Human Rights Council 58 Session: Full Schedule

Welcome to the meeting calendar of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council

Please note that meeting details may be subject to change and are updated daily

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the impact of anti-personnel mines on the full enjoyment of all human rights

Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET

Room XXII

Informal consultations organized by the Core group of Algeria, Croatia, Mozambique, South Africa, Peru, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Vanuatu

Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Room XXII

Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET

Room XXIV

Main organizer: EU Delegation

Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

9:30am CET

Joint ID with the Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/55/19

Reports:

A/HRC/58/62 - Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

A/HRC/58/63 - Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran

NGO written statements

A/HRC/58/NGO/254 - Written statement submitted by Network of Women's Non-governmental Organizations in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/58/NGO/268 - Written statement submitted by Family Health Association of Iran, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/58/NGO/269 - Written statement submitted by The Association of Citizens Civil Rights Protection "Manshour-e Parseh", a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/58/NGO/301 - Joint written statement submitted by International Alliance of Women, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status, Women's Human Rights International Association, Association Internationale pour l'égalité des femmes, Edmund Rice International Limited, France Libertes : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, Human Rights Research League, Presse Embleme Campagne, WomenNC-NC Committee for CSW/CEDAW, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, Association of World Citizens, International Society for Human Rights, non-governmental organizations on the roster
A/HRC/58/NGO/306 - Written statement submitted by Iranian Elite Research Center, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/58/NGO/312 - Written statement submitted by Association for Protection of Refugee and Internal Displaced Women and Children, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/58/NGO/225 - Written statement submitted by The Institute for Protection of Women's Rights (IPWR), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/58/NGO/5 - Written statement submitted by Institute of Sustainable Development, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Shaheen Sardar Ali

Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Sara Hossain

Chair, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Viviana Krsticevic

Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Mai Sato

Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Tuesday March 18, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 34th meeting

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief

Tuesday March 18, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXIV

Organizer: Permanent Mission of Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Tuesday March 18, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

11:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Tuesday March 18, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by People for Successful Corean Reunification

Tuesday March 18, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

11:30am CET

ID with Commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

Tuesday March 18, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic

Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/55/22

Report of the commission

A/HRC/58/66 - Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic(Advance unedited version)

NGO written statements

A/HRC/58/NGO/281 - Written statement submitted by Every Casualty Worldwide, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
A/HRC/58/NGO/323 - Written statement submitted by Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

Chair, Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Syria

Hanny Megally

Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

Lynn Welchman

Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

Tuesday March 18, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 34th meeting

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Azerbaijan

Tuesday March 18, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event organized by Christian Solidarity International (CSI)

Contact person:
Joel Veldkamp
joel.veldkamp@csi-int.org

Tuesday March 18, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event

12:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolutions on Item 2 and 7

Tuesday March 18, 2025 12:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXIV

Organizer: Permanent Mission of Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

- - Informal consultations on the draft resolution on human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice;
- - Informal consultations on the draft resolution on right of the Palestinian people to self-determination;
- - Informal consultations on the draft resolution on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;
- - Informal consultations on the draft resolution on human rights in the Occupied Syrian Golan.

Tuesday March 18, 2025 12:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

1:00pm CET

Side event - International Criminal Court and Accountability for International Crimes

Tuesday March 18, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by International Bar Association

Tuesday March 18, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on women, diplomacy and human rights

Tuesday March 18, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXII

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of Morocco, Chile, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Slovenia and Spain
Contact : ragala@mission-maroc.ch

Tuesday March 18, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII

Informal consultations

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Tuesday March 18, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by International Educational Development, Inc.

