
E-mail: masiha.ghafory@un.org


Wednesday March 8, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:30pm CET

18th meeting: ID with SR on the sale of children
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama Fatima Singhateh

A/HRC/52/31 and A/HRC/52/31/Add.1

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Wednesday March 8, 2023 3:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the Special Rapporteur on minority issues
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Austria, Mexico and Slovenia

Contact person: Ms. Vera Fuchs
Counsellor
Human Rights, Permanent Mission of Austria
Email: vera.fuchs@bmeia.gv.at
Wednesday March 8, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

5:30pm CET

18th meeting: ID with SR on housing
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Balakrishnan Rajagopal

A/HRC/52/28; A/HRC/52/NGO/155

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Wednesday March 8, 2023 5:30pm - 7:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3
 
Thursday, March 9
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on promoting human rights and Sustainable Development Goals through transparent, accountable and efficient public services delivery
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Ecuador, Georgia, Kenya, Thailand and Türkiye

Contact person: Mr. Kamran Seyfullayev
Second Secretary
 Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Email: k_seyfullayev@mfa.gov.az
Thursday March 9, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Costa Rica on behalf of the core group (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru)

Contact person: Mr. Roberto Céspedes Gómez
Ministro Consejero
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica
E-mail: rcespedes@rree.go.cr
Thursday March 9, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: mandate of the Special Rapporteur
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Denmark

Contact person: Ms. Astrid Ruge
Minister Counsellor
Email: astrug@um.dk
Thursday March 9, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

19th meeting: ID with SR on housing (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Balakrishnan Rajagopal

A/HRC/52/28; A/HRC/52/NGO/155

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 9, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:30am CET

First informal consultations on the draft resolution on birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Mexico and Türkiye

Contact person: MR. Omar Alfredo Bielma Velázqzez
Third Secretary
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Email: oblielma@sre.gob.mx
Thursday March 9, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

10:30am CET

First informal consultations on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland

Contact person: Mr. Michael Meier
Chef de section adjoint
Section des droits de l'homme
Email: michael.meier@eda.admin.ch
Thursday March 9, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

11:00am CET

19th meeting: ID with SR on the right to food
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri

A/HRC/52/40

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opened on Tuesday 22 February at 4 p.m., and will close 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XIX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XIX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 9, 2023 11:00am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

12:00pm CET

Side event - 43rd Session of the UPR Working Group: Death Penalty in the States Under Review
Organizer: Advocates for Human Rights
Thursday March 9, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on mental health and human rights
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Brazil and Portugal

Contact person: Ms. Mara Sousa
Human Rights Counsellor
Mission of Portugal to the UN and
Other International Organizations in Geneva
Email: mara.sousa@mne.pt

Thursday March 9, 2023 12:00pm - 1:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

1:00pm CET

Side event - Child Rights in Digital Age
Organizer: World Vision International
Thursday March 9, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:15pm CET

Side event - Extra-Territorial Violations of Human Rights
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran


For any information you can contact the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran To the UN Office in Geneva

Thursday March 9, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm CET
virtual
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Realizing the right to housing in the climate crisis
Side event organized by the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing and the Permanent Missions of Brazil, Finland, Germany and Namibia

Contact person: Ms. Cristina Palazzo
Programme Management Assistant
Sustainable Human Development Section
Special Procedures Branch
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
E-mail: cristina.palazzo@un.org
Thursday March 9, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Palais des Nations, Building H, Room 542, 5th Floor
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event. Conversatory on food and peace: an exchange of knowledge and experiences from a peasant perspective
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Colombia
Thursday March 9, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Iceland, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Contact person: Ms. Ragnheidur KOLSÖE
Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Iceland
Email: ragnheidur.kolsoe@utn.is
Thursday March 9, 2023 2:30pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

20th meeting: ID with SR on the right to food (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri

A/HRC/52/40

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opened on Tuesday 22 February at 4 p.m., and will close 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XIX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XIX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 9, 2023 3:00pm - 3:40pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on respecting human rights in drug policy
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal Paraguay, Uruguay and Switzerland

Contact person: Ms. Samira Cizero Ntasano
First Secretary
Human Rights
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
Email: samira.cizero@eda.admin.ch
Thursday March 9, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the right to food
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Cuba

Contact person: Ms. Greisy Cordero Suárez
Third Secretary,
Permanent Mission of Cuba in Geneva
Email: greisy94.cuba@gmail.com
Thursday March 9, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

3:40pm CET

20th meeting: ID with IE on albinism
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Muluka Miti-Drummond

A/HRC/52/36; A/HRC/52/36/Add.1; A/HRC/52/NI/3

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Thursday March 9, 2023 3:40pm - 4:55pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

5:00pm CET

20th meeting: ID with SR on environment
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd

A/HRC/52/33; A/HRC/52/33/Add.1, A/HRC/52/33/Add.2 ; A/HRC/52/33/Add.3; A/HRC/52/44; A/HRC/52/NI/2

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 9, 2023 5:00pm - 7:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3
 
Friday, March 10
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Portugal

Contact person: Ms. Mara Sousa
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Portugal
Email: mara.sousa@mne.pt

Friday March 10, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Costa Rica on behalf of the core group (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru)

Contact person: Mr. Roberto Céspedes Gómez
Ministro Consejero
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica
E-mail: rcespedes@rree.go.cr
Friday March 10, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

21st meeting: ID with SR on environment (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd

A/HRC/52/33; A/HRC/52/33/Add.1, A/HRC/52/33/Add.2 ; A/HRC/52/33/Add.3; A/HRC/52/44; A/HRC/52/NI/2

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Friday March 10, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Norway

Contact person: Ms. Berith Anne Høivaag Larsen
Administrative assistant
Permanent Mission of Norway
Email: Berith.Anne.Hoyvaag.Larsen@mfa.no
Friday March 10, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

11:00am CET

21st meeting: Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child
Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child [accessible panel]

Theme: Rights of the child and the digital environment

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

A/HRC/RES/7/29; A/HRC/RES/19/37; A/HRC/RES/49/20

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Friday March 10, 2023 11:00am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Panel discussion

12:00pm CET

Side event - Humanitarian Impact of Sanctions
Organizer: Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities)



Contact person: Ms Floriana Polito
Email: fpolito@caritas-internationalis.com
Friday March 10, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the situation of human right in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Main sponsor: European Union

Contact person: Ms. Carljin Spijkers
Attachée (Droits de l’homme)
European Union
Email: Carlijn.SPIJKERS@eeas.europa.eu
Friday March 10, 2023 12:00pm - 1:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

12:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolutions on the mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban declaration and on the mandate of the SR on Racism and related intolerance
Main sponsor: PM of Côte d’Ivoire on behalf of the Group of African States

Contact person: M. Francois KOUAME
Conseiller
Mission permanente de Côte d’Ivoire à Genève
Email : franckkouame@hotmail.com
Friday March 10, 2023 12:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in South Sudan
Organizer: East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
Friday March 10, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Operationalizing the right to development through people-centred development assistance
Organizers: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Contact person: Mr. Emin Aslanov
Human Rights Officer
Right to Development Section
Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
E-mail: emin.aslanov@un.org 



Friday March 10, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on human rights, democracy and rule of law
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Morocco, Norway Peru, Republic of Korea, Romania and Tunisia

Contact person: Ms. Maria Mihailescu
Minister-Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Romania
Email: maria.mihailescu@mae.ro
Friday March 10, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on respecting human rights in drug policy
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal, Paraguay, Switzerland and Uruguay

Contact person: Ms. Samira Cizero Ntasano
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
E-mail: samira.cizero@eda.admin.ch
Friday March 10, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

22nd meeting: Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child (part 2)
Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child [accessible panel]

Theme: Rights of the child and the digital environment

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx
A/HRC/RES/7/29; A/HRC/RES/19/37; A/HRC/RES/49/20

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Friday March 10, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Panel discussion

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries

Contact person: Mr. Kamran Seyfullayev
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Email: k_seyfullayev@mfa.gov.az
Friday March 10, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

5:00pm CET

22nd meeting: ID with SR on environment (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd


