12th Special Session of the Human Rights Council: "The human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and East Jerusalem" - 15 October

NGO participation - 12th special session of the Human Rights Council: "Human rights in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem"
Thursday 15, and Friday 16 October 2009

Accreditation:

NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC are invited to send their letter of accreditation request/s to the Secretariat of the Council by fax or email to:

Subject heading: Accreditation for 12th special session of the Human Rights Council: "Human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem"

Attention Ms. Anne-Marie Matovu
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais Wilson, Room 4-092
52 Rue des Paquis
1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22.917.9187
Fax: +41 22.917.90.11
E-mail: amatovu@ohchr.org

As from Thursday 15 October, contact details of Accreditation Officer at Pregny Gate, Palais des Nations
Tel:+41 22.917.4282
Fax: +41 22.917.0494

The letter requesting accreditation should contain the following elements:

• submitted on the official letterhead of the organization;
• signed by the President or the Main Representative of the organization in Geneva;
• indicate the the person/s who will represent the organization:
  • names must appear exactly as they appear in the ID document, and family name(s) must be capitalized
  • name(s) of those members already in possession of a valid annual identity badge issued by UNOG Security and Safety Section, and who plan to attend the session must also included in the accreditation letter, with an indication that they hold an annual badge

Access to the public gallery

The secretariat wishes to remind all persons who wish to observe the proceedings of the Human Rights Council without being accredited as participants (mainly students, researchers and academics) that there are a limited number of seats in the Public Gallery, above the conference room. Individuals or groups who wish to attend are required to send a letter (24 hours before the desired date) to the secretariat, containing the following information:

(a) Date(s) of the visit;
(b) Purpose of the visit; and
(c) Full name(s) of those wishing to attend.

Access to the public gallery will be granted depending on the availability of seating and other circumstances.

Access to Palais des Nations:

To obtain a UNOG photo badge at the security entrance of Palais des Nations at the Pregny Gate, 8 - 14 Avenue de la Paix, present in person an identity document and a copy of the letter of accreditation.

Access is available from 8 a.m.

NGO oral interventions:

Modalities for oral interventions:

-three minutes for Members of the Human Rights Council
-two minutes for Observer States, and other observers, including NGOs

Registration for oral interventions will be online and will open at 14h30 (Geneva, Switzerland time) on 15 October 2009

Click here to register for oral interventions

(Speaker's list is now closed)

NGO written statements:

Note deadline for submission of NGO written statements is Wednesday, 14 October 2009 at 15h00

Click here for guidelines

NGO side-event room booking:

Click here for room booking form