Human Rights Council - 30th Session

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1. Coverage
2. Programme of work
3. Childrens rights on the agenda
4. Resolutions
5. Side events
6. NGO statements
7. NGO statement and participation
8. Further information 

1. Coverage

A live Webcast service will be available under the Council’s webpage, covering the plenary session online. Relevant and updated information on the 30th session of the HRC will be regularly posted on the HRC Extranet.

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2. Programme of work

Access the full draft programme.

Highlights of the three-week session include an interactive dialogue with the Commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the presentation of a report of the High Commissioner on Sri Lanka and a panel on the impact of the world drug problem.  The Intergovernmental Working Group on private military and security companies will present its report to the Council. Panel discussions will also be held on unilateral coercive measures and on good governance in public service.  The annual discussion on the integration of the gender perspective will also take place.  The Council will hold interactive dialogues with, inter alia, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, the Working Group on enforced disappearances, the Independent Expert on the Central African Republic and the Independent Expert on Somalia.   

Click here for the detailed agenda and further information on the thirtieth session.  Reports for the thirtieth session can be found here, and other information can be found on the homepage of the Human Rights Council website.

3. Childrens rights on the agenda

Child rights items on the agenda will be uploaded once they are posted online.

4. Resolutions 

5. Side events

Working group arbitrary detention and special representative on contemporary forms of slavery
Date(s) - 14/09/2015
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Palais des Nations, Room XX |

Annual discussion on integration of gender perspective
Date(s) - 15/09/2015
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Palais des Nations, Room XX |

High level parallel event on empowerment of children and information communications technology
Date(s) - 15/09/2015
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Palais des Nations, Room XXIII |
Belgium and UNICEF are co-organising this event, more information to come shortly.

Violence against children in detention
Date(s) - 16/09/2015
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Palais des Nations, Room XXIII |
Welcome and introduction by Paul Øystein Bjørdal, First Secretary, Permanent Representation of Norway to the United Nations - Panel discussion with: Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children; Juan Méndez, Special Rapporteur on Torture (via video messages); Azamat Shambilov, Director Central Asia Office, Penal Reform International, Moderated by Andrea Huber, Policy Director, Penal Reform International. More information available here.

Childrens rights and business: The role of states
Date(s) - 17/09/2015
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Palais des Nations, Room XXVII |
Organised by UNICEF and the International Commission of Jurists
Sponsored by Belgium, Chile, Vietnam and Save the Children
More information available here.

Investing in children and families to avoid unnecessary separation
Date(s) - 22/09/2015
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Palais des Nations, Room XXIV |
Moderator: Benyam Dawit Mezmur, CRC Committee Chairperson and African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Children 1st Vice-Chairperson
Speakers: 1)TBC, African Child Policy Forum; 2)Maria Herczog, President EuroChild and CRC Committee member (former); 3) Ian Anand Executive Director, Foster Care India/IFCO Board Member; 4) Ms. Ludin de Chavez, Program Operations Director, Save the Children, El Salvador. More information available here.

Children in Armed Conflict
Date(s) - 25/09/2015
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Palais des Nations, Room XXIV |
Organised by the European Union and the African Union.

Accountability and monitoring of violence against children related goals and targets in the post 2015 global sustainable development agenda
Date(s) - 29/09/2015
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Palais des Nations |

Moderator; Maria Lucia Uribe, Director, Arigatou International Geneva, Co-convener Working Group on Children and Violence, Child Rights Connect

Panel discussants; Jean-Marc Hoscheit, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva; Modest Jonathan Mero, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; UNICEF – Representative Geneva office; Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Chairperson, Committee on the Rights of the Child; Marta Santos Pais, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General on Violence Against Children; Roberta Cecchetti – Senior Advocacy and Policy advisor. More information here. Location TBC

7. NGO participation and submission deadlines

Please consult the HRC NGO Participation page for further information.

1. A practical guide for NGO participants (about accreditation, attending the session, access to the public gallery, requesting a room for a parallel event, making an oral statement, documentation and resources, and participation in general, etc.) [Arabic - Chinese- English - French - Russian - Spanish]. Before you request for accreditation to the HRC/UPR sessions and related meetings, please ensure that you have finalized the annual accreditation of your NGO with the United Nations Office at Geneva. For more information on annual accreditations, please consult the following website: www.unog.ch/ngo/accreditation.
    
2. NGO Written Statement submission: https://ngoreg.ohchr.org/WrittenStatementRegistration/Home [Deadline for the submission of written statements: 31 August 2015]. 
    
3. A user friendly practical guide to submitting statements online can be downloaded here to assist [English - French]. 
    
4. Link to Oral Statement Registration  - Download here the guidelines on how to use the online registration system for Oral Statements English - French - Spanish. [Registration opens at 14h00 Geneva time on Wednesday 9 September 2015] 

8. Further Information

• Subscribe to our monthly "Child Rights at the United Nations" CRINmail
• Read CRIN's guide on the Human Rights Council
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Press releases are issued by the HRC on a daily basis during HRC sessions and are available on the OHCHR website. In addition, relevant documents are posted on the Human Rights Council extranet.

Civil society news and perspectives are available on the following websites:

• CONGO (Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship with the UN)
• ISHR (International Service for Human Rights)