A/HRC/52/33; A/HRC/52/33/Add.1, A/HRC/52/33/Add.2 ; A/HRC/52/33/Add.3; A/HRC/52/44; A/HRC/52/NI/2

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Friday March 10, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3
 
Monday, March 13
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Main sponsors: European union and Permanent Mission of Uruguay on behalf of GRULAC

Contact person: Ms. Mercedes Aguiar Quintana
Secretary
Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the UN in Geneva
Email: mercedes.aguiar@mrree.gub.uy
Monday March 13, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

23rd meeting: ID with SR on rights of persons with disabilities
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn (accessible)

A/HRC/52/32; /HRC/52/32/Add.1; A/HRC/52/32/Add.2; A/HRC/52/32/Add.3; A/HRC/52/32/Add.4

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Monday March 13, 2023 10:00am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Main sponsor: Permanent Delegation of the European Union

Contact person: Ms. Jana MICOVA
First Secretary
Humanitarian Affairs
Permanent Delegation of the European Union
Email: Jana.MICOVA@ext.eeas.europa.eu
Monday March 13, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the Special Rapporteur on human rights of migrants
Main sponsor: permanent Mission of Mexico

Contact person: Ms. Alondra Lisette Mendoza Carlos
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Email: amendozac@sre.gob.mx
Monday March 13, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Cuba

Contact person: Ms. Greisy Cordero Suárez
Third Secretary,
Permanent Mission of Cuba in Geneva
Email: greisy94.cuba@gmail.com
Monday March 13, 2023 10:30am - 12:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in China
Organizer: Society for Threatened Peoples
Monday March 13, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:30pm CET

23rd meeting: ID with SR on freedom of religion
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea

A/HRC/52/38; A/HRC/52/NGO/22; A/HRC/52/NGO/108

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Monday March 13, 2023 12:30pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights Defenders in the Asian Region
Organizer: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
Monday March 13, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on freedom of religion and belief
Main sponsor: European Union

Contact person: Mr. Salvatore Pantaleo
Human Rights Officer
EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisation in Geneva
Email: salvatore.pantaleo@eeas.europa.eu


Monday March 13, 2023 1:30pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

2:00pm CET

Side event - Re-imagining disability support and care systems
Organizer: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

Contact person: Mr. FACUNDO CHAVEZ PENILLAS
Human Rights & Disability Adviser
Human Rights and Disability Unit
Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
E-mail: facundo.chavezpenillas@un.org



Monday March 13, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

24th meeting: ID with SR on freedom of religion (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea

A/HRC/52/38; A/HRC/52/NGO/22; A/HRC/52/NGO/108

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Monday March 13, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Main sponsor: European Union Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva


Contact person: Mr. Thiseas Poullos
First Secretary
EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva
Email: Thiseas.poullos@eeas.europa.eu
Monday March 13, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

3:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the mandate of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Cuba

Contact person: Ms. Greisy Cordero Suárez
Third Secretary,
Permanent Mission of Cuba in Geneva
Email: greisy94.cuba@gmail.com
Monday March 13, 2023 3:30pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

4:00pm CET

24th meeting: Annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities
Annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities [accessible panel]

Room XIX, Palais des Nations, Geneva and online platform (Zoom)
(will be broadcast live and archived on http://webtv.un.org)

Theme: Support systems to ensure the community inclusion of persons with disabilities, including as a means of building forward better after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

A/HRC/RES/7/9; A/HRC/RES/49/12; A/HRC/52/NGO/24

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Monday March 13, 2023 4:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Panel discussion

4:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights, and the importance of improving international cooperation
Main sponsor: PM of Côte d’Ivoire on behalf of the Group of African States

Contact person: M. Francois KOUAME
Conseiller
Mission permanente de Côte d’Ivoire à Genève
Email : franckkouame@hotmail.com
Monday March 13, 2023 4:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on mental health and human rights
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Brazil and Portugal

Contact person: Ms. Mara Sousa
Human Rights Counsellor
Mission of Portugal to the UN and
Other International Organizations in Geneva
Email: mara.sousa@mne.pt

Monday March 13, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations
 
Tuesday, March 14
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Viet Nam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Fiji, India, Panama, Romania, South Africa and Spain

Contact person: Mr. LE, Quang Binh
Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the UN, WTO and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Email: geneva@mofa.gov.vn
Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

25th meeting: ID with SR on freedom of religion (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea

A/HRC/52/38; A/HRC/52/NGO/22; A/HRC/52/NGO/108

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 14, 2023 10:00am - 11:15am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the core group

Contact person: Ms. Anna Burt
Second Secretary, Political and Human Rights
UK Mission to the United Nations
Email: Anna. Burt@fcdo.gov.uk
Tuesday March 14, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

11:15am CET

25th meeting: ID with SR on counterterrorism
Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

A/HRC/52/39; A/HRC/52/39 /Add.1; A/HRC/52/39 /Add.2

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 11:15am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

12:00pm CET

Informal Consultations on the Item 2 draft resolution on Advancing Human Rights in South Sudan
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Albania, Norway and the United States of America

Contact person: Mr. Matthew Puttick
Second Secretary,
Political Affairs and Human Rights
UK Mission to the United Nations
Email: Matthew.Puttick@fcdo.gov.uk
Tuesday March 14, 2023 12:00pm - 1:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by the Women's Human Rights International Association
Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Addressing the situation of all persons detained in North-East Syria
Side event organized by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

Contact person: Ms. Michelle Erazo
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Email: michelle.erazo@un.org
Tuesday March 14, 2023 1:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Geneva Academy, (Cassese Room)
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Pakistan
Side event organized by the Stichting Global Human Rights Defence
Tuesday March 14, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human rights defenders - celebrating successes. With Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor
Side event organized by the the Permanent Missions of Norway and Ireland

Location: Salon Dunant at Vieux-Bois, EHG
Av. de la Paix 12,
1202 Genève

Contact person: Ms. Berith Anne Høivaag Larsen
Administrative assistant
Permanent Mission of Norway
Email: Berith.Anne.Hoyvaag.Larsen@mfa.no
Tuesday March 14, 2023 2:00pm - 3:30pm CET
  Side event

2:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: mandate of the Special Rapporteur
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Denmark

Contact person: Ms. Astrid Ruge
Minister Counsellor
Email: astrug@um.dk
Tuesday March 14, 2023 2:30pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

26th meeting: ID with SR on counterterrorism (continued)
Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

A/HRC/52/39; A/HRC/52/39 /Add.1; A/HRC/52/39 /Add.2

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday March 14, 2023 3:00pm - 3:20pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

3:00pm CET

Side event - Child's Rights Approach to the Implementation of the Tools of the Children and Armed Conflict Mandate
Side event organized by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (OSRSG CAAC) and War Child;
Co-sponsors: Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (OSRSG VAC), Committee on the Rights of the Child, Japan, the Geneva-based Group of Friends on Children and Armed Conflict, Save the Children, and Child Rights Connect


Contact person: Mr. Romain Consiglio
Associate political Affairs Officer
Office of the Special Representative of Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Email: romain.consiglio@un.org
Tuesday March 14, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:20pm CET

26th meeting: ID with SR on torture
Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards

A/HRC/52/30

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 14, 2023 3:20pm - 5:20pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief
Main sponsor: PM of Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Contact person: Mr. Afaq Ahmad
Counsellor,
Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN, Geneva
Email. afaqkhokhar6@gmail.com
Tuesday March 14, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

5:20pm CET

26th meeting: ID with SR on privacy
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on privacy, Ana Brian Nougrères

A/HRC/52/37

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 14, 2023 5:20pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3
 
Wednesday, March 15
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Viet Nam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Fiji, India, Panama, Romania, South Africa and Spain

Contact person: Mr. LE, Quang Binh
Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the UN, WTO and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Email: geneva@mofa.gov.vn
Wednesday March 15, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

27th meeting: ID with SR on privacy (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on privacy, Ana Brian Nougrères

A/HRC/52/37

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 15, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Portugal
Contact person: Ms. Mara Sousa
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Portugal
Email: mara.sousa@mne.pt

Wednesday March 15, 2023 10:00am - 11:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

