Tentative yearly voluntary calendar of HRC thematic resolutions 24August 2012 LIST OF TOPICS* 1 Birth registration Administration of justice 2 Children Arbitrary deprivation of nationality Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards Advisory Committee Interactive dialogue 3 Combating religious intolerance Business & HR Arbitrary detention 4 Counter-terrorism Climate change Composition of OHCHR 5 Cultural rights Education Cooperation with the UN (Reprisals) 6 Democracy & Rule of Law Extreme poverty Death penalty 7 8 9 Disabilities Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Effective implementation of HR instruments Freedom of assembly/association Freedom of expression Health 10 Environment Internally Displaced Persons Enforced disappearances Equitable international order Forensic genetics From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action ag. racism 11 Food Independence of judges & lawyers Hazardous wastes 12 Foreign debt International solidarity HR education & training 13 Freedom of religion or belief Migrants 14 Good governance Migrants from North Africa 15 HIV-AIDS + Access to medicine National HR Institutions 16 Housing Racism Only reporting by Special Rapporteur 17 HR defenders Right to peace IGWG Private Military & Security Companies Incompatibility between racism & democracy Indigenous peoples Integration of gender perspective Annual Panel Joint work plan UN Women // OHCHR Only reporting 18 IGWG Durban Social Forum Maternal mortality 19 Illicit funds Summary executions Mercenaries 20 Integrity of the judicial system Technical cooperation HC & Vol. Fund briefing People of African Descent 21 International cooperation Trafficking Regional arrangements 22 Mainstreaming Annual Panel Women (Discrimination, Violence against women, Annual day discussion) Regional cooperation in the Asia- Pacific region *Initiatives under items 4, 10 and 7 (HR in the occupied Syrian Golan, HR situation in the OPT, Israeli settlements in the OPT and Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination are presented annually in March) are not reflected in this tentative yearly calendar of thematic resolutions. 1
24 25 26 Minorities Peaceful protests Prevention of genocide 27 Technical cooperation Annual discussion 28 Torture Right to development Right to truth Role of prevention Slavery Technical cooperation Resolution 29 Terrorist hostage-taking 30 Traditional values 31 Transitional justice 32 Truth, justice, reparations, guarantees of non-recurrence 33 Unilateral coercive measures 34 Water & sanitation 35 World Programme for HR education 2
SPECIAL PROCEDURES This proposal aims at synchronizing Special Procedures reporting before the HRC and related interactive dialogues with mandate renewals (when required) and the adoption of related thematic resolutions (if any). SR adequate housing (Germany-Finland) Next mandate renewal: HRC22 instead of HRC24 SR sale of children (GRULAC-EU) IE foreign debt Next mandate renewal: HRC28 Previously reporting in June SR freedom of religion/belief (EU) Next mandate renewal: HRC22, instead of HRC23 SR human rights defenders (Norway) IE cultural rights Next renewal: HRC28 Previously reporting in June SR food Next mandate renewal: HRC22 IE minorities SR countering terrorism (Mexico) Next mandate renewal: HRC22, instead of HRC24 SR torture (Denmark) IE Environment (Maldives & core group) Next mandate renewal: HRC28 SR education (Portugal) SR freedom of association (USA) of HRC24 SR IDPs of HRC22 (need technical extension) SR freedom of expression (USA-Egypt) of HRC25 WG business & HR + Forum (Norway & core group) SR health (Brazil) SR summary executions (Sweden) SR independence of judges/lawyers (Hungary) Next mandate renewal:hrc26 SR migrants (Mexico) IE international solidarity SR trafficking (Germany, Philippines) SR racism instead of HRC25 (need technical extension) Related thematic resolution in Sept. WG discrimination ag. women (Mexico, Colombia) of HRC24 SR violence against women (Canada) of HRC25 SR extreme poverty (France) WG arbitrary detention (France) IE equitable international order WG enforced disappearance(france) instead of HRC25 (need technical extension) SR Indigenous Peoples (Mexico, Guatemala) SR slavery (UK) WG mercenaries SR hazardous wastes SR water and sanitation (Spain, Germany) instead of HRC25 WG people of African descent SR truth, justice, (Argentina, Switzerland & core group) 3