Tuesday March 18, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

ID with Commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (continued)

Tuesday March 18, 2025 2:30pm - 3:35pm CET

Room XX

Speakers

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

Chair, Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Syria

Hanny Megally

Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

Lynn Welchman

Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

Tuesday March 18, 2025 2:30pm - 3:35pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

3:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in China

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Society for Threatened Peoples

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on human rights defenders

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET

Room XXIV/Hybrid

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of Norway

Contact person:
Ms. Berith Anne Hoivaag Larsen
Permanent Mission of Norway
Berith.Anne.Hoyvaag.Larsen@mfa.no

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Room XXIV/Hybrid

Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the impact of anti-personnel mines on the full enjoyment of all human rights

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET

Room XXII

Informal consultations organized by the Core group of Algeria, Croatia, Mozambique, South Africa, Peru, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Vanuatu

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Room XXII

Informal consultations

3:35pm CET

ID with Fact-finding mission on Venezuela

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:35pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/57/36

Oral update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission

NGO written statements

A/HRC/58/NGO/279 - Written statement submitted by Every Casualty Worldwide, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Marta Valiñas

Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Francisco Cox Vial

Member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Patricia Tappatá Valdez

Member of the fact-finding mission on Venezuela

Tuesday March 18, 2025 3:35pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 35th meeting

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on Belarus

Tuesday March 18, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET

Room XXII

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Delegation of European Union

Tuesday March 18, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXII

Informal consultations

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the impact of anti-personnel mines on the full enjoyment of all human rights

Tuesday March 18, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET

Room XXV

Informal consultations organized by the Core group of Algeria, Croatia, Mozambique, South Africa, Peru, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Vanuatu

Tuesday March 18, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXV

Informal consultations

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the rights of older persons

Tuesday March 18, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET

Room XXIV/Hybrid

Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Argentina, Brazil, Slovenia, Gambia and the Philippines

Contact person: Mr. Sebastian Kobaru
Permanent Mission of Argentina
Sebastian.kobaru@missionarg.ch

Tuesday March 18, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXIV/Hybrid

Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on advancing human rights in South Sudan

Wednesday March 19, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET

Room XXIV

Informal consultations organized by the Core group comprising Albania, Norway, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Wednesday March 19, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

9:00am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on human rights, democracy and the rule of law

Wednesday March 19, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET

Room XXI

Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Romania, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, Tunisia

Wednesday March 19, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am CET
Room XXI

Informal consultations

9:30am CET

ID with Commission of inquiry on Ukraine

Wednesday March 19, 2025 9:30am - 11:15am CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression

Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/55/23
A/HRC/RES/49/1

Reports

A/HRC/58/67 - Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (Advance unedited version)

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Erik Møse

Chair, Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

Pablo de Greiff

Human Rights Expert Member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

Vrinda Grover

Human Rights Expert Member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

Wednesday March 19, 2025 9:30am - 11:15am CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 36th meeting

10:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in Myanmar

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by China Human Rights Organization

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXV

Side event

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on human rights defenders

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXI/Hybrid

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of Norway

Contact person:
Ms. Berith Anne Hoivaag Larsen
Permanent Mission of Norway
Berith.Anne.Hoyvaag.Larsen@mfa.no

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXI/Hybrid

Informal consultations

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXIV

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of Maldives on behalf of Costa Rica, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXII

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of Iceland, Germany, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXII

Informal consultations

11:00am CET

Side event - Human rights in India

Wednesday March 19, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event organized by the European Centre for Law and Justice, The/Centre Européen pour le droit, les Justice et les droits de l'homme

Contact person: Mr. Christophe Foltzenlogel
c.foltzenlogel@eclj.org

Wednesday March 19, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event

11:15am CET

ID with group of independent experts on Belarus

Wednesday March 19, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in Belarus

Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/55/27

Report

A/HRC/58/68 - Situation of human rights in Belarus - Report of the Group of independent experts on the situation of human rights in Belarus

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Karinna Moskalenko

Chair of the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus

Susan Bazilli

Member of the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus

Monika Stanistawa Platek

Member of the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus

Wednesday March 19, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 36th meeting

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Egypt

Wednesday March 19, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event organized by Committee for Justice

Contact person: Mr. Ahmed Mefreh
amefreh@cfjustice.org

Wednesday March 19, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Persistent human rights violations in the DPRK: pathways to accountability

Wednesday March 19, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXII

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea
Co-sponsors: Permanent Mission of Australia, Costa Rica, the EU, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Korea Future and OMCT.