10:30am CET

Second informal consultations on the draft resolution on birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Mexico and Türkiye

Contact person: MR. Omar Alfredo Bielma Velázqzez
Third Secretary
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Email: oblielma@sre.gob.mx
Wednesday March 15, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

11:00am CET

27th meeting: ID with IE on foreign debt
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Attiya Waris

A/HRC/52/34; A/HRC/52/34/Add.1; A/HRC/52/34/Add.2

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 15, 2023 11:00am - 12:40pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by the Institute for Protection of Women's Rights (IPWR)
Wednesday March 15, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:45pm CET

27th meeting: ID with SR on human rights defenders
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation with human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor

A/HRC/52/29; A/HRC/52/29/Add.1; A/HRC/52/NGO/73

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Wednesday March 15, 2023 12:45pm - 1:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

1:00pm CET

Side event - Addressing the human rights of women and children as victims and survivors of terrrorism
Side event organized by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism and the Permanent Missions of Spain and the Republic of Iraq

Contact person: Ms. Michelle Erazo
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Email: michelle.erazo@un.org
Wednesday March 15, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:15pm CET

Opening ceremony of the exhibition From Despair to Hope: Children Beyond Armed Conflict
Exhibition organized by the OSRSG CAAC and the four members of the Geneva-based Group of Friends on Children and Armed Conflict, namely the Permanent Representations of Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, and Uruguay to the United Nations in Geneva


Contact: urunugi@mrree.gub.uy
Wednesday March 15, 2023 1:15pm - 2:45pm CET
EXHIBITION GALLERY, 3RD FL, BUILDING E PALAIS DES NATIONS
  Exhibition

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Western Sahara
Side event organized by Asociación Española para el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos AEDIDH
Wednesday March 15, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan
Main sponsor: PM of Côte d’Ivoire on behalf of the Group of African States

Contact person: M. Francois KOUAME
Conseiller
Mission permanente de Côte d’Ivoire à Genève
Email : franckkouame@hotmail.com
Wednesday March 15, 2023 2:00pm - 3:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

2:30pm CET

Side event - Virtual Roundtable Violation of the Norms and Principles of Warfare by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Military Groups during the Armed Conflict in Ukraine
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

The access is through the following link (also incorporated in the invitation):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83945663326?pwd=cTNGTGxJRmVqYytRST…
Conference ID: 839 4566 3326
Access code: 309968"


Wednesday March 15, 2023 2:30pm - 4:30pm CET
virtual
  Virtual side event

3:00pm CET

Side event - Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of peasants and other rural workers
Side event organized by Centre Europe - Tiers Monde

contact person: Mr. Raffaele Morgantini,
Permanent representative of CETIM at the UN,
Email: raffaele@cetim.ch
Wednesday March 15, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uruguay

Contact person: Ms. Cathy Wiseler
Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Email: Cathy.Wiseler@mae.etat.lu
Wednesday March 15, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

28th meeting: ID with SR on human rights defenders (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation with human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor

A/HRC/52/29; A/HRC/52/29/Add.1; A/HRC/52/NGO/73

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Wednesday March 15, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

4:30pm CET

Informal Consultations on the Item 2 draft resolution on Advancing Human Rights in South Sudan
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Albania, Norway and the United States of America

Contact person: Mr. Matthew Puttick
Second Secretary,
Political Affairs and Human Rights
UK Mission to the United Nations
Email: Matthew.Puttick@fcdo.gov.uk
Wednesday March 15, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

5:00pm CET

28th meeting: ID with SR on cultural rights
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki

A/HRC/52/35

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 15, 2023 5:00pm - 6:40pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3
 
Thursday, March 16
 

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on promoting human rights and Sustainable Development Goals through transparent, accountable and efficient public services delivery
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Ecuador, Georgia, Kenya, Thailand and Türkiye

Contact person: Mr. Seymur Mardaliyev
Deputy Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan
to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Email: s_mardaliyev@mfa.gov.az


Thursday March 16, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on promoting human rights and Sustainable Development Goals through transparent, accountable and efficient public services delivery
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Ecuador, Georgia, Kenya, Thailand and Türkiye

Contact person: Mr. Seymur Mardaliyev
Deputy Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan
Email: s_mardaliyev@mfa.gov.az
Thursday March 16, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uruguay

Contact person: Ms. Cathy Wiseler
Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Email: Cathy.Wiseler@mae.etat.lu
Thursday March 16, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

29th meeting: ID with SRSG on violence against children -- timing to be confirmed
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Najat Maalla M’jid

A/HRC/52/61; A/HRC/52/NGO/86 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/106

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Thursday March 16, 2023 10:00am - 12:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Portugal

Contact person: Ms. Mara Sousa
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Email: mara.sousa@mne.pt

Thursday March 16, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

10:30am CET

Second informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Main sponsor: Permanent Delegation of the European Union

Contact person: Ms. Jana MICOVA
First Secretary
Humanitarian Affairs
Permanent Delegation of the European Union
Email: Jana.MICOVA@ext.eeas.europa.eu
Thursday March 16, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:30am CET

Second informal consultations on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland

Contact person: Mr. Michael Meier
Chef de section adjoint
Section des droits de l'homme
Email: michael.meier@eda.admin.ch
Thursday March 16, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Ukraine
Side event organized by the International Network for the prevention of Elder Abuse
Thursday March 16, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the Special Rapporteur on human rights of migrants
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Mexico

Contact person: Ms. Alondra Lisette Mendoza Carlos
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Email: amendozac@sre.gob.mx
Thursday March 16, 2023 12:00pm - 1:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

12:15pm CET

29th meeting: ID with SRSG on children and armed conflict -- timing to be confirmed
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba

A/HRC/52/60

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 16, 2023 12:15pm - 1:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Egypt
Side event organized by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Thursday March 16, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - The development, use and transfer of new technologies in the context of counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism
Side event organized by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Permanent Missions of Ireland and the Republic of Korea

Contact person: Ms. Karen Reyestolosa
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Email: karen.reyestolosa@un.org
Thursday March 16, 2023 1:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Restaurant Vieux-Bois, Av. de la Paix 12, 1202 Geneva
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Countering disinformation – not only a state role
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Poland and Permanent Missions of Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America

Contact person: Mr. Czepulonis Piotr
Digital Affairs Officer
Permanent Mission of Poland
Email: Piotr.czepulonis@msz.gov.pl

Thursday March 16, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

2:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on Cooperation with regional human rights organizations
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Belgium, Armenia, Mexico, Senegal and Thailand

Contact person: Ms. Christine Coen
Assistant
Permanent Representation of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva
Email: Christine.coen@diplobel.fed.be
Thursday March 16, 2023 2:30pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

2:30pm CET

Side event - Erasing Cultural Identity. National Minorities Assimilation Policies in Eastern European Countries
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

The access is through the following link (also incorporated in the invitation):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83078879238?pwd=NFJTSjdiSnB2eFRaZl…
Conference ID: 830 7887 9238
Access code: 650327"


Thursday March 16, 2023 2:30pm - 4:30pm CET
virtual
  Virtual side event

3:00pm CET

30th meeting: ID with SRSG on children and armed conflict (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba

A/HRC/52/60

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 16, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on respecting human rights in drug policy
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal, Paraguay, Switzerland and Uruguay

Contact person: Ms. Samira Cizero Ntasano
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
E-mail: samira.cizero@eda.admin.ch
Thursday March 16, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

4:00pm CET

30th meeting: ID with HC on report on access to COVID-19 vaccines
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner on the report on the human rights implications of, and good practices and key challenges in, affordable, timely, equitable and universal access to, and distribution of, quality, safe, efficacious and affordable coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and the impact on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

A/HRC/52/56; A/HRC/RES/49/25; A/HRC/52/NGO/105

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Thursday March 16, 2023 4:00pm - 6:10pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

4:30pm CET

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on human rights, democracy and rule of law
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Morocco, Norway Peru, Republic of Korea, Romania and Tunisia

Contact person: Ms. Maria Mihailescu
Minister-Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Romania
Email: maria.mihailescu@mae.ro
Thursday March 16, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Iceland, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Contact person: Ms. Ragnheidur KOLSÖE
Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Iceland
Email: ragnheidur.kolsoe@utn.is
Thursday March 16, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations
 
