Human Rights Council

Thirty-seventh session
Geneva, 26 February - 23 March 2018

Order of the day*

Plenary meetings – Room XX
Monday, 26 February 2018

MORNING

9.00 – 12.00 Item 1 Organizational and procedural matters

1st meeting
A/HRC/37/1

Opening of the session

H.E. Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council
H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President of the General Assembly of the
United Nations
H.E. Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
H.E. Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councilor and Head of the Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

High-level segment**

H.E. Mr. Alexander van der Bellen, President, Austria

H.E. Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President, Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Dragan Čović, Chairman of the Presidency, Bosnia and

Herzegovina

H.E. General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd),

Governor General of the Commonwealth, Australia

*
The information contained in this document was compiled and is correct as of 6 p.m. of the previous day. In the event
that the consideration of a specific item or sub-item does not take up the whole meeting, the Council will move to the
consideration of the next item or sub-item scheduled for the following meeting, with the exception of panels and the
consideration of UPR reports. The Secretariat will communicate any changes or updates by SMS alerts, HRC Extranet and
Twitter (@UN_HRC & #HRC37). Any comments should be notified to the Secretariat, room E-3060.
*
* The present list is provisional and subject to change.

A/HRC/37/OD/1/Rev.1
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H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani,

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Qatar
H.E. Ms. Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Norway
H.E. Mr. Manuel Domingos Augusto, Minister of External Relations,
Angola
H.E. Mr. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Iceland

H.E. Mr. Ruslanbek Davletov, Minister of Justice, Uzbekistan

H.E. Mr. Fernando Simas Magalhães, Vice-Minister for Political and
Multilateral Affairs, Brazil

H.E. Ms. Teresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation, Portugal
LUNCH

12.00 – 15.00 High-level segment (cont’d)

2nd meeting
H.E. Mr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive (Chairperson of the
Council of the Ministers of the Government, Afghanistan)

H.E. Mr. Mikheil Janelidze, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Georgia
H.E. Gen. Taban Deng Gai, First Vice President, South Sudan
H.E. Mr. Haidar Al Zamily, Minister of Justice, Iraq
H.E. Ms. Kang Kyung-wha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of
Korea
H.E. Mr. Jorge Arreaza, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela
H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Senegalese
Abroad, Senegal
H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red
Cross
H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Hungary
H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstei
H.E. Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for
Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Netherlands
H.E. Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Human Mobility, Ecuador
H.E. Mr. Anders Samuelsen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Mohsen Mohammed Askar, Minister for Human
Rights, Yemen
H.E. Mr. Shankar Das Bairagi, Foreign Secretary, Nepal
H.E. Mr. Claudio Bernanrdo Avruj. Secretary of Human Rights and
Cultural Pluralism, Argentina
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AFTERNOON

15.00 – 16.00 High-level segment (cont’d)

3rd meeting

16.00 – 18.00 Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming

3rd meeting Theme: The promotion and protection of human rights in the light of
the universal periodic review mechanism: challenges and opportunities

