Summary: Full details of the 21th Session of the Human Rights Council, due to take place from 12 - 30 September 2012, including the programme of work, list of NGO statements, discussions scheduled to take place, and how NGOs can participate.
Latest News - Coverage - Programme of work - Submission Deadlines - Reports - UPR adoptions - Resolutions - Side Events / Statements - NGO participation - Sources of information - Subgroup on the HRC
- 28 September - NGOs make closing statement
- 28 September - Full list of resolutions adopted
- 28 September - Council fails to tackle gravity of situation in Somalia and Sudan
- 28 September - Council extends Commission of Inquiry on Syria mandate
- 27 September - Controversial resolution adopted on traditional values
- 27 September - Right to assembly online recognised in resolution
- 19 - 21 September - UPR reports adopted
- 17 September - Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Syria
- 13 September - Discussion on reprisals against persons cooperating with UN system
- 11 September - discussions on children and armed conflict
- 10 September - opening address by the High Commissioner
The full schedule can be found in the pdf document at the top.
Please consult the HRC NGO Participation page for further information
Children's Rights on the agenda
Below are a list of reports focused on children's rights, which have been submitted ahead of the session:
- Joint report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children on prevention of and responses to violence against children within the juvenile justice system
- Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights of juveniles deprived of their liberty
- Question of the death penalty - Report of the Secretary-General
- Summary of the full-day meeting on the rights of the child - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
- Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the promotion and protection of freedom of expression on the Internet - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Right
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences - Thematic report on servile marriage
- Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the theme of remedies for women subjected to violence - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
For the full list of reports, click here.
The following States will have their UPR reports adopted from 19 - 21 September.
Read CRIN's child rights extracts from the pre-review reports:
- Bahrain Ecuador Tunisia Morocco Indonesia
- Finland United Kingdom India Brazil
- Philippines Algeria Poland Netherlands South Africa
Read about the reports adopted:
- Reports adopted on Netherlands and South Africa
- Reports adopted on Tunisia, Poland and Philippines
- Reports adopted on United Kingdom, India and Brazil
- Reports adopted on Bahrain, Ecuador and Tunisia
- Reports adopted on Morocco, Indonesia and Finland
- Visit our main Universal Periodic Review page.
Key children's rights focused side events include:
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"How can the Human Rights Council further improve the protection of the Human Rights of children deprived of their liberty?"
- Date / Time: Tuesday 18 September from 12pm to 2pm in Palais des Nations, room XXVII. -
"Forced and Child Marriage: a global problem"
- Date / Time: Friday, 14 September 2012, 13:30 – 15:00, Room VIII, Palais des Nations -
“Budgets, rights, maternal and child health”
- Date / Time: 20th September 2012, 3pm, Room XXII, Palais des Nations -
Screening of a film "The Long Way Out"
- Date / Time: Thursday, 27 September, 13:00 – 15:00, Room XXIII
- For the full schedule of side events, click here.
- To read all NGO statements submitted, click here.
Read about the deadlines for report submissions and booking rooms at the top of this page.
Information note for NGOs - including information on accreditation and NGO parallel events
Written statements
NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC may submit written statements relevant to the work of the Human Rights Council.
The HRC Secretariat wishes to draw the attention of NGOs to ECOSOC resolution 1996/31, which authorises written statements of: a) 2,000 words for NGOs in general consultative status; and b) 1,500 words for NGOs in special consultative status and on the roster.
NGO written statements are to be submitted in accordance with the guidelines for the submission of NGO written statements:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/guidelines.htm
NGOs may submit their written statements to the Council Secretariat electronically to [email protected].
OHCHR NGO Liaison Office:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Telephone: + 41 (0)22 917 9656
Email: [email protected]
Sources of Information / Follow the Session
CRIN - sign up to the special HRC CRINMAIL.
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 (sign up).
Relevant and updated information on the 19th session of the HRC will be regularly posted on the HRC Extranet. Username: hrc extranet - Password: 1session.
A live Webcast service will be available under the Council’s webpage, covering the plenary session online, and will be accessible through this link.
Civil society news and perspectives are available on the CONGO website (Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship with the UN) and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) - ISHR: Human Rights Council daily updates
UN - FAQs about the Human Rights Council
Working Group for the HRC (subgroup of the NGO Group for the CRC)
The Working group for the Human Rights Council, of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, brings together NGOs willing to promote the rights of the child at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The WG’s aim so far has been to ensure that the Human Rights Council addresses the specific rights and situations of children worldwide in its regular work and sessions on human rights. By advocating for the inclusion of its concerns into the Council's Resolutions, the NGO community has ensured better support and coherence between international politics and local realities affecting the realisation of children's rights.
For more information, contact the co-convenors of the NGO WG:
Alan Kikuchi-White, Geneva Representative
SOS-Kinderdorf International
Email: [email protected]
Or Veronica Yates, CRIN
Email: [email protected]
Visit: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/subgroup-CHR.asp