Friday, March 17
 

9:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on mental health and human rights
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Brazil and Portugal

Contact person: Ms. Mara Sousa
Human Rights Counsellor
Mission of Portugal to the UN and
Other International Organizations in Geneva
Email: mara.sousa@mne.pt

Friday March 17, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Informal consultations

9:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolutions on 1) Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination 2) Israeli settlements in the OPT, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan 3) Human rights in the Occupied Syrian Golan
Permanent Mission of Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation


Contact person: Mr. Afaq Ahmad
Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN, Geneva
Email: afaqkhokhar6@gmail.com
Friday March 17, 2023 9:30am - 11:00am CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

31st meeting: ID with HC on report on access to COVID-19 vaccines (continued)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner on the report on the human rights implications of, and good practices and key challenges in, affordable, timely, equitable and universal access to, and distribution of, quality, safe, efficacious and affordable coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and the impact on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

A/HRC/52/56; A/HRC/RES/49/25; A/HRC/52/NGO/105

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Friday March 17, 2023 10:00am - 10:30am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:30am CET

31st meeting: General debate on agenda item 3 (following presentation of reports)
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises
A/HRC/52/41; A/HRC/52/41/Add.1

Report of the intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, held on 19 January 2023
A/HRC/52/54

Presentation of Secretary-General's and the High Commissioner's thematic reports

A/HRC/52/19 ; A/HRC/52/20 ; A/HRC/52/42 ; A/HRC/52/43 ; A/HRC/52/46 ; A/HRC/52/47; A/HRC/52/48 ; A/HRC/52/49; A/HRC/52/50 ; A/HRC/52/52 ; A/HRC/52/53; A/HRC/52/55 ; A/HRC/52/57; A/HRC/52/58 ; A/HRC/52/59;
A/HRC/52/79;
A/HRC/52/NGO/3 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/11; A/HRC/52/NGO/18; A/HRC/52/NGO/25 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/78;  A/HRC/52/NGO/107; A/HRC/52/NGO/137; A/HRC/52/NGO/194
A/HRC/52/NI/4; A/HRC/52/NI/5

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Friday March 17, 2023 10:30am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

11:00am CET

Side event - Mainstreaming Statelessness and the Right to Nationality in the Universal Periodic Review. UPR Third Cycle Evaluation and Lessons for the Future
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Uruguay, Mexico and the Philippines, with the support of The Institute for Statelessness and Inclusion, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and UPR Info

Contact person: Ms. Alejandra Costa
Minister
Deputy Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the UN
alejandra.costa@mrree.gub.uy
Friday March 17, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by the International Federation of Journalists
Friday March 17, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Investigating DPRK Human Rights, Ten Years after the UN COI: Satellite Imagery, Lines of Responsibility, Accountability
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Australia and Committee on Human Rights in North Korea

Contact person: Mr. Matthew Fowler
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of Australia
Email: Matthew. Fowler@dfat.gov.au
Friday March 17, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Pakistan
Side event organized by: Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience
Friday March 17, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice
Permanent Mission of Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation


Contact person: Mr. Afaq Ahmad
Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN, Geneva
Email: afaqkhokhar6@gmail.com
Friday March 17, 2023 2:00pm - 3:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

32nd meeting: General debate on agenda item 3 (continued) -- timing to be confirmed
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Report of the intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, held on 19 January 2023

Presentation of Secretary-General's and the High Commissioner's thematic reports
A/HRC/52/19 ; A/HRC/52/20 ; A/HRC/52/42 ; A/HRC/52/43 ; A/HRC/52/46 ; A/HRC/52/47; A/HRC/52/48 ; A/HRC/52/49; A/HRC/52/50 ; A/HRC/52/52 ; A/HRC/52/53; A/HRC/52/55 ; A/HRC/52/57; A/HRC/52/58 ; A/HRC/52/59;
A/HRC/52/79;
A/HRC/52/NGO/3 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/11; A/HRC/52/NGO/18; A/HRC/52/NGO/25 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/78;  A/HRC/52/NGO/107; A/HRC/52/NGO/137; A/HRC/52/NGO/194
A/HRC/52/NI/4; A/HRC/52/NI/5

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Friday March 17, 2023 3:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

3:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on respecting human rights in drug policy
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal, Paraguay, Switzerland and Uruguay

Contact person: Ms. Samira Cizero Ntasano
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
E-mail: samira.cizero@eda.admin.ch
Friday March 17, 2023 3:30pm - 5:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations
 
Monday, March 20
 

9:00am CET

Third informal consultations on the draft resolution on birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Organizers: Permanent Missions of Mexico and Türkiye

Contact person: MR. Omar Alfredo Bielma Velázqzez
Third Secretary
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Email: obielma@ sre.gob.mx
Monday March 20, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

33rd meeting: General debate on agenda item 3 (continued) -- timing to be confirmed
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Report of the intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, held on 19 January 2023

Presentation of Secretary-General's and the High Commissioner's thematic reports
A/HRC/52/19 ; A/HRC/52/20 ; A/HRC/52/42 ; A/HRC/52/43 ; A/HRC/52/46 ; A/HRC/52/47; A/HRC/52/48 ; A/HRC/52/49; A/HRC/52/50 ; A/HRC/52/52 ; A/HRC/52/53; A/HRC/52/55 ; A/HRC/52/57; A/HRC/52/58 ; A/HRC/52/59;
A/HRC/52/79;
A/HRC/52/NGO/3 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/11; A/HRC/52/NGO/18; A/HRC/52/NGO/25 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/78;  A/HRC/52/NGO/107; A/HRC/52/NGO/137; A/HRC/52/NGO/194
A/HRC/52/NI/4; A/HRC/52/NI/5

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Monday March 20, 2023 10:00am - 10:30am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

10:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Side event organized by the International Federation for Human Rights Leagues
Monday March 20, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

10:45am CET

33rd meeting: ID with SR Myanmar
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews

A/HRC/52/66; A/HRC/RES/49/23

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Monday March 20, 2023 10:45am - 12:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

11:00am CET

Side event - Environmental Human Rights Defenders
Side event organized by Earthjustice

Contact person: Mr. Yves Lador
Email: yves.lador@bluewin.ch
Monday March 20, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Goal 10 of SDGs and Human Rights
Side event organized by the International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations
Monday March 20, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:15pm CET

33rd meeting: ID with the Special Rapporteur on Islamic Republic of Iran -- timing to be confirmed
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman

A/HRC/52/67

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

 

Monday March 20, 2023 12:15pm - 1:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

1:00pm CET

Side event - Impact of Capital on Health and human Rights
Side event organized by Action Canada for Population and Development
Monday March 20, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Costa Rica on behalf of the core group (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru)

Contact person: Mr. Roberto Céspedes Gómez
Ministro Consejero
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica
E-mail: rcespedes@rree.go.cr
Monday March 20, 2023 1:30pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by Ensemble contre la peine de mort
Monday March 20, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

34th meeting: ID with the Special Rapporteur on Islamic Republic of Iran --continued
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman

A/HRC/52/67

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

 

Monday March 20, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

3:00pm CET

Side event - Family and child rights protection in the digital environment
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Qatar, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member States in Geneva, Permanent Mission of the Arab republic of Egypt in Geneva, in cooperation with the Doha International Family Institute (DIFI)

Contact person: Mr. Elobaid Elamin
Researcher - International Organizations
Qatar Mission
Email: ehussien@mofa.gov.qa
Monday March 20, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolutions on technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights and technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya
Main sponsor: PM of Côte d’Ivoire on behalf of the Group of African States

Contact person: M. Francois KOUAME
Conseiller
Mission permanente de Côte d’Ivoire à Genève
Email : franckkouame@hotmail.com
Monday March 20, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

4:00pm CET

Side event - Human rights in Myanmar
Side event organized by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Contact person: Ms. Jacqui Zalcberg
Human Rights Officer
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva
Email: jacqui.zalcberg@un.org
Monday March 20, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

