| Dates |
Title of Meeting |
Session |
Venue/Room |
| 12 Jan-30 Jan |
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño |
35th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson (PW) Ground Floor |
| 12-23 Jan |
- Intersessional open-ended Working Group mandated to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance |
2nd |
. |
| 14 Jan |
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination/Meeting of States parties |
20th |
New York |
| 19 Jan |
Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
Election of the Bureau |
60th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 26-30 Jan |
- Board of Trustees of the United Nations Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
- Conseil d'administration du fonds de contributions des Nations Unies sur les formes contemporaines d'esclavage
- Junta de Síndicos del fondo fiduciario de contribuciones voluntarias para luchar contra las formas contemporáneas de esclavitud |
9th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson (PW) 1st Floor |
| 26 Jan - 6 Feb |
Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action |
2nd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 3-6 Feb |
- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño |
36th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor |
| 9-13 Feb |
- Working Group on Situations (1503 procedure)
- Groupe de travail sur les situations (procédures 1503)
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre Situaciones (procedimientos 1503) |
1st |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
1st Floor |
| 9-20 Feb |
- Open-ended Working Group on the right to development |
5th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 23 Feb-5 March |
Open-ended working group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
1st |
Geneva
PN
|
| 23 Feb-12 March |
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Comité sur l'élimination sur la discrimination raciale
- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial |
64th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 1-5 March |
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families |
1st |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 1-5 March |
- Working Group on Minorities
- Groupe de travail sur les minorités
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre las Minorías |
10th |
Geneva Palais des Nations |
| 8-12 March |
- Working Group of the Human Rights Committee
- Groupe de Travail du Comité des droits de l'homme
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité de Derechos Humanos |
80th |
Geneva |
| 11-19 March |
- Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
- Conseil d'Administration du Fonds de contributions volontaires des Nations Unies pour les populations autochtones
- Junta de Síndicos del Fondo de Contribuciones Voluntarias para las Poblaciones Indígenas de las Naciones Unidas |
17th
|
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 15 Mar-2 Apr |
- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos |
80th |
New York |
| 15 Mar-23 Apr |
- Commission on Human Rights
- Commission des droits de l'homme
- Comisión de Derechos Humanos |
60th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 22-26 March |
- Advisory Group of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- Groupe consultatif du fonds de contributions volontaires des Nations Unies pour la décennie internationale des populations autochtones du monde
- Grupo Consultativo del Fondo Fiduciario de Contribuciones Voluntarias de las Naciones Unidas para el Decenio Internacional de las Poblaciones Indígenas del Mundo |
9th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 14-16 Apr |
- International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions |
. |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN)
Room XXIII |
| 26-30 Apr |
- Working Group of the Committee against Torture
- Groupe de travail du Comité contre la torture
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité contra la Tortura |
- |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 26 Apr-14 May |
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Comité sur des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales |
32nd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations
(PN) |
| 3 -21 May |
- Committee against Torture
- Comité contre la torture
- Comité contra la Tortura |
32nd |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 17 May-4 June |
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño |
36th
|
Geneva
Palais Wilson Ground Floor
(PW) |
| 17-21 May |
- Working Group of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
- Groupe de Travail du Comité sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales |
33rd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 24-28 May |
- Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
- Groupe de travail sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias |
72nd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 24-28 May |
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria |
39th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 7-11 June |
- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño |
37th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 8-11 June |
- Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights
- Conseil d'administration du fonds de contributions volontaires pour la coopération technique en matière de droits de l'homme
- Consejo de Administración del Fondo de Contribuciones Voluntarias para la Cooperación Técnica en materia de Derechos Humanos |
21st |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 21-25 June |
- Meeting of Special Rapporteurs, Representatives, Independent Experts and Chairpersons of Working Groups of the Commission on Human Rights |
11th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 21-25 June |
- Meeting of Special Rapporteurs/Representatives/Independent Experts and Chairpersons of WG of the CHR |
11th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 21-25 June |
- Meeting of persons chairing human rights treaty bodies (including 3rd Inter-Committee meeting) |
16th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 28 June -2 July |
- Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
- Groupe de travail sur les formes contemporaines d'esclavage
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre las formas contemporáneas de la esclavitud |