OTHER HR MECHANISMS, BODIES and PANELS This proposal aims at synchronizing Annual Panels, HR mechanisms & bodies reporting before the HRC, related interactive dialogues (if any) and the adoption of related thematic resolutions (if any). SRSG violence against children (EU-GRULAC) SRSG children & conflict (EU-GRULAC) Annual debate children (EU-GRULAC) See HRC res. 7/29 Annual ID disabilities (Mexico-New Zealand) See HRC res. 7/9 Panel on HR mainstreaming (HRC President) See HRC res. 16/21, 42 IGWG Durban See HRC res. Annual discussion on technical cooperation (Thailand) See HRC res. 18/18 Forum on Minority Issues See HRC res. 19/23 Annual debate women s rights (Chile) See HRC res. 6/30 Social Forum See HRC res. 19/24 Technical cooperation: HC briefing & Voluntary Fund Technical cooperation (Thailand) See HRC res. 18/18 Annual debate on integration of gender perspective (Chile) See HRC res. 6/30 IGWG Private Military & Security Companies See HRC res. 15/26 Advisory Committee (Interactive dialogue with HRC) See HRC res. 16/21, 38 Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards See HRC res. Annual Panel on Indigenous Peoples (Mexico, Guatemala) See HRC res. 18/8 Expert Mech. Indigenous Peoples See HRC res. 6/36 WG on the Right to Development See HRC res. 9/3 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 REPORTS BY UN SG AND HC and OTHER RESOLUTIONS This proposal aims at synchronizing the presentation of SG and s with related thematic resolutions. This table also includes other regular thematic resolutions which do not include reporting obligations. Birth registration (Mexico, Turkey) Combating religious intolerance (OIC) Counter-terrorism (Mexico) Democracy & Rule of Law (Romania) Effective impl. of HR instruments (Canada) Only annual ing See HRC res. 9/8 Elaboration of intl. complementary standards to the ICERD (Afr. Gp) Environment (Maldives & core group) ESCR (Portugal) Previously reporting in June Good governance (Poland) HIV-AIDS (Brazil) HC/? Illicit funds (Afr. Group) Administration of Justice Arbitrary deprivation of nationality (Russia) Business & HR (Norway & core group) Climate Change (Philippines-Bangladesh) Extreme Poverty (France)? Migrants from North Africa National HR Institutions (Australia) s Right to peace Violence against women (Canada) Composition of OHCHR Cooperation w/ the UN (reprisals) (Hungary)? Death penalty (Belgium) Only annual ing See HRC dec. 18/117 Forensic genetics (Argentina) From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action ag. racism (Afr. Gp) Refers to SR racism, IGWG, WG People of African Descent. SG progress report HR education & training (Switzerland, Morocco & core group) Incompatibility between racism & democracy (MERCOSUR) Biannual or Triannual resolution? Indigenous issues (Mexico, Guatemala) Joint work plan UN Women//OHCHR (Chile) Only annual ing Maternal mortality (Colombia, Burkina Faso, New Zealand) Regional arrangements (Belgium & core group) 5
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Integrity of the judicial system (Russia) International cooperation (NAM) Minorities Peaceful protests (Switzerland) Persons with disabilities (Mexico, New Zealand) Prevention of genocide (Armenia) Rights of the child (GRULAC-EU) SG/ Vol. Fund for participation in UPR Vol. Fund for victims of torture (Denmark) Regional cooperation in the Asia- Pacific region (Host of workshop) Right to development (NAM) HC & Right to truth (Argentina) Role of prevention (Ukraine) Technical cooperation (Thailand) Annual resolution Terrorist hostage-taking (Algeria) Traditional values (Russia) Transitional justice (Switzerland) Unilateral coercive measures (NAM) World Programme for HR education (Costa Rica & core group) 6