4:00pm CET

34th meeting: ID with SR on DPRK
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Elizabeth Salmon

A/HRC/52/65

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Monday March 20, 2023 4:00pm - 5:20pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

4:30pm CET

Iinformal consultations on the draft resolution on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland

Contact person: Mr. Michael Meier
Chef de section adjoint
Section des droits de l'homme
Email: michael.meier@eda.admin.ch
Monday March 20, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

4:30pm CET

Side event - World Down Syndrome Day - Film "TRIO"
Side event organized by Permanent Mission of Mongolia and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Monday March 20, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXV, 1st Floor, E building, Door 40
  Side event

5:20pm CET

34th meeting: ID with Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the independent international commission of inquiry on Ukraine

A/HRC/52/62; A/HRC/RES/49/1 ; A/HRC/RES/S-34/1

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Monday March 20, 2023 5:20pm - 6:15pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4
 
Tuesday, March 21
 

9:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Side event organized by People for Successful Korean Reunification


Contact person: Mr. Bada NAM
Email: pscoreadmin@pscore.org
Tuesday March 21, 2023 9:00am - 10:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Viet Nam, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Fiji, India, Panama, Romania, South Africa and Spain

Contact person: Mr. LE, Quang Binh
Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the UN, WTO and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Email: geneva@mofa.gov.vn
Tuesday March 21, 2023 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

10:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by Baha'i International Community
Tuesday March 21, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CET

35th meeting: ID with Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (continued)
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the independent international commission of inquiry on Ukraine

A/HRC/52/62; A/HRC/RES/49/1; A/HRC/RES/S-34/1


For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday March 21, 2023 10:00am - 11:15am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Maldives, Slovenia and Switzerland

Contact person: Mr. Michael Meier
Chef de section adjoint
Section des droits de l'homme
Email: michael.meier@eda.admin.ch
Tuesday March 21, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Informal consultations

11:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in South Asia
Side event organized by the Organization for Poverty Alleviation and Development
Tuesday March 21, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

11:15am CET

35th meeting: ID with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

A/HRC/52/69; A/HRC/52/NGO/236

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 21, 2023 11:15am - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

12:00pm CET

Side event - Climate change and Human Rights: the IPCC Synthesis Report
Side event organized by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Tuesday March 21, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Main sponsor: European Union Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva


Contact person: Mr. Thiseas Poullos
First Secretary
EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva
Email: Thiseas.poullos@eeas.europa.eu
Tuesday March 21, 2023 12:00pm - 1:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

1:00pm CET

Side event - North Korean Human Rights under the Spotlight - Advancing Human Rights in the DPRK and Exploring Next Steps for Accountability
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea, the European Union, the United States of America, Japan, Luxembourg, Albania, Costa Rica, Human Rights Watch and Korea Future

Contact person: Ms. Yujin Nam
Political Affairs Advisor
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva
Email: yjnam21@mofa.go.kr
Tuesday March 21, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Accountability for War Crimes in Ukraine
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission Of Ukraine


Contact person: Ms. Moshkivska Natalia
First Secretary (Human Rights Division)
Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations office in Geneva
Email: natalia.moshkivska@mfa.gov.ua

Tuesday March 21, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

36th meeting: ID with the Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (oral briefing)

A/HRC/RES/51/27

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 21, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

4:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iraq
Side event organized by the International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Tuesday March 21, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

4:30pm CET

36th meeting: ID on HC oral update on Venezuela
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue on the oral update of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
A/HRC/RES/51/29

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Tuesday March 21, 2023 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

5:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by Article 19 - International Centre Against Censorship, The
Tuesday March 21, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event
 
Wednesday, March 22
 

9:00am CET

Side event - Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities
Side event organized by Samarthanam trust for the Disabled
Wednesday March 22, 2023 9:00am - 10:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CET

Side event - 75 years beyond the UDHR: Renewing the global consensus on the human rights of Refugees
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Egypt, Bangladesh, Colombia, Nigeria and the Philippines

Contact person: Mr. Ahmed Moharam
First Secretary
Mission of Egypt to the UN in Geneva
Email: egypt_geneva@hotmail.com
Wednesday March 22, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CET

37th meeting: ID on OHCHR report on Belarus (res. 49/26)
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath

Report of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath

A/HRC/52/68; A/HRC/52/68/Corr.1

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
 

Wednesday March 22, 2023 10:00am - 11:45am CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the further deterioration of the situation of human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression
Main Sponsor: Permanent Mission of Ukraine



Contact person: Ms. Natalia Moshkivska
First Secretary
Human Rights Division
Permanent Mission of Ukraine
Email: natalia.moshkivska@mfa.gov.ua


Wednesday March 22, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

11:00am CET

Side event - Freedom of Expression
Side event organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy
Wednesday March 22, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Side event organized by Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture
Wednesday March 22, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

37th meeting: ID with the fact-finding mission on Venezuela
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Interactive dialogue with the independent international fact-finding mission on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (oral update)
A/HRC/RES/51/29

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Wednesday March 22, 2023 12:00pm - 1:20pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

12:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on cooperation with Georgia
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Georgia

Contact person: Ms. Nino Bakradze
Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Georgia
to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Email: nbaqradze@mfa.gov.ge

Wednesday March 22, 2023 12:00pm - 1:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

1:00pm CET

Side event - Responsibility to Protect
Side event organized by the Association Bharathi Centre Culturel Franco-Tamoul
Wednesday March 22, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Torture and accountability; a country perspective
Side event organized by Dignity - Danish Institute Against Torture
Wednesday March 22, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Sri Lanka
Side event organized by Tamil Uzhagam
Wednesday March 22, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

38th meeting: General debate under agenda item 4 (following presentation of HC report on DPRK)
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Report of the High Commissioner on the implementation of recommendations made by the group of independent experts on accountability in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

A/HRC/52/64; A/HRC/RES/49/22

A/HRC/52/NGO/2 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/76 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/97 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/128 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/213

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Wednesday March 22, 2023 3:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

4:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights Council 2023 theme - Overcoming multiple crises: Realizing the SDGs through a human rights enhancing economy
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Maldives and Justice Rapid Response

contact: Permanent Mission of Maldives
Email: info@maldivesmission.ch
Wednesday March 22, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event
 
Thursday, March 23
 

10:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in the Philippines
Side event organized by CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Thursday March 23, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CET

39th meeting: General debate under agenda item 4 (continued)
Agenda item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Report of the High Commissioner on the implementation of recommendations made by the group of independent experts on accountability in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
A/HRC/52/64; A/HRC/RES/49/22

A/HRC/52/NGO/2 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/76 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/97 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/128 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/213
For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 23, 2023 10:00am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 4

11:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by the Association pour la défense des droits de l'homme et des revendications démocratique/culturelles du peuple Azerbaidjanais-Iran - "ARC"
Thursday March 23, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Casualty Recording and Human Rights
Side event organized by Every Casualty Worldwide
Thursday March 23, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Deadline for tabling resolutions: Thursday, 23 March at 1 p.m.
Thursday March 23, 2023 1:00pm - 1:00pm CET
e-Delegate https://delegate.un.int/dgacm/delegate.nsf/xaOpenPortal.xsp
  Resolution deadlines

1:00pm CET

Side event - The importance of human rights communication procedures, in general and at UNESCO
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Paraguay and Switzerland

Contact person: Ms. Carmen Parquet
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of Paraguay
Email: cparquet@misionparaguay.ch
Thursday March 23, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

1:30pm CET

Side event - Agency in Recovery: promoting a human rights model of care for torture survivors with disabilities
Side event organized by the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Mexico and Group of friends of the Fund

Contact person: Ms. Lucy Schroeder
OHCHR Fellow
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
UN Human Rights Office
E-mail: lucy.schroeder@un.org 

Thursday March 23, 2023 1:30pm - 2:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXVI
  Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Side event organized by the World Evangelical Alliance
Thursday March 23, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Tunisia
Side event organized by the International Commission of Jurists
Thursday March 23, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

40th meeting: ID with Special Rapporteur on minority issues
Agenda item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes

A/HRC/52/27

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 23, 2023 3:00pm - 4:40pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 3