Chair: H.E. Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights Council
Opening statements:
H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly
Ms. Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (video
message)
Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Moderator: Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human
Rights
Panellists:
• Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development
Programme (video message) and Mr. Robert Piper, Special Adviser on United
Nations Reforms, United Nations Development Programme
• Ms. Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Chair of the Development Assistance Committee,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Human Mobility of Ecuador
• Ms. Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights
A/HRC/RES/16/21, A/HRC/37/NI/1, A/HRC/37/NGO/94
[Modalities for participation in the panel discussion: Opening statements and presentations of panellists
from the podium will be followed by an interactive discussion divided in two slots for States and observers,
including national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
intervening from the floor. The list of speakers for the discussion will be established at the beginning of the
panel. States Members of the Council, observer States and other observers are requested to use the electronic
system in Room XX and inscribe by pressing the microphone button at their desk, once the Secretariat has
activated the system. Delegations wishing to register a dignitary or speaking on behalf of a group should
inform the Secretariat at the List of Speakers Desk and will be given priority slots on the list. NGOs are
requested to confirm their on-line registration at the List of Speakers Desk in Room XX. The list will be
closed approximately 15 minutes after the discussion has started. Speaking time is 2 minutes for all. The
concept note with modalities for the panel is available on HRC Extranet
(https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/37thSession/Pages/Panels.aspx).]
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Other information:
• Draft programme of work is attached.
• All speakers scheduled to take the floor should provide the conference officers beforehand with a copy of their
statement.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE 37TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (26 FEBRUARY - 23 MARCH 2018)
Version of 19 February 2018 (PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4
26 February 5 March 12 March 19 March
9.00 ANNUAL FULL-DAY
9.00 General debate
9.00 ITEM 1 – MEETING: RIGHTS OF THE 9:00 ITEM 4 - IDs with: on ITEM 6 (cont’d)
CHILD (res. 7/29 & 34/16)
– - ID with SR onITEM
– Opening of session 11.00 – - SR on DPRK 7
12.00 High-level segment (HLS) 11.00 12.00 - SR on Islamic Republic of Iran 12.00 OPT
– ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) - HC/SG reports
12.00
12.00 - FFM Clustered
12.00 12.00 Clustered ID with: ID with: 12.00
– HLS (cont’d) – - SR privacy – update) on Myanmar (oral – General debate on ITEM 7
15.00 15.00 - SR sale of children 15.00 - SR on Myanmar 15.00 General debate on ITEM 8
15.00 15.00
– HLS (cont’d) – ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) 15.00 General debate on ITEM 8 (cont’d)
15.00 ITEM 9
– - Enhanced IDs
16.00 16.00 with: – - Reports of Ad Hoc Committee, IGWG
16.00 HIGH-LEVEL 16.00 ANNUAL FULL-DAY ID on Eritrea 18.00 on DDPA
– MAINSTREAMING PANEL: – MEETING: RIGHTS OF THE 18.00 - General debate on ITEM 9
18.00 (res. 16/21) 18.00 CHILD (res. 7/29 & 34/16)
27 February 6 March 13 March 20 March
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID 9.00 HIGH-LEVEL PANEL: HUMAN
9.00 10.00 (cont’d) – RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN 10.00 ITEM 10
– HLS (cont’d) – Clustered ID with SRSGs:
11.00 SYRIA (res. 36/20) – - Enhanced ID on HC oral update on the
12.00 13.00 - violence against children 11.00 ITEM 4 13.00 Democratic Republic of the Congo
– ID with COI Syrian Arab
- children and armed conflict 12.00 Republic
12.00 13.00 12.00 -ID with COI (cont’d) 13.00
– HLS (cont’d) – BREAK – - ID with Commission on S – BREAK
15.00 15.00 15.00 Sudan 15.00

ITEM 3 15.0 - ID South Sudan (cont’d)

15.00 15.00 Clustered ID with: 0 Clustered ID with: 15.00 ITEM 10
– HLS (cont’d) – - SR disabilities – - COI on Burundi
– - ID with IE on Mali
18.00 18.00 18.00 - ID on HC report on Libya
- IE albinism accessible 18.00 - HC oral update on Burundi

28 February 7 March 14 March 21 March

ITEM 4 ITEM 10
9.00 10.00 ITEM 2 - HC annual report 9.00 Clustered ID (cont’d) 9.00 - ID on HC oral report on Ukraine
– HLS (cont’d) – (presentation only) – HC oral update on DPRK –
12.00 13.00 ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) 12.00 and Eritrea, followed by 12.00 - High-level ID on human rights
General debate on ITEM 4 situation in the Central African Republic
HLS (cont’d)
12.00 13.00 12.00
–
General segment
ITEM 3 -Clustered ID with: – – General debate on ITEM 4 12.00
–
- High-level ID on human rights
situation in the Central African Republic
BREAK (cont’d)
15.00 - SR adequate housing 15.00 15.00 15.00 (cont’d)
- IE foreign debt
ITEM 2
15.00 ITEM 3 - Clustered ID 15.00 General debate on ITEM 4 - HC/SG country reports, oral briefings
– – ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) (cont’d) (Colombia, Cyprus, Guatemala,
16.00 (cont’d) 16.00 ITEM 3
ID with SR minorities (cont’d) Honduras, Iran, Sri Lanka) followed by
15.00 ITEM 5 15.00 General debate
HIGH-LEVEL PANEL: 70th – - Report of Forum on – ITEM 10
ANNUAL DEBATE: 18.00 -briefings
Other HC/SG country reports or oral
16.00 ANNIVERSARY OF UDHR 16.00 18.00 Minority Issues (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti,
RIGHTS OF PERSONS
– AND 25TH OF VDPA – - Report of Social Forum Yemen)
18.00 18.00 DISABILITIES (res. 7/9, - HC presentation on technical
(res. 35/1) - SP annual report by CC chair cooperation and report of Board of
31/6) accessible - General debate on ITEM 5
accessible Trustees (Voluntary Fund Tech. Coop)
followed by GD
1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March
9.00
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID General debate on ITEM 5
09.0 10.0 – (cont’d)
(cont’d) 9.00
0 0 ITEM 3 - Clustered ID (cont’d) 10.00 ITEM 1
ITEM 2 - ID with the HC – Decisions and conclusions
– Clustered ID with: – 10.00 ITEM 6 12.00
12.00 - SR human rights defenders 13.00 – UPR outcomes
- SR torture 12.00 Czechia, Argentina
12.00 13.00 12.00 12.00
–
ITEM 3 -Clustered ID
– BREAK – UPR outcomes – Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
(cont’d) Gabon, Ghana, Peru
15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
ITEM 3 - Clustered ID with the HC (cont’d)
15.00 ID(cont’d) 15.00 ITEM 3 15.00 UPR outcomes 15.00
Clustered ID with: - - Report of IGWG on TNCs – Guatemala, Switzerland, Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
– - HC/OHCHR/SG thematic –
- SR terrorism
18.00 - SR cultural rights 18.00 reports, incl. on HRC res. 18.00 Republic of Korea
34/32 18.00
2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March
09.00 DEBATE ONF RACIAL
ITEM 3 - Clustered – DISCRIMINATION
9.00 ID(cont’d) 10.00 9.00
11.00 (GA res. 72/157) Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
– – General debate on ITEM 3 –
12.00 ITEM 3 Individual ID with: 13.00 11.00
–
ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes 12.00
- SR freedom of religion Benin
12.00
ITEM 3 Individual ID(cont’d)
12.00 ITEM 3 Clustered ID joint 13.00 12.00 12.00
ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
– study transitional justice: – BREAK – Pakistan, Zambia, Japan –
15.00 - SR truth and justice 15.00 15.00 15.00
- SA prevention of genocide
15.00
15.00 ITEM 3-Clustered ID(cont’d) 15.00 – ITEM 6 - UPR outcomes 15.00 Decisions and conclusions (cont’d)
– Clustered ID with: - General debate on ITEM 3 17.00 Ukraine, Sri Lanka – - Appointment of mandate holders
- SR environment (cont’d)
18.00 - SR food 18.00 17.00 General debate on ITEM 6 18.00 - Adoption of session report
–
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18.00