Wednesday March 19, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Gendered decision-making: the contribution by CEDAW General Recommendation 40 to the implementation of the Women Peace and Security Agenda

Wednesday March 19, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXIV/Hybrid

Side event organized by the Permanent Missions of Lebanon and Italy and co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Slovenia

Contact person: Ms. Rana El Khoury
ranaelkhoury@lebmissiongva.org

Wednesday March 19, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXIV/Hybrid

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Ukraine

Wednesday March 19, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Physicians for Human Rights

Wednesday March 19, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Syria at a crossroads: transitional justice and accountability, missing persons, protection of civil society and the role of un mechanisms

Wednesday March 19, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXII/Hybrid

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Germany and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Contact: Dr. Christopher Czibere
German Mission to the UN
pol-2-io@genf.auswaertiges-amt.de

Wednesday March 19, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII/Hybrid

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - 11 years of systemic human rights violations in temporarily occupied Crimea: what can international mechanisms do?

Wednesday March 19, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXII

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic and co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine and Human Rights House Crimea

Wednesday March 19, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Right to Development in Africa

Wednesday March 19, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Réseau Unité pour le Développement de Mauritanie

Wednesday March 19, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

ID with group of independent experts on Belarus (cont'd)

Wednesday March 19, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm CET

Room XX

Speakers

Susan Bazilli

Member of the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus

Karinna Moskalenko

Chair of the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus

Monika Stanistawa Platek

Member of the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus

Wednesday March 19, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 37th meeting

3:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET

Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event organized by Justice for Iran, Ltd

Contact person: Shadi Sadr
shadis@jfingo.org

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET

Room XXIV

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Missions of Iceland, Germany, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

3:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Ukraine

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET

Room XXII

Informal consultation organized by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Room XXII

Informal consultations

3:15pm CET

ID with the Special Rapporteur on Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:15pm - 4:45pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/55/21

Report

A/HRC/58/65 - Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

NGO written statements

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Elizabeth Salmón

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Wednesday March 19, 2025 3:15pm - 4:45pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 37th meeting

4:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the rights of older persons

Wednesday March 19, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XXV/Hybrid

Main sponsors: Permanent Missions of Argentina, Brazil, Slovenia, Gambia and the Philippines

Contact person: Mr. Sebastian Kobaru
Permanent Mission of Argentina
Sebastian.kobaru@missionarg.ch

Wednesday March 19, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XXV/Hybrid

Informal consultations

4:30pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on advancing human rights in South Sudan

Wednesday March 19, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET

Room XXIV

Informal consultations organized by the Core group comprising Albania, Norway, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Wednesday March 19, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

4:45pm CET

ID with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Wednesday March 19, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

Situation of human rights in Myanmar

Existing mandates

A/HRC/RES/55/20

Reports of the Special Rapporteur

A/HRC/58/64 - Situation of human rights in Myanmar - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Advance unedited version)

NGO written statements

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Thomas Andrews

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Wednesday March 19, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 37th meeting

10:00pm CET

Human rights in Myanmar

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:00pm - 11:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by the Chin Human Rights Organization

Wednesday March 19, 2025 10:00pm - 11:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

9:30am CET

ID with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (cont'd)

Thursday March 20, 2025 9:30am - 10:15am CET

Room XX

Speakers

Thomas Andrews

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Thursday March 20, 2025 9:30am - 10:15am CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues, 38th meeting

10:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Thursday March 20, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism

Thursday March 20, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXV

Side event

10:15am CET

Presentation of HC report on DPRK and oral update on Venezuela followed by general debate under agenda item 4

Thursday March 20, 2025 10:15am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

A/HRC/RES/52/28, A/HRC/RES/55/21

Report of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/58/61)

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Thursday March 20, 2025 10:15am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates, 38th meeting

10:30am CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Thursday March 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXIV

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of Maldives on behalf of Costa Rica, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland

Thursday March 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

11:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in South Asia

Thursday March 20, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by the Comité International pour le Respect et l'Application de la Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (CIRAC)

Thursday March 20, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Freedom of the Press

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Alliance Globale contre les Mutilations Génitales Féminines

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Women, memory, and climate justice: defending the earth, defending life

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXIV

Main sponsor: The Permanent Mission of Honduras to the United Nations in Geneva

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXIV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Empowering Afghan Women and Girls through STEM Education: Advancing Human Rights and Education Opportunities

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXIV

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan and supported by: Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN in Geneva, Center for Dialogue and Progress – Geneva, United Nations Population Fund, Education in Emergencies (EiE).