4:00pm CET

Side event - The Impact of Disinformation of Human Rights
Side event organized by the Organisation Internationale pour les Pays les Moins Avancés (OIPMA)

Contact person: Mr. Mokbil Saeed
Email: info@ioldcs.org
Thursday March 23, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

4:40pm CET

40th meeting: General debate on agenda item 5 (following presentation of reports)
Agenda item 5: Human rights bodies and mechanisms
  • Report of the Forum on Minority Issues (A/HRC/52/71)
  • Report of the Social Forum (A/HRC/52/73)
  • Report of the Forum on Democracy, Human Rights and Rule of Law  (A/HRC/52/72)
  • Reports on the activities of special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and working groups of the special procedures of the Council  and the communications report of the special procedures of the Council, held from 6 to 10 June 2022 (A/HRC/52/70 and A/HRC/52/70/Add.1; A/HRC/52/3)
A/HRC/52/NGO/171

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Thursday March 23, 2023 4:40pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 5
 
Friday, March 24
 

10:00am CET

Side event - Rights of Ethnic Minorities
Side event organized by China Ethnic Minorities' Association for External Exchanges


Contact person: Mr. Peng Qiu
email: cemaee1992@hotmail.com
Friday March 24, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CET

41st meeting: General debate on agenda item 5 (continued)
Agenda item 5: Human rights bodies and mechanisms
  • Report of the Forum on Minority Issues
  • Report of the Social Forum
  • Report of the Forum on Democracy, Human Rights and Rule of Law  
  • Reports on the activities of special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and working groups of the special procedures of the Council  and the communications report of the special procedures
A/HRC/52/71; A/HRC/52/73 ;A/HRC/52/72 ; A/HRC/52/70 and A/HRC/52/70/Add.1; A/HRC/52/3 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/171

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Friday March 24, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 5

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the further deterioration of the situation of human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression
Main Sponsor: Permanent Mission of Ukraine



Contact person: Ms. Natalia Moshkivska
First Secretary
Human Rights Division
Permanent Mission of Ukraine
Email: natalia.moshkivska@mfa.gov.ua


Friday March 24, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

11:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Side event organized by the Iranian Elite Research Center
Friday March 24, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CET

41st meeting: Adoption of UPR outcomes -- Bahrain
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Adoption of the final outcomes of the reviews of Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Finland, Philippines, Brazil, Poland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), and South Africa

(Bahrain) A/HRC/52/4; A/HRC/52/4/Add.1

Inscription on the lists of speakers for the UPR outcomes is made online through the following link: https://spreg.ohchr.org  The system opened for inscription on Monday 13 March 2023 at 9 a.m. and remained open until Thursday 16 March 2023 until 6 p.m. Inscriptions on the lists are not possible anymore.

Since the duration of each UPR adoption will vary in order to ensure the most efficient use of time, adoptions will take place consecutively one after another. Delegates are kindly requested to ensure their availability during the whole period allocated for the UPR segment (24-28 March 2023) and follow announcements made in room XX and sent through the SMS alert in order to be present for the adoption on time.
Friday March 24, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6

12:00pm CET

Side event - #FightRacism: A conversation with Tenoch Huerta
Side event organized by the Office of the high Commissioner for Human Rights and co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Mexico

Contact person: Ms Gabriela Gorjon
Public Information Officer
#FightRacism
Email: gabriela.gorjon@un.org

Friday March 24, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXIV
  Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - From progress to Action: Defending International Human Rights Standards on Women's Rights
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, The Netherlands, South Africa, Uruguay, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Population Fund and UN Women

Contact person: Ms. Krystyna Wojnarowicz
Email: Krystyna.Wojnarowicz@international.gc.ca

Friday March 24, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - The role of assistive technology in the promotion of inclusive education
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Austria, Israel and WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organisation) and co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Portugal and the International Disability Alliance

Contact person: Ms. Anna Walch
Attaché
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva
Email: anna.walch@bmeia.gv.at

Friday March 24, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CET

Consultations informelles sur le project de resolution sur l’assistance technique, demande d’intervention militaire internationale et renforcement des capacités visant à améliorer la situation des droits de l’homme en Haïti
Main sponsor: Permanent Mission of Haïti


Friday March 24, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm CET
Hybrid from Room XXI
  Informal consultations

2:00pm CET

Side event - Participation of SIDC/LDCs in the Human Rights Council
Side event organized by INHR
Friday March 24, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Pakistan
Side event organized by the Union of Northwest Human Rights Organisation
Friday March 24, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CET

42nd meeting: Adoption of UPR outcomes -- Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Adoption of the final outcomes of the reviews of Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Finland, Philippines, Brazil, Poland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), and South Africa

(Ecuador) A/HRC/52/5; A/HRC/52/5/Add.1
(Tunisia) A/HRC/52/6; A/HRC/52/6/Add.1
(Morocco) A/HRC/52/7 ; A/HRC/52/7/Add.1; A/HRC/52/NGO/17 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/28

Inscription on the lists of speakers for the UPR outcomes is made online through the following link: https://spreg.ohchr.org  The system opened for inscription on Monday 13 March 2023 at 9 a.m. and remained open until Thursday 16 March 2023 until 6 p.m. Inscriptions on the lists are not possible anymore.

Since the duration of each UPR adoption will vary in order to ensure the most efficient use of time, adoptions will take place consecutively one after another. Delegates are kindly requested to ensure their availability during the whole period allocated for the UPR segment (24-28 March 2023) and follow announcements made in room XX and sent through the SMS alert in order to be present for the adoption on time.
Friday March 24, 2023 3:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6

4:00pm CET

Side event - Freedom of Assembly
Side event organized by the Society for Development and Community Empowerment
Friday March 24, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event

5:00pm CET

Side event - Renewable Energies and Human Rights
Side event organized by the Organisation pour la Communication en Afrique et de Promotion de la Cooperation Economique Internationale - OCAPROCE internationale
Friday March 24, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXII
  Side event
 
Monday, March 27
 

10:00am CEST

Side event - Human Rights in Libya
Side event organized by the World Organisation Against Torture
Monday March 27, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CEST

43rd meeting: Adoption of UPR outcomes -- Indonesia, Algeria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Adoption of the final outcomes of the reviews of Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Finland, Philippines, Brazil, Poland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), and South Africa
(Indonesia) A/HRC/52/8 ; A/HRC/52/8/Add.1; A/HRC/52/NI/7
(Algeria) A/HRC/52/12 ; A/HRC/52/12/Add.1
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )  A/HRC/52/10 ; A/HRC/52/10/Add.1

Inscription on the lists of speakers for the UPR outcomes is made online through the following link: https://spreg.ohchr.org  The system opened for inscription on Monday 13 March 2023 at 9 a.m. and remained open until Thursday 16 March 2023 until 6 p.m. Inscriptions on the lists are not possible anymore.

Since the duration of each UPR adoption will vary in order to ensure the most efficient use of time, adoptions will take place consecutively one after another. Delegates are kindly requested to ensure their availability during the whole period allocated for the UPR segment (24-28 March 2023) and follow announcements made in room XX and sent through the SMS alert in order to be present for the adoption on time.
Monday March 27, 2023 10:00am - 1:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6

11:00am CEST

Side event - Human trafficking in armed conflicts and post-conflict situation
Side event organized by the Sovereign Order of Malta, Caritas Internationalis, Secours Catholique Caritas France, COATNET

Contact person: Ms. Silvia Vandi
First Secretary
Sovereign Order of Malta
Email: unmissiongeneva@orderofmalta.int
Monday March 27, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Right to Self-Determination
Side event organized by the Association pour la Défense des Droits de Développement Durable et du bien-être familial (ADBEF)
Monday March 27, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CEST

Side event - UPR in action
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Norway
Monday March 27, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in India
Side event organized by the Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan
Monday March 27, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CEST

Side event - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Side event organized by the African Group
Monday March 27, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CEST

44th meeting: Adoption of UPR outcomes -- India, Finland, Philippines
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Adoption of the final outcomes of the reviews of Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Finland, Philippines, Brazil, Poland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), and South Africa
(India) A/HRC/52/11; A/HRC/52/11/Add.1; A/HRC/52/NGO/7 
(Finland) A/HRC/52/9; A/HRC/52/9/Add.1
(Philippines) A/HRC/52/13; A/HRC/52/13/Add.1

Inscription on the lists of speakers for the UPR outcomes is made online through the following link: https://spreg.ohchr.org  The system will be open for inscription from Monday 13 March 2023 at 9 a.m. to Thursday 16 March 2023 until 6 p.m. Inscriptions on the lists will not be possible after that deadline.

