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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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Friday, June 20
 

9:00am CEST

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on human rights and climate change
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of Bangladesh, the Philippines and Viet Nam
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CEST
Room XXVII

9:00am CEST

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the renewal of the mandate of the Independent Expert on the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico
Friday June 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CEST
Room XXIV

10:00am CEST

Item 3: Special Rapporteur on discrimination against persons with leprosy (Hansen’s disease)
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CEST
Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/58/3

Reports of the mandate holder

A/HRC/59/55  Strengthening international cooperation and solidarity to protect the rights of persons affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease) - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and their family members

NGO written statements

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 Beatriz Miranda-Galarza

Beatriz Miranda-Galarza

Special Rapporteur on discrimination against persons with leprosy (Hansen’s disease)
Friday June 20, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CEST
Room XX

10:30am CEST

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the international cooperation, technical assistance, and capacity-building for the protection of children in the digital environment
Friday June 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia
Friday June 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XXVII

10:30am CEST

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls
Friday June 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada
Friday June 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XXIV

11:00am CEST

Side event - Freedom of Speech Under Threat
Friday June 20, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety




Friday June 20, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XXV

11:30am CEST

Item 3: Interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on SOGI
Friday June 20, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm CEST
Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/50/10

Reports of the mandate holder

A/HRC/59/43 Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in relation to forced displacement - Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

A/HRC/59/43/Add.1 Visit to Albania - Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

A/HRC/59/43/Add.2  Visit to Poland - Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

NGO written statements

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 Graeme Reid

Graeme Reid

Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Friday June 20, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm CEST
Room XX

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Accountability for Violations Against Aid Workers
Friday June 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Legal Action Worldwide




Friday June 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XXV

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Children’s Voices on Free Pre-Primary and Secondary Education
Friday June 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg
Co-sponsors: Permanent Missions of the Dominican Republic and of Republic of Sierra Leone
Friday June 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XXIV

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Free and fair elections: why freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and right to association matter
Friday June 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and association and Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
Co-sponsoring States: Permanent Missions of Czech Republic, EU, Netherlands, Canada
Co-sponsoring civil society organizations: CIVICUS, Human Rights House Foundation, ICNL, ECNL, Forum Asia, Gulf Center for Human Rights, Article 19

Friday June 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XXVII

1:00pm CEST

Side event - A new international paradigm, cultural rights and persons with disabilities
Friday June 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Cyprus, Italy and Iraq



Contact person:
Ms. Athina Kantifeli
Permanent Mission of Cyprus
akantifeli@mfa.gov.cy
pm.geneva@mfa.gov.cy


Friday June 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Room XXIV, Hybrid

1:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in Iraq
Friday June 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) Limited




Friday June 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Room XXV

2:00pm CEST

Side event - "Digital Technologies, Elections & Human Rights"
Friday June 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Side event organized by OHCHR Rule of Law and Democracy Section, Privacy International and the Carter Center






Contact person:
Mr.Bikramjeet Batra
bikramjeet.batra@un.org





Friday June 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXVII/Hybrid

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Advancing the implementation of the Model Protocol: uses of digital technologies in contexts of peaceful protest
Friday June 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Costa Rica and Switzerland and the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
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Co-sponsors: Permanent Missions of Austria, Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Lithuania, Malawi, Norway, Panama, Republic of Korea


Friday June 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXIV

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Protection from Domestic Violence
Friday June 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Women's Federation for World Peace International




Friday June 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXV

3:00pm CEST

Side event - Civic Space in Asia
Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development



Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST
Room XXV

3:00pm CEST

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the access to medicines, vaccines and other health products in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand
Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XXVI

3:15pm CEST

Item 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on migrants
Friday June 20, 2025 3:15pm - 5:15pm CEST
Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/52/20

Reports of the mandate holder

A/HRC/59/49 Phenomenon of migrants going missing or subjected to enforced disappearance – human rights analysis - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

A/HRC/59/49/Add.1 Visit to Colombia - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

A/HRC/59/49/Add.2 Visit to Panama - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

A/HRC/59/49/Add.3 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his visit to Colombia - Comments by the State

NGO written statements

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 Gehad Madi

Gehad Madi

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Friday June 20, 2025 3:15pm - 5:15pm CEST
Room XX

4:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights Violations and Accountability
Friday June 20, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Side event organized by Non c'è pace senza giustizia




Friday June 20, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Room XXV

4:30pm CEST

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on human rights and climate change
Friday June 20, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of BangladeshPhilippines and Viet Nam

Friday June 20, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XXIV

5:00pm CEST

Informal consultation on the draft resolution on the international cooperation, technical assistance, and capacity-building for the protection of children in the digital environment
Friday June 20, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia
Friday June 20, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XXV

5:15pm CEST

Item 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Friday June 20, 2025 5:15pm - 6:00pm CEST
Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/50/6

Reports of the mandate holder

A/HRC/59/46 - Internal displacement in the context of generalized violence - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons  (Advance edited version)

A/HRC/59/46/Add.1 Visit to the Marshall Islands - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons

NGO written statements

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 Paula Gaviria Betancur

Paula Gaviria Betancur

Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
Friday June 20, 2025 5:15pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XX
 
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