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXIV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Ukraine

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Minority Rights Group

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - The human rights crisis in Myanmar

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXII

Side event organized by OHCHR Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar;
Co-organizers: Forum-Asia, Human Rights Watch and the European Union

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Give a voice to the victims: examining the widespread human rights violations in Belarus

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXII

Main organizers – Permanent Missions of Lithuania, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Poland.

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXII

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - The Universal Periodic Review and Situation of the Death Penalty

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:00pm CET

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the situation of human right in the Syrian Arab Republic

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm CET

Room XXIV

Informal consultations organized by the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of a core group

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm CET
Room XXIV

Informal consultations

2:30pm CET

General debate on agenda item 4 (continued)

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates

3:00pm CET

Side event - Safeguarding Human Rights in the Age of Digital Technologies

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Community Human Rights and Advocacy Centre (CHRAC)

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

9:30am CET

General debate on agenda item 4 (continued)

Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CET

Room XX

Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CET
Room XX

General debates

10:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in the Context of Elections

Friday March 21, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Aula Abierta

Friday March 21, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXV

Side event

10:30am CET

ID with Special Rapporteur on minority issues

Friday March 21, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development - Rights of peoples and of specific groups and individuals

Minority issues

A/HRC/RES/52/5
A/HRC/RES/25/5

Report of the Special Rapporteur:
A/HRC/58/54

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Speakers

Nicolas Levrat

Special Rapporteur on minority issues

Friday March 21, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

11:00am CET

Side event - Artificial Intelligence and Global Human Rights Challenges

Friday March 21, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Globethics.net Foundation

Friday March 21, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Deadline for draft proposals

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Deadline

1:00pm CET

Side event - Denying a Fair Trial as an Atrocity Crime in Russia's War Against Ukraine

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXII

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Croatia and co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Situation of Prisoners of Conscience

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

Presentation of reports of Social Forum, Forum on Minority Issues and annual reports of Special Procedures followed by general debate under agenda item 5

Friday March 21, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 4: Human rights bodies and mechanisms

Forum on Minority Issues

A/HRC/RES/19/23

Report of the mandate holder A/HRC/58/69 - Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues at its seventeenth session on the theme “Minority representation and self-representation in public spaces and discourses” - Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues

Special procedures

A/HRC/RES/2/102

Reports of the annual meeting of special rapporteurs A/HRC/58/70 and A/HRC/58/70/Add.1
Communications report of the special procedures A/HRC/58/3

Social Forum

A/HRC/RES/53/20

Report of the Forum A/HRC/58/71

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Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Friday March 21, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates

3:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in the United Arab Emirates

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by the Association of Horus for Youth and Development in Qena

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

4:00pm CET

Side event - Child Rights in the Context of Armed Conflict

Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Əlil Təşkilatları İttifaqı

Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

5:00pm CET

Side event - HIV and Rights to Health

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Payamavaran Hamyari (Chatra)

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

9:30am CET

Adoption of UPR outcomes

Monday March 24, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Norway (A/HRC/58/4 ), (A/HRC/58/L.4/Add.1)
Albania (A/HRC/58/5), (A/HRC/58/5/Add.1)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (A/HRC/58/6), (A/HRC/58/6/Add.1)
Côte d’Ivoire (A/HRC/58/7), (A/HRC/58/7/Add.1)
Portugal (A/HRC/58/8), (A/HRC/58/8/Add.1)
Bhutan (A/HRC/58/9, A/HRC/58/9/Add.1)
Dominica (A/HRC/58/10), (A/HRC/58/10/Add.1)
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (A/HRC/58/11, A/HRC/58/11/Add.1)
Brunei Darussalam (A/HRC/58/12), (A/HRC/58/12/Add.1) (A/HRC/58/12/Add.1/Corr.1)
Costa Rica (A/HRC/58/13), (A/HRC/58/13/Add.1)
Equatorial Guinea (A/HRC/58/14), (A/HRC/58/14/Add.1)
Ethiopia (A/HRC/58/15), (A/HRC/58/15/Add.1)
Qatar (A/HRC/58/16), (A/HRC/58/16/Add.1)
Nicaragua (A/HRC/58/17), (A/HRC/58/17/Add.1)