Since the duration of each UPR adoption will vary in order to ensure the most efficient use of time, adoptions will take place consecutively one after another. Delegates are kindly requested to ensure their availability during the whole period allocated for the UPR segment (24-28 March 2023) and follow announcements made in room XX and sent through the SMS alert in order to be present for the adoption on time.
Monday March 27, 2023 3:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6
 
Tuesday, March 28
 

10:00am CEST

Side event - Croatian Presidency of IHRA and IHRA's tools in combating antisemitism
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Croatia


Contact person: Ms. Tihana Balija
Counsellor, Human Rights Team
PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, GENEVA
Email: Tihana.Balija@mvep.hr


Tuesday March 28, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

10:00am CEST

45th meeting: Adoption of UPR outcomes -- Brazil, Poland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Adoption of the final outcomes of the reviews of Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Finland, Philippines, Brazil, Poland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), and South Africa
A/HRC/52/15
A/HRC/52/16; A/HRC/52/16/Add.1
 A/HRC/52/17; A/HRC/52/17/Add.1
Inscription on the lists of speakers for the UPR outcomes is made online through the following link: https://spreg.ohchr.org  The system opened for inscription on Monday 13 March 2023 at 9 a.m. and remained open until Thursday 16 March 2023 until 6 p.m. Inscriptions on the lists are not possible anymore.

Since the duration of each UPR adoption will vary in order to ensure the most efficient use of time, adoptions will take place consecutively one after another. Delegates are kindly requested to ensure their availability during the whole period allocated for the UPR segment (24-28 March 2023) and follow announcements made in room XX and sent through the SMS alert in order to be present for the adoption on time.
Tuesday March 28, 2023 10:00am - 12:45pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6

11:00am CEST

Side event - Human Rights in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory
Side event organized by Amnesty international
Tuesday March 28, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Impact of UCMs on the right to development and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
Side event organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Contact person: Ms. Laura Patricia Guaqueta Pardo
Human Rights Officer
Protection, Religion, Accountability and Human Security Section
Special Procedures Branch
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
E-mail: laura.pardo@un.org
Tuesday March 28, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

12:45pm CEST

45th meeting: General debate under agenda item 6
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday March 28, 2023 12:45pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6

1:00pm CEST

Deadline for tabling written revisions: Tuesday, 28 March, 1 p.m.
Tuesday March 28, 2023 1:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
e-Delegate https://delegate.un.int/dgacm/delegate.nsf/xaOpenPortal.xsp
  Resolution deadlines

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Missing Migrants
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Mexico

Contact person: Ms. Alondra Lisette Mendoza Carlos
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Email: amendozac@sre.gob.mx
Tuesday March 28, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CEST

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday, 28 March, 3 p.m.
Tuesday March 28, 2023 3:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
e-Delegate https://delegate.un.int/dgacm/delegate.nsf/xaOpenPortal.xsp
  Resolution deadlines

3:00pm CEST

46th meeting: Adoption of UPR outcomes -- South Africa
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Adoption of the final outcomes of the reviews of Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Finland, Philippines, Brazil, Poland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), and South Africa

Inscription on the lists of speakers for the UPR outcomes is made online through the following link: https://spreg.ohchr.org  The system opened for inscription on Monday 13 March 2023 at 9 a.m. and remained open until Thursday 16 March 2023 until 6 p.m. Inscriptions on the lists are not possible anymore.

Since the duration of each UPR adoption will vary in order to ensure the most efficient use of time, adoptions will take place consecutively one after another. Delegates are kindly requested to ensure their availability during the whole period allocated for the UPR segment (24-28 March 2023) and follow announcements made in room XX and sent through the SMS alert in order to be present for the adoption on time.
Tuesday March 28, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6

3:00pm CEST

Side event - Impact of Religious Extremism on Minorities' Rights
Side event organized by Interfaith International
Tuesday March 28, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

4:00pm CEST

46th meeting: General debate under agenda item 6
Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday March 28, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 6

5:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in Pakistan
Side event organized by TUMUKU Development and Cultural Union (TACUDU)
Tuesday March 28, 2023 5:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

5:30pm CEST

46th meeting: General debate under agenda item 7
Agenda item 7: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories

Report of the Secretary-General on human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan

Report of the High Commissioner on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan
A/HRC/52/76; A/HRC/52/77; A/HRC/49/85; A/HRC/52/NGO/46; A/HRC/52/NGO/185; A/HRC/52/NI/6

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.



Tuesday March 28, 2023 5:30pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 7
 
Wednesday, March 29
 

9:15am CEST

Meeting of the HRC President with the NGOs
For additional information, please write to antonio.nicolini@un.org

Wednesday March 29, 2023 9:15am - 10:00am CEST
Room XXIV
  Side event
  • Contact details antonio.nicolini@un.org

10:00am CEST

47th meeting: General debate under agenda item 7
Agenda item 7: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories

Report of the Secretary-General on human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan

Report of the High Commissioner on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan
A/HRC/52/76; A/HRC/52/77; A/HRC/49/85; A/HRC/52/NGO/46; A/HRC/52/NGO/185; A/HRC/52/NI/6
For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.



Wednesday March 29, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 7

12:00pm CEST

47th meeting: General debate under agenda item 8
 Agenda item 8: follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

A/HRC/52/NGO/5 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/202

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Wednesday March 29, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 8

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Antisemitism and Sports
Side event organized by the World Jewish Congress
Wednesday March 29, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CEST

48th meeting: General debate under agenda item 8 (continued)
 Agenda item 8: follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
A/HRC/52/NGO/5 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/202
For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Wednesday March 29, 2023 3:00pm - 4:15pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 8

4:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights and Migration in the African Region
Side event organized by Réseau Unité pour le Développement de Mauritanie
Wednesday March 29, 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

4:15pm CEST

48th meeting: Debate on racial discrimination (GA res. 77/205)

Debate in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

https://hrcmeetings.ohchr.org/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/52/Pages/Panel%20discussions.aspx

A/HRC/RES/77/205

For panel discussions the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday, 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective panel is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX and through Sched and SMS alert.
The list of speakers for each panel discussion is generated by the system based on the indicated priority and the time of inscription, thus allowing a broader representation of delegations participating in panel discussions over the course of the session. Please refer to the guidance note on the Extranet for further details.
The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Wednesday March 29, 2023 4:15pm - 6:15pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Panel discussion
 
Thursday, March 30
 

10:00am CEST

49th meeting: General debate under agenda item 8 (continued)
 Agenda item 8: follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
A/HRC/52/NGO/5 ; A/HRC/52/NGO/202
For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Thursday March 30, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 8

10:00am CEST

Side event - Droits de l'Homme en République Démocratique du Congo
Side event organized by the International Federation of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture)
Thursday March 30, 2023 10:00am - 11:00am CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

11:00am CEST

Side event - Women Rights in the Arab Region
Side event organized by Al Baraem Association for Charitable Work
Thursday March 30, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

11:00am CEST

49th meeting: General debate under agenda item 9
Agenda item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: followup to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
A/HRC/52/78; A/HRC/52/NGO/21; A/HRC/52/NGO/53; A/HRC/52/NGO/68; A/HRC/52/NGO/151; A/HRC/52/NGO/207
For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Thursday March 30, 2023 11:00am - 1:15pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 9

12:00pm CEST

Side event - The self-determination of the Palestinian people: The implication of an inalienable right for policy-makers
Side event organized by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine


Contact email address: hrc-sr-opt@un.org
Thursday March 30, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CEST

Side event - National efforts in promoting and protecting human rights in Libya and fighting impunity
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the State of Libya