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

37th session (26 February – 23 March 2018)
Inscriptions on the list of speakers and speaking time arrangements

TYPE OF MEMBER STATES OBSERVER STATES / OBSERVERS FOR

DISCUSSION (MIN.) OTHER OBSERVERS NHRIs / NGOs
(MIN.) (MIN.)

General debates 2’30 1’30 1’30

All interactive
dialogues / Panel 2’ 2’ 2’
discussions

Inscription on the list of speakers

The online system for inscription for the list of speakers applies to general debates (“GDs”), individual
and clustered interactive dialogues (“IDs”), and the consideration of UPR outcomes and can be accessed
through https://spreg.ohchr.org/ (do not use https://uprreg.ohchr.org/). Delegations are invited to inscribe online
using the same login details used during the 36th session of the Council and the 29 th session of the UPR. In case
of log-in problems, delegations can use the red button to retrieve their password, or contact
hrcouncil@ohchr.org for further assistance.
For all GDs and IDs, online inscription for the lists of speakers will open on Wednesday 21 February 2018 at
4 p.m. and will close two hours before the meeting in which the respective debate/dialogue is scheduled to
start. The online inscription system allows delegations to register on behalf of regional or political groups.
After the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw at the List of Speakers Desk
until the closure of the list, approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the respective debate/dialogue.
Inscription on the list of speakers for the adoption of the fourteen UPR outcomes will be through the online
system for inscription (same as used for HRC GDs and IDs, namely: spreg.ohchr.org) and no longer in
person at the desk in room XX. The inscription will be open from Monday 5 March at 9 a.m. until
Thursday 8 March at 6 p.m. No inscription will be possible after this deadline. The final lists with the
speaking order and speaking time will be available on Friday 9 March at the speakers’ list desk where States
may still come to withdraw from a list or make bilateral arrangements to swap position on the same list.
Inscription for all panel discussions will be done through the electronic system in Room XX, at the
beginning of each panel. Delegations are invited to inscribe by pressing the microphone button at their desk
once the Secretariat has activated the system. For States Members of the Council, only the microphone button
with the red sticker can be used to inscribe on the list. Delegations wishing to register a dignitary or speaking on
behalf of a group should inform the Secretariat at the List of Speakers Desk. Delegations may still inscribe at
the Desk until the list is closed approximately 15 minutes after the corresponding discussion has started.

NHRIs and NGOs

National human rights institutions (NHRIs) with “A” status accreditation wishing to make an oral statement
should approach the NGO/NHRI list of speakers’ desk in Room XX before the delivery of the statement.
Accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wishing to make an oral statement should submit a request
using the online registration system for oral statements available on the Council website at
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NgoParticipation.aspx
NGO delegations must confirm in person their request and the name of the speaker who will deliver the
statement at the NGO/NHRI list of speakers’ desk in Room XX 24 hours preceding the relevant meeting.
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