Monday March 24, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

UPR outcomes

11:00am CET

Side event - Human Rights in Bahrain

Monday March 24, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Monday March 24, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Sustainable Peace and Role of Human Rights

Monday March 24, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Peace and Conflict Science (PACS) Institute

Monday March 24, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Italy

Monday March 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Medecins sans frontières (International)

Monday March 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Understanding the Concept of Human Rights

Monday March 24, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Sikh Human Rights Group

Monday March 24, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

Adoption of UPR outcomes (continued)

Monday March 24, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Monday March 24, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

UPR outcomes

9:30am CET

Adoption of UPR outcomes (continued)

Tuesday March 25, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Tuesday March 25, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

UPR outcomes

11:00am CET

Side event - Technology and Human Rights in the Context of Elections

Tuesday March 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Centre pour les Droits Civils et Politiques - Centre CCPR

Tuesday March 25, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Diversity, Inclusion, and Challenges of Human Rights Defenders

Tuesday March 25, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by INHR

Tuesday March 25, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Disability and implementation of UN recommendations

Tuesday March 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXII

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Türkiye

Tuesday March 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Sahel Region

Tuesday March 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by International Federation for Human Rights Leagues

Tuesday March 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of Rising Authoritarianism

Tuesday March 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Tuesday March 25, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

Adoption of UPR outcomes (continued)

Tuesday March 25, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Tuesday March 25, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

UPR outcomes

3:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in the State of Palestine

Tuesday March 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights

Tuesday March 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

4:00pm CET

Side event - Rights of Vulnerable Persons in the Middle East and Asia

Tuesday March 25, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Villages Unis (United Villages)

Tuesday March 25, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

9:30am CET

Adoption of UPR outcomes (continued) followed by general debate under agenda item 6

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am CET

Room XX

Agenda item 6: Universal periodic review

Norway (A/HRC/58/4 )
Albania (A/HRC/58/5)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (A/HRC/58/6)
Côte d’Ivoire (A/HRC/58/7)
Portugal (A/HRC/58/8)
Bhutan (A/HRC/58/9, A/HRC/58/9/Add.1)
Dominica (A/HRC/58/10)
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (A/HRC/58/11)
Brunei Darussalam (A/HRC/58/12)
Costa Rica (A/HRC/58/13)
Equatorial Guinea (A/HRC/58/14)
Ethiopia (A/HRC/58/15)
Qatar (A/HRC/58/16)
Nicaragua (A/HRC/58/17)

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 2 p.m. and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

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The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am CET
Room XX

UPR outcomes

11:30am CET

Presentation of HC/SG reports followed by General debate under agenda item 7

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 7: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories

Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan

A/HRC/RES/55/31

Report of the Secretary-General A/HRC/58/72

Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

A/HRC/RES/55/32

Report of the High Commissioner A/HRC/58/73

Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 Commission on Human Rights resolution

GA RES1993/2 and A/HRC/RES/5/1

Report of the mandate holder A/HRC/58/74 during an ID

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Pakistan

Wednesday March 26, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience

Wednesday March 26, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities

Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Combating Global Racism

Wednesday March 26, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic & Other Minorities

Wednesday March 26, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

General debate under agenda item 7 (continued)

Wednesday March 26, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 7: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates

3:00pm CET

Side event - Accountability for Human Rights Violations in the Context of Migration Management

Wednesday March 26, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Non c'è pace senza giustizia

Wednesday March 26, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

3:00pm CET

Side event - Global launch of the Permanent Forum advocacy on the situation of the Republic of Haiti

Wednesday March 26, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET

Online

Side event organized by the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

Contact details: Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
E-mail: pfpad@un.org

Wednesday March 26, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CET
Online

Side event

3:30pm CET

Item 8: General debate

Wednesday March 26, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 8: Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

No reports have been submitted under agenda item 8.