Contact details: mission.libye@bluewin.ch
Thursday March 30, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Declaration on Diversity
Side event organized by Sikh Human Rights Group
Thursday March 30, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CEST

Side event - Uprooted – The story of Ukraine’s children in a time of war
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and co-organized by the
Permanent Missions of Germany and Ukraine.
Co-sponsors of the event: Permanent Missions of Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United States of America

Contact person: Ms. Charlotte Marres
Human Rights Officer
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Email: charlotte.marres@minbuza.nl

Thursday March 30, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CEST

50th meeting: General debate under agenda item 9 (continued)
Agenda item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: followup to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
A/HRC/52/78; A/HRC/52/NGO/21; A/HRC/52/NGO/53; A/HRC/52/NGO/68; A/HRC/52/NGO/151; A/HRC/52/NGO/207
For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Thursday March 30, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 9

5:00pm CEST

50th meeting: Enhanced ID on oral updates of HC on Democratic Republic of the Congo and of experts on Kasai
Agenda item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Enhanced interactive dialogue on the oral updates of the of the High Commissioner and the team of international experts and on technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A/HRC/RES/51/36
For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Thursday March 30, 2023 5:00pm - 7:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10
 
Friday, March 31
 

10:00am CEST

51st meeting: ID with IE on human rights situation in Mali
Agenda item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine

A/HRC/52/81

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Friday March 31, 2023 10:00am - 11:30am CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10

11:00am CEST

Side event - Human Rights in India
Side event organized by Akshar Foundation
Friday March 31, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

11:30am CEST

51st meeting: ID on HC oral update on Ukraine
Agenda item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner on the findings of OHCHR report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine

A/HRC/RES/47/22; A/HRC/52/NGO/157

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Friday March 31, 2023 11:30am - 1:15pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Droits Humains et Sociétés Transnationales en Afrique
Side event organized by the Centre du Commerce International pour le Développement
Friday March 31, 2023 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CEST

Side event - Silencing opposition: Political Prisoners in Russian Federation
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Poland

Contact person: Ms. Arnika Kalbus
Deputy Permanent representative
Human Rights
Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
E-mail: Arnica.Kalbus@mfa.ee

Friday March 31, 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

1:00pm CEST

Reception - Strengthening global media engagement with the Human Rights Council
Reception organized by the Universal Rights Group, together with the Permanent Missions of Denmark to the United Nations in Geneva


Contact person: MS. Lola Sánchez Arcos
Universal Rights Group
Email: lola@universal-rights.org
Friday March 31, 2023 1:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Mezzanine Area, PDN
  Reception

3:00pm CEST

Side event - The Right to Education in Afghanistan
Side event organized by IGO G7+ and co-sponsored by HWPL and Action for Development

Contact person: Ms. Larissa Fisch
HWPL Switzerland
Tirzah Larissa Fisch
Geneva Liaison
Email: La.larissa.fisch@gmail.com

Friday March 31, 2023 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Hybrid from Room XXII
  Side event

3:00pm CEST

52nd meeting: High-level dialogue on human rights situation in the Central African Republic
Agenda item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic: High-level interactive dialogue to assess developments in the situation of human rights on the ground
A/HRC/RES/51/37
For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.



Friday March 31, 2023 3:00pm - 4:45pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10

4:45pm CEST

52nd meeting: ID on HC report on South Sudan (res. 49/35)

Agenda item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan

Report of the High Commissioner

A/HRC/52/82 ; A/HRC/RES/49/35

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.
Friday March 31, 2023 4:45pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10
 
Monday, April 3
 

9:00am CEST

53rd meeting: ID with Fact-finding mission on Libya
Agenda item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Interactive dialogue with the fact-finding mission on Libya

A/HRC/52/83; A/HRC/RES/50/23

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday 20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.


Monday April 3, 2023 9:00am - 10:45am CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10

10:45am CEST

53rd meeting: General debate on agenda item 10 (following presentation of reports and updates)
Agenda item 10: Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights

Annual comprehensive report on the work of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights to the Council

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Monday April 3, 2023 10:45am - 12:00pm CEST
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  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10

12:00pm CEST

54th meeting: General debate on agenda item 10 (continued)
Agenda item 10: Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights

Annual comprehensive report on the work of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights to the Council

For general debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers opens on Monday,  20 February at 4 p.m., and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XIX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.
NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online. Speakers intending to participate in person are requested to confirm their participation at ohchr-ngoconfirmation@un.org.

Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for member States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XIX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.




Monday April 3, 2023 12:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
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  1. Plenary meeting, Item 10

2:00pm CEST

55th meeting: Decisions & conclusions
Decisions and conclusions

Order of consideration of draft proposals ready for action 
(subject to change)

Item 2
A/HRC/52/L.27
A/HRC/52/L.38 (as orally revised)
A/HRC/52/L.43
Item 3 
A/HRC/52/L.1
A/HRC/52/L.2
A/HRC/52/L.4
 A/HRC/52/L.5/Rev.1
A/HRC/52/L.6
A/HRC/52/L.8
A/HRC/52/L.10
A/HRC/52/L.11
A/HRC/52/L.15
A/HRC/52/L.18
A/HRC/52/L.20 (+Amendment L.46) A/HRC/52/L.46
A/HRC/52/L.21
A/HRC/52/L.24
A/HRC/52/L.25
A/HRC/52/L.26
A/HRC/52/L.29
A/HRC/52/L.34
A/HRC/52/L.37
A/HRC/52/L.39 (as orally revised) [Amendment L.44 WITHDRAWN]
A/HRC/52/L.40 (as orally revised) (+Amendments L.45 WITHDRAWN  and L.55 A/HRC/52/L.55)
Item 4
A/HRC/52/L.3
A/HRC/52/L.9
A/HRC/52/L.14
A/HRC/52/L.16
A/HRC/52/L.19
L.41/Rev.1
Item 7
A/HRC/52/L.31
A/HRC/52/L.32
A/HRC/52/L.42
Item 9
A/HRC/52/L.12
A/HRC/52/L.13
A/HRC/52/L.30
Item 10
A/HRC/52/L.17/Rev.1 (as orally revised)
A/HRC/52/L.28
A/HRC/52/L.33 (as orally revised)
A/HRC/52/L.35
A/HRC/52/L.36
***
 
Monday April 3, 2023 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 1

3:00pm CEST

55th meeting: Decisions & conclusions (continued)
Decisions and conclusions

Order of consideration of draft proposals ready for action 
(subject to change)
Monday April 3, 2023 3:00pm - 7:00pm CEST
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  1. Plenary meeting, Item 1
 
Tuesday, April 4
 

9:00am CEST

56th meeting: Decisions & conclusions (continued)
Decisions and conclusions

Item 3 

L.7 (as orally revised) (+amendments L.63, L.64, L.65 (as orally revised), L.66 (as orally revised), L.67, L.68, L.69. L.70, L.71 (as orally revised), L.72 (as orally revised), L.73, L.74, L.75 (as orally revised), L.76, L.77, L.78)
[amendments L.54, L.62. L.79 and L.80 ALL WITHDRAWN]

L.22/Rev.1 (as orally revised) (+amendments L.47, L.48 (as orally revised), L.50, L.51 (as orally revised), L.53, L.58, L.59. L.60, L.61)
[amendments L.49, L.52 BOTH WITHDRAWN]

L.23 (as orally revised) [amendments L.56, L.57 BOTH WITHDRAWN]

L.40 (as orally revised) (+amendment L.55) [amendment L.45 WITHDRAWN]

Item 4
L.3
L.9
L.14
L.16
L.19
L.41/Rev.1
 
Item 7
L.31
L.32
L.42
 
Item 9
L.12
L.13
L.30

Item 10
L.17/Rev.1 (as orally revised)
L.28
L.33 (as orally revised)
L.35
L.36

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Tuesday April 4, 2023 9:00am - 1:30pm CEST
Room XX/Zoom
  1. Plenary meeting, Item 1

2:15pm CEST

57th meeting: Decisions & conclusions (continued)
Decisions and conclusions

Appointment of Special Procedures mandate holders

Adoption of the session report
Tuesday April 4, 2023 2:15pm - 6:15pm CEST
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