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Welcome to the meeting calendar of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council

Due to technical issues, the NGO calendar of side events for 16 and 17 June will be available on the dedicated HRC Extranet page

Please note that meeting details may be subject to change and are updated daily
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Monday, June 16
 

10:00am CEST

Opening of the 59th session
Monday June 16, 2025 10:00am - 10:15am CEST
A/HRC/59/1/Rev.1 Agenda and annotations - Revision
Monday June 16, 2025 10:00am - 10:15am CEST
Room XX

10:15am CEST

Item 2: Presentation of the annual report by the High Commissioner
Monday June 16, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am CEST
A/HRC/59/20    Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Speakers
avatar for Volker Türk

Volker Türk

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Monday June 16, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am CEST
Room XX

10:45am CEST

Item 2: Enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan
Monday June 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:30pm CEST
Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/57/3

Reports of the mandate holder

A/HRC/59/25 - Access to justice and protection for women and girls - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (Advance unedited version)

NGO written statements

A/HRC/59/NGO/181     Written statement submitted by Human Rights Research League, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/59/NGO/230 Written statement submitted by Association for Protection of Refugee and Internal Displaced Women and Children, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens Wednesday, 11 June at 10 a.m. and will close 2 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online through their respective systems (https://ngoreg.ohchr.org for NGOS). For additional information on modalities and deadlines: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/ngo-nhri-info.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Option to submit communications from governments for the session of the Human Rights Council available in Events.
Speakers
avatar for Richard Bennet

Richard Bennet

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
Monday June 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:30pm CEST
Room XX

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Monday June 16, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme
Monday June 16, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XXV

12:30pm CEST

Item 2: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea
Monday June 16, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm CEST
Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/56/17

Reports of the mandate holder

A/HRC/59/24 - Situation of human rights in Eritrea - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens Wednesday, 11 June at 10 a.m. and will close 2 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online through their respective systems (https://ngoreg.ohchr.org for NGOS). For additional information on modalities and deadlines: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/ngo-nhri-info.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Option to submit communications from governments for the session of the Human Rights Council available in Events.
Speakers
avatar for Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker

Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea
Monday June 16, 2025 12:30pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XX

1:00pm CEST

Side event - Reform in the United Nations Human Rights System
Monday June 16, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Side event organized by International Service for Human Rights
Monday June 16, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Room XXV

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in Afghanistan
Monday June 16, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Afghanistan Democracy and Development Organization



Contact person:
Sayed Abdullah Ahmadi
ahmadi.cca@gmail.com
Monday June 16, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXV/Hybrid

3:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in Japan
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Universal Peace Federation
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Room XXV

3:00pm CEST

Item 2: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea (cont'd)
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CEST
Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/56/17

Reports of the mandate holder

A/HRC/59/24 - Situation of human rights in Eritrea - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens Wednesday, 11 June at 10 a.m. and will close 2 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online through their respective systems (https://ngoreg.ohchr.org for NGOS). For additional information on modalities and deadlines: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/ngo-nhri-info.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Option to submit communications from governments for the session of the Human Rights Council available in Events.
Speakers
avatar for Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker

Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CEST
Room XX

3:00pm CEST

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the civil society space
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of IrelandChile, Japan, Sierra Leone and Tunisia




Contact person:
Ms. Ellen Murphy
Permanent Mission of Ireland
ellen.murphy@dfa.ie  
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CEST
Room XXIV, Hybrid

3:00pm CEST

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the impact of arms transfers on human rights
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of Ecuador and Peru
Monday June 16, 2025 3:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XXVII

4:00pm CEST

Side event - Artificial Intelligence, Gender and Human Rights
Monday June 16, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Soroptimist International
Monday June 16, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Room XXV

4:15pm CEST

Item 2: Enhanced interactive dialogue on the oral update from the Fact-Finding Mission on Eastern DRC
Monday June 16, 2025 4:15pm - 6:00pm CEST
OHCHR Fact-Finding Mission on the situation in the South and North Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (OFFMK)

Existing mandates

A/HRC/S-37/L.1

NGO written statements

A/HRC/59/NGO/34 - Exposé écrit présenté conjointement par Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme, Africa Culture Internationale, African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Association apprentissage sans frontieres, Association Dunenyo, Association PANAFRICA, Catholic International Education Office, Centre du Commerce International pour le Développement., Comité International pour le Respect et l'Application de la Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (CIRAC), Coordination africaine des droits de l'homme pour les armées (CADHA), Espace Afrique International, Guinee Humanitaire, Health and Environment Program (HEP), Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, Institut International de l’Écologie Industrielle et de l’Économie Verte, Interfaith International, Organisation pour la Communication en Afrique et de Promotion de la Cooperation Economique Internationale - OCAPROCE Internationale, Reseau de Formation et de Recherche sur les Migrations Africaines (REFORMAF), Réseau Unité pour le Développement de Mauritanie, organisations non gouvernementales dotées du statut consultatif spécial

A/HRC/59/NGO/85 - Exposé écrit présenté par Physicians for Human Rights, organisation non gouvernementale dotée du statut consultatif spécial

A/HRC/59/NGO/222 - Written statement submitted by European Centre for Law and Justice, The / Centre Europeen pour le droit, les Justice et les droits de l'homme, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status

A/HRC/59/NGO/236 - Written statement submitted by Society for Threatened Peoples, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status


For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens Wednesday, 11 June at 10 a.m. and will close 2 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start.

NHRIs and NGOS are also requested to inscribe online through their respective systems (https://ngoreg.ohchr.org for NGOS). For additional information on modalities and deadlines: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/ngo-nhri-info.

Speaking time is 1.5 minutes for all. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Option to submit communications from governments for the session of the Human Rights Council available in Events.
Monday June 16, 2025 4:15pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XX

5:00pm CEST

Side event - Forced Labor in the Context of Human Rights
Monday June 16, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Citoyens en action pour la démocratie et le développement
Monday June 16, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XXV
 
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