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 2 p.m. and closes 24 hours before the meeting in which the respective debate is scheduled to start. In exceptional cases, after the online inscription has closed, delegations may still inscribe or withdraw by either approaching the list of speakers desk in room XX or sending an email to ohchr-hrclistofspeakers@un.org.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Wednesday March 26, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates

4:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in South Asia

Wednesday March 26, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Tumuku Development and Cultural Union (TACUDU)

Wednesday March 26, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

9:30am CET

Item 8: General debate (continued)

Thursday March 27, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CET

Room XX

Thursday March 27, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CET
Room XX

General debates

10:30am CET

Presentation of reports of IGWG on DDPA, followed by General debate under agenda item 9

Thursday March 27, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

A/HRC/RES/52/37

A/HRC/58/75 - Report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on its twenty-second session - Note by the Secretariat

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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Speaking time is 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Thursday March 27, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in India

Thursday March 27, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan

Thursday March 27, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Deadline for written revisions of draft proposals

Thursday March 27, 2025 1:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Deadline

1:00pm CET

Side event - Next Declaration on the Rights of People of African Descent

Thursday March 27, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Geledés - Instituto da Mulher Negra

Thursday March 27, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in the State of Palestine

Thursday March 27, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man

Thursday March 27, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Thursday March 27, 2025 2:30pm - 4:30pm CET

Room XX

Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Theme: Sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

A/RES/79/161

Concept note

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Speakers

Volker Türk

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Michal Balcerzak

Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Angeli Achrekar

Deputy Executive Director of the Programme Branch at the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

Bernard Mogesa, Secretary of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights

Joan Carling

Executive Director of Indigenous Peoples Rights International

Thursday March 27, 2025 2:30pm - 4:30pm CET
Room XX

Panel discussions

3:00pm CET

Deadline for written amendments

Thursday March 27, 2025 3:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Deadline

3:00pm CET

Side event - Children Rights in Conflict Zones

Thursday March 27, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by International Eurasia Press Fund

Thursday March 27, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

4:00pm CET

Side event - Responsibility of the Human Rights Council in Combatting Grave Human Rights Violations

Thursday March 27, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by International-Lawyers.Org

Thursday March 27, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

4:30pm CET

General debate under agenda item 9 (continued)

Thursday March 27, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Thursday March 27, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

General debates

5:00pm CET

Side event - Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights in the Global South

Thursday March 27, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by CIRID (Centre Independent de Recherches et d'Iniatives pour le Dialogue)

Thursday March 27, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

9:30am CET

General debate under agenda item 9 (continued)

Friday March 28, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CET

Room XX

Friday March 28, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am CET
Room XX

General debates

10:00am CET

Side event - Right to Development in Africa

Friday March 28, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Réseau Unité pour le Développement de Mauritanie

Friday March 28, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CET
Room XXV

Side event

10:30am CET

ID with Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali

Friday March 28, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am CET

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building for Mali in the field of human rights

A/HRC/RES/55/25

Report of the mandate holder A/HRC/58/79

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

Eduardo

Gonzalez

Friday March 28, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

11:00am CET

Side event - Warfare in the Digital Age: Protecting Civilians from Emerging Technologies

Friday March 28, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET

Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event organized by the International Humanitarian Society for Development Without Borders

Friday March 28, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CET
Room XXV/Hybrid

Side event

11:30am CET

ID with High Commissioner on Haiti with participation of Independent Expert

Friday March 28, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve the situation of human rights in Haiti in connection with a request from the authorities of Haiti for coordinated and targeted international action

A/HRC/RES/55/24

Report of the High Commissioner A/HRC/58/76 during ID with the participation of the Independent Expert

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Speakers

William O'Neill

Expert on human rights in Haiti

Friday March 28, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

12:00pm CET

Side event - After 25 years of the Palermo Protocol. The Need for Real Action that Makes a Difference

Friday March 28, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXII/Hybrid

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta and UNITAR

Contact person:
Mr. Emanuele Piluso
Attaché
Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta
e.piluso@orderofmalta.int

Friday March 28, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXII/Hybrid

Side event

12:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Africa

Friday March 28, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

Friday March 28, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

12:30pm CET

Side event - Human rights situations in DRC on advocacy way after UPR report vote

