12December 2012

Tentative yearly voluntary calendar of HRC thematic resolutions

LIST OF TOPICS*

MARCH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 Birth registration Children All related issues Combating religious intolerance Counter-terrorism Cultural rights Democracy & Rule of Law Disabilities All related issues Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Effective implementation of HR instruments Environment Food Foreign debt Freedom of religion or belief Good governance HIV-AIDS + Access to medicine Housing HR defenders IGWG Durban Illicit funds Integrity of the judicial system International cooperation Mainstreaming Annual Panel Minorities All related issues

JUNE
Arbitrary deprivation of nationality Business & HR Climate change Education Extreme poverty Freedom of assembly/association Freedom of expression Health Internally Displaced Persons Independence of judges & lawyers International solidarity Migrants Migrants from North Africa National HR Institutions Racism Only reporting by Special Rapporteur Right to peace Social Forum Summary executions Technical cooperation HC & Vol. Fund briefing Trafficking Women (Discrimination, Violence against women, Annual day discussion)

SEPTEMBER
Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards Administration of justice Advisory Committee Interactive dialogue Arbitrary detention Composition of OHCHR Cooperation with the UN (Reprisals) Death penalty Enforced disappearances Equitable international order Forensic genetics From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action ag. racism Hazardous wastes HR education & training IGWG Private Military & Security Companies Incompatibility between racism & democracy Indigenous peoples All related issues Integration of gender perspective Annual Panel Joint work plan UN Women // OHCHR Only reporting Maternal mortality Mercenaries Older persons Peasants People of African Descent

*Initiatives under items 4, 10 and 7 (HR in the occupied Syrian Golan, HR situation in the OPT, Israeli settlements in the
OPT and Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination are presented annually in March) are not reflected in this tentative yearly calendar of thematic resolutions. 1

MARCH
2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 Peaceful protests Prevention of genocide Technical cooperation Annual discussion Torture

JUNE

SEPTEMBER
Prevention Regional arrangements Regional cooperation in the AsiaPacific 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

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).

MARCH
SR adequate housing (Germany-Finland) Next mandate renewal: HRC22 instead of HRC24 SR sale of children (GRULAC-EU) Next mandate renewal: HRC25 IE foreign debt (Cuba) Next mandate renewal: HRC28 Previously reporting in June SR freedom of religion/belief (EU) Next mandate renewal: HRC22, instead of HRC23 SR human rights defenders (Norway) Next mandate renewal: HRC25 IE cultural rights (Cuba) Next renewal: HRC28 Previously reporting in June SR food (Cuba) Next mandate renewal: HRC22 IE minorities (Austria) Next mandate renewal: HRC25 SR countering terrorism (Mexico) Next mandate renewal: HRC22, instead of HRC24 Biannual thematic resolution SR torture (Denmark) Next mandate renewal: HRC25 IE Environment (Maldives & core group) Next mandate renewal: HRC28

JUNE
SR education (Portugal) Next mandate renewal: HRC26 SR freedom of association (USA) Next mandate renewal: HRC23 instead of HRC24 SR IDPs (Austria) Next mandate renewal: HRC23 Previously reporting in March Biannual thematic resolution SR freedom of expression (USA-Egypt) Next mandate renewal: HRC23 instead of HRC25 WG business & HR + Forum (Norway & core group) Next mandate renewal: HRC26 SR health (Brazil) Next mandate renewal: HRC24 SR summary executions (Sweden) Next mandate renewal: HRC26 SR independence of judges/lawyers (Hungary) Next mandate renewal