29th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 5-30 July |
- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos |
81st |
Geneva |
| 19-23 July |
- Working Group on Indigenous Populations
- Groupe de travail sur les populations autochtones
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre Poblaciones Indígenas |
22nd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 22-23 July |
-Social Forum |
3rd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN)
Room XVIII |
| 26 July-13 Aug |
- Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- Sous-commission de la promotion et
de la protection des droits de l'homme - Subcomisión para la Promoción y Protección de los Derechos Humanos |
56th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 2-20 Aug |
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Comité sur l'élimination sur la discrimination raciale
- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial |
65th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 16-20 Aug |
- Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
- Groupe de travail sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires - Grupo de Trabajo sobre Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias |
73rd |
New York |
| 16-27 Aug |
- Working Group on Communications
- Groupe de travail sur les communications
- Grupo de trabajo sobre las comunicaciones |
32nd |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 9 Sep |
Meeting of States parties - ICCPR |
. |
New York |
| 13-17 Sep |
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria |
40th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 13-24 Sep |
- Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Groupe de travail chargé d'élaborer un projet de déclaration sur les droits des peuples autochtones
- Grupo de Trabajo encargado de elaborar un proyecto de declaración sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas |
10th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 13 Sep-1 Oct |
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño |
37th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor |
| 15-16 Sep |
- Seminar on good governance practices for the promotion of human rights |
- |
Seoul, Republic of Korea
|
| 27-29 Sep |
- Workshop on Transitional Justice: Rule of Law Tools for post conflict states |
. |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 28 Sep |
One-day informal meeting of the Commission on Human Rights |
. |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 29 Sept-1 Oct |
Consultative meeting with a view to finalizing the basic principles and guidelines on the rights to a remedy and reparation for victims of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law |
3rd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN VII) |
| 4-8 Oct |
Inter-sessional open-ended WG mandated to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance (First session) |
3rd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations |
| 4-8 Oct |
- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño |
38th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) |
| 4-8 Oct |
-
Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
|
23rd |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 11-15 Oct |
-
Informal meeting of the Committee on Migrant Workers |
. |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 11-15 Oct |
- Pre-sessional Working Group on Communications |
82nd |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor |
11 - 22 Oct.
|
- Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action |
3rd |
Geneva
(PN XXI) |
| 18-20 Oct |
- UN International Computing Centre (ICC) |
. |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor |
| 18 Oct-5 Nov |
- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos |
82nd |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor |
| 25 Oct-5 Nov |
-
WG on People of African Descent |
4th |
Geneva
(PN XVII) |
| 8-12 Nov |
- Working Group on Committee against Torture
- Groupe de travail du Comité contre la torture
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité contra la Tortura |
33rd |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 8-15 Nov |
- Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
- Groupe de travail sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaires
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias |
74th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 15-26 Nov |
- Committee against Torture
- Comité contre la torture
- Comité contra la Tortura |
33rd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 8-26 Nov |
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Comité sur des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales |
33rd |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor |
| 17-26 Nov |
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria |
41st |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) 16 |
| 20 Nov |
- Ceremony commemorating the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child |
. |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor) |
| 22-26 Nov |
- Annual Meeing of Heads of Field Presences |
. |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) 1st Floor |
| 23-26 Nov |
- Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation
- Conseil d'administration du fonds de contributions volontaires pour la coopération technique
- Consejo de Administración del Fondo de Contribuciones Voluntarias para la Cooperación Técnica |
22nd |
Geneva
Palais des Nations (PN) |
| 29 Nov-1 Dec |
Expert seminar on democracy and the rule of law |
. |
Geneva
Palais des Nations |
| 29 Nov-3 Dec |
- Working Group on Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Groupe de Travail du Comité sur des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales |
34th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) Ground Floor |
| 29 Nov-3 Dec |
- Working Group on a draft UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (Second additional session) |
11th |
Geneva
Palais des Nations |
| 6-10 Dec |
- Experts on traditional and new forms of mercenaries |
. |
. |
| 13-17 Dec |
- Working Group on the Right to Development
(High Level Task Force session) |
. |
. |
2 days [To be confirmed] |
- Informal Expert consultations on right to food |
4th |
Geneva
Palais Wilson
(PW) [To be confirmed] |