Tentative yearly voluntary calendar of HRC thematic resolutions 15-07-2013 1 Birth registration 2 Children LIST OF ALL TOPICS ADDRESSED BY THE HRC (summary of tables 1 to 3)* Arbitrary deprivation of nationality Business & HR 3 Combating religious intolerance Climate change Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards Administration of justice Advisory Committee Interactive dialogue 4 Counter-terrorism Corruption Arbitrary detention 5 Cultural rights Education Composition of OHCHR 6 Democracy & Rule of Law Extreme poverty 7 8 9 Disabilities Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Effective implementation of HR instruments Freedom of assembly/association Freedom of expression Health Conscientious objection Contribution of parliaments to the HRC and UPR Cooperation with the UN (Reprisals) Death penalty 10 Environment Internally Displaced Persons Enforced disappearances 11 Food Independence of judges & lawyers Equitable international order 12 Foreign debt International solidarity Forensic genetics 13 Freedom of religion or belief Migrants 14 Good governance 15 HIV-AIDS + Access to medicine Migrants from North Africa Racism Only reporting by Special Rapporteur 16 Housing Right to peace From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action ag. racism Hazardous wastes HR education & training IGWG Private Military & Security Companies 17 HR defenders Social Forum 18 IGWG Durban Summary executions 19 Illicit funds 20 Integrity of the judicial system Trafficking 21 International cooperation 22 23 Mainstreaming Annual Panel Minorities Technical cooperation HC & Vol. Fund briefing Women (Discrimination, Violence against women, Annual day discussion) Incompatibility between racism & democracy Indigenous peoples Integration of gender perspective Annual Panel Joint work plan UN Women // OHCHR Only reporting Maternal mortality Mercenaries National HR Institutions 1
*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. 24 Peaceful protests 25 Prevention of genocide 26 Technical cooperation Annual discussion 27 Torture National policies (tbc) Older persons Peasants 28 Prevention People of African Descent 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Regional arrangements Regional cooperation in the Asia- Pacific region Right to development Right to truth Slavery Technical cooperation Resolution Terrorist hostage-taking Traditional values Transitional justice Truth, justice, reparations, guarantees of non-recurrence Unilateral coercive measures Water & sanitation World Programme for HR education 2
1. 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) instead of HRC24 (need technical extension) 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: HRC31 SR human rights defenders (Norway) IE cultural rights Next renewal: HRC28 Previously reporting in June SR food Next mandate renewal: HRC31 IE minorities SR countering terrorism (Mexico) Next mandate renewal: HRC31 SR torture (Denmark) IE Environment (Maldives & core group) Next mandate renewal: HRC28 SR education (Portugal) SR freedom of association (USA) SR IDPs Next mandate renewal: HRC32 SR freedom of expression (USA-Egypt) 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) Next mandate renewal: HRC23 instead of HRC24 SR violence against women (Canada) Next mandate renewal: HRC23 instead 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
2. 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 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 WG on the right to peace See HRC res. 23/16 Forum on business and HR (Norway) See HRC res. 17/4 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. 3/103 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 WG on Rights of Peasants (Bolivia) See HRC res. 21/19 4
1 2 3 4 3. 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 Arbitrary deprivation of nationality (Russia) Business & HR (Norway & core group) Climate Change (Philippines-Bangladesh) Extreme Poverty (France) Migrants from North Africa? Administration of Justice Composition of OHCHR Conscientious objection (Croatia) Contribution of parliaments to the HRC and UPR (Ecuador) Cooperation w/ the UN (reprisals) (Hungary) 5 Elaboration of intl. complementary standards to the ICERD (Afr. Gp) Right to peace Death penalty (Belgium) Only annual ing See HRC dec. 18/117 6 ESCR (Portugal) Previously reporting in June Violence against women (Canada) Forensic genetics (Argentina)? 7 Good governance (Poland) Negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights (Morocco) 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 8 HIV-AIDS (Brazil) HC/? HR education & training (Switzerland, Morocco & core group) 9 Illicit funds (Afr. Group) Incompatibility between racism & democracy (MERCOSUR) 10 Integrity of the judicial system (Russia) Indigenous issues (Mexico, Guatemala) 5
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 International cooperation 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) Joint work plan UN Women//OHCHR (Chile) Only annual ing National HR Institutions (Australia) s National policies (Peru) at HRC27 Maternal mortality (Colombia, B. Faso, N. Zealand) Regional arrangements (Belgium & core group) Regional cooperation in the Asia- Pacific region (Host of workshop) Right to development 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 World Programme for HR education (Costa Rica & core group) 6