Friday March 28, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CET

Room XXIV

Organisateurs: Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme de la Republique Démocratique du Congo, Mission Permanente de la République Démocratique du Congo

Friday March 28, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CET
Room XXIV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Ukraine

Friday March 28, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Every Casualty Worldwide

Friday March 28, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CET

Side event - New and emerging digital technologies and human rights

Friday March 28, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET

Room XXII

Side event organized by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea

Friday March 28, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CET
Room XXII

Side event

2:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in the State of Palestine

Friday March 28, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by the Human Rights & Democratic Participation Center "SHAMS"

Friday March 28, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

2:30pm CET

ID with High Commissioner on Haiti with participation of Independent Expert (continued)

Friday March 28, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Friday March 28, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

3:30pm CET

ID with High Commissioner on Ukraine with oral update

Friday March 28, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm CET

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights

A/HRC/RES/53/30

Oral update by the High Commissioner

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Friday March 28, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm CET
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

4:00pm CET

Side event - Human Rights in Germany

Friday March 28, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET

Room XXV

Side event organized by Fundacion para la Mejora de la Vida, la Cultura y la Sociedad

Friday March 28, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CET
Room XXV

Side event

10:00am CEST

Side event - Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic

Tuesday April 1, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CEST

Room XXV

Side event organized by Africa Culture Internationale

Tuesday April 1, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CEST
Room XXV

Side event

10:00am CEST

Enhanced ID on the High Commissioner's oral update on Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tuesday April 1, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CEST

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A/HRC/RES/57/34

Oral update by the High Commissioner and the team of international experts.

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday April 1, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CEST
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

11:00am CEST

Side event - Right to Food in Development Cooperation

Tuesday April 1, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST

Room XXV

Side event organized by Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health

Tuesday April 1, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XXV

Side event

11:30am CEST

ID on the OHCHR report on technical assistance for South Sudan

Tuesday April 1, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm CEST

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan

A/HRC/RES/55/26

A/HRC/58/77 Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday April 1, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm CEST
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

12:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in the Sudan

Tuesday April 1, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST

Room XXV

Side event organized by Egypt Peace for Development and Human Rights

Tuesday April 1, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CEST
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CEST

Side event - Climate Justice and Human Rights

Tuesday April 1, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST

Room XXV

Side event organized by Green and Better World

Tuesday April 1, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Room XXV

Side event

1:00pm CEST

Side event - Environmental rights and the impact of landmines

Tuesday April 1, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST

Room XXII

Main organizer: Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan

Tuesday April 1, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CEST
Room XXII

Side event

2:00pm CEST

Side event - Constitutional Reforms and Human Rights

Tuesday April 1, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST

Room XXV

Side event organized by Interfaith International

Tuesday April 1, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CEST
Room XXV

Side event

3:00pm CEST

High-level dialogue on human rights situation in the Central African Republic

Tuesday April 1, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm CEST

Room XX

Technical assistance and capacity-building

Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic

A/HRC/RES/57/35

For all interactive dialogues, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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.

The lists of speakers will be made available on the HRC Extranet the day before the debate or dialogue is scheduled to start and will be updated live.

Tuesday April 1, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Room XX

Interactive dialogues

4:00pm CEST

Side event - Human Rights in Asia

Tuesday April 1, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST

Room XXV

Side event organized by United for Human Rights

Tuesday April 1, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CEST
Room XXV

Side event

5:00pm CEST

Presentation of reports on technical cooperation and oral update on Georgia followed by general debate under agenda item 10

Tuesday April 1, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CEST

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights

A/HRC/RES/36/28

Oral presentation by the High Commissioner

Chair VFTC A/HRC/58/78

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Tuesday April 1, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CEST
Room XX

General debates

10:00am CEST

General debate under agenda item 10 (continued)

Wednesday April 2, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm CEST

Room XX

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

For all General Debates, the online inscription for the lists of speakers for States opens on Monday, 17 February, at 4 p.m.

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 2.5 minutes for States and 1.5 minutes for observer States and other observers. Please also refer to announcements made in Room XX, and through Sched and SMS alert.

Wednesday April 2, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm CEST
Room XX

General debates