Date |
Title of meeting |
Session n° |
Venue/Room |
10 - 21 Jan.
|
- Second session of the Open-ended working group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
|
2nd
|
PN XVII |
10 - 28 Jan. |
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño
|
38 th
|
PW Grd floor |
17 Jan. |
-
Commission on Human Rights (CHR): Election of the Bureau
|
61 st
|
PN XVII |
31 Jan. - 11 Feb.
|
-
CHR/ Inter-sessional open-ended WG mandated to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
|
3 rd |
PN |
31 Jan. - 4 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
|
39 th
|
PW Grd floor |
7 - 11 Feb.
|
- Working Group on Situations (1503 procedure)
- Groupe de travail sur les situations (procédures 1503)
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre Situaciones (procedimientos 1503)
|
. |
PW 1 st floor |
| 8 Feb. |
- Meeting of States Parties to ICCPR |
24th |
New York |
14 - 18 Feb. |
- Open-ended Working Group on the right to development
|
6 th
|
PN |
2 days
[To be confirmed] |
- Informal Expert consultations on right to food |
5 th |
PW [To be confirmed] |
| 21 - 23 Feb. |
- Meeting of the five Independent eminent Experts to follow the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action |
2nd |
PN H3 |
21 Feb.-11 March
|
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Comité sur l'élimination sur la discrimination raciale
- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial
|
66 th
|
PW Grd floor |
23 Feb. |
- Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child |
10 th |
NY |
| 28 Feb. - 2 March |
- Expert seminar on democracy and the rule of law |
|
PN XX |
28 Feb. - 4 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
|
18 th
|
PW 1 st floor |
7 - 11 March |
- Pre-sessional WG on Communications - HR Committee
|
83 rd
|
NY |
| 7 - 11 March |
- 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 |
10th |
PW 1 st floor |
14 March-1 April |
- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos
|
83 rd
|
NY |
14 Mar- 22 April |
- Commission on Human Rights
- Commission des droits de l'homme
- Comisión de Derechos Humanos
|
61 st
|
PN / GA Hall & XVII |
13-15 April
|
- Inter. Co-ordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC) |
1st |
PN XXIII |
| 21 March |
- Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
|
. |
PN XXI |
| 13-22 April |
- BoT, UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture |
24th |
PW 1st floor |
25-29 April
(2-5 May) |
- Working Group of the Committee against Torture
- Groupe de travail du Comité contre la torture
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité contra la Tortura
|
34 th |
PW 1st floor |
25 April - 13 May |
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Comité sur des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales
|
34 th
|
PN
|
25-29 April
|
- Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families |
2nd
|
PW Grd Floor
|
2 - 20 May
|
- Committee against Torture
- Comité contre la torture
- Comité contra la Tortura
|
34 th
|
PW 1 st floor |
16 - 20 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
|
35th
|
PN |
16 May - 3 June |
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño
|
39 th
|
PW Grd floor |
23 - 27 May
|
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria
|
42 nd
|
PN
|
26 May - 3 June
|
- WG on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances |
75 th
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
30 May - 3 June |
- Working Group on Minorities
|
11 th
|
PN
|
6 - 10 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
|
40 th
|
PW Grd floor |
6 - 10 June
|
- Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
|
30 th
|
PN |
7 - 10 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 |
23 rd
|
PW 1st floor |
| 20 June |
- Informal consultations - CHR reform |
. |
PN |
20 - 24 June
|
- Meeting of Special Rapporteurs / Representatives / Independent Experts and Chairpersons of WG of the CHR
|
12 th
|
PW Grd floor |
20 - 24 June |
- Meeting of persons chairing human rights treaty bodies (incl. 4 th Inter-Committee meeting) |
17 th
|
PW 1 st floor |
| 27 - 28 June |
- Workshop on Human Rights, Counter-Terrorism and States of Emergency |
. |
PW Grd floor |
| 29 June |
- Meeting of the UN and regional organizations on protecting human rights while countering terrorism |
. |
PN XXVII (to be confirmed) |
4 - 8 July |
- Pre-sessional WG on Communications - HR Committee |
84 th
|
PW Grd floor |
11 -29 July |
- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos
|
84 th
|
PW Grd floor |
18 - 22 July |
- WG on Indigenous Populations |
23 rd
|
PN |
21 - 22 July |
- Social Forum (Inter-sessional Forum on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
|
4 th
|
PN |
25 July - 12 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
|
57 th
|
PN XVIII |
July - Aug.
|
- In-sessional WG on the administration of justice |
. |
PN XVIII |
July - Aug.
|
- In-sessional WG to examine the working methods and activities of transnational corporations |
. |
PN XVIII |
1-19 Aug. |
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Comité sur l'élimination sur la discrimination raciale
- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial
|
67 th
|
PN XI |
15 - 26 Aug. |
- WG on Communications (1503 procedure) |
33 rd
|
PW 1 st floor |
29 Aug. - 2 Sept.
|
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria
|
43 rd
|
PW 1 st floor |
| 29 Aug. - 2 Sept. |
- Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent |
5th |
PN |
12 - 30 Sept |
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño
|
40 th
|
PW Grd floor |
12-23 Sept.
(pending approval by ECOSOC) |
- Inter-sessional open-ended WG mandated to elaborated a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance |
4th |
PN |
| 16 Sept. |
- General discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) |
. |
PW Grd and 1st floors |
27 Sept. |
- One-day informal meeting |
61 st CHR
|
PN XVII |
3 - 7 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
|
41st
|
PW Grd floor |
3 - 7 Oct |
- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child (2nd Chamber)
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño |
41st
|
PW 1st floor |
10 - 14 Oct |
- Pre-sessional WG on Communications - HR Committee |
85th
|
PW Grd floor |
| 12 - 13 Oct |
- Seminar on enhancing the effectiveness of special procedures of the CHR |
. |
PN |
18 -20 Oct.
[To be confirmed] |
- UN International Computing Centre (ICC) |
. |
PW 1 st floor [To be confirmed]
|
17 Oct. - 3 Nov. |
- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos
|
85th
|
PW Grd floor |
5 working days
(pending approval by ECOSOC) |
- CHR/WG on the use of mercenaries |
1st |
. |
| 2-3 Nov. |
- Workshop on judges |
. |
PW |
7 -11 Nov. |
- Working Group of the Committee against Torture
- Groupe de travail du Comité contre la torture
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité contra la Tortura
|
35 th |
PW |
7- 25 Nov. |
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Comité sur des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales
|
35 th
|
PW Grd floor |
14 - 18 Nov.
|
- Working Group on the Right to Development (High Level Task Force session) |
. |
. |
14 - 17 Nov. |
- 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
|
24 th
|
PN |
7 - 25 Nov. |
- Committee against Torture
- Comité contre la torture
- Comité contra la Tortura
|
35 th
|
Palais des Nations Room XI
|
21 - 30 Nov. |
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria
|
44 th
|
PW 1 st floor
|
21 - 30 Nov.
|
- WG on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
|
77 th
|
PN |
21 - 25 Nov. |
- Annual Meeting of Heads of Field Presences
|
. |
PW 1 st floor |
28 Nov.- 2 Dec. |
- 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
|
36 th
|
PW Grd floor
|
30 Nov. |
- Meeting of States Parties - CAT |
10th
|
PN |
| 1 day in Dec. |
- Meeting of States Parties to MWC |
1st |
NY |
5 - 16 Dec.
|
- 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 |
11 th |
PN |
12 - 16 Dec.
|
- Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families |
3rd
|
PW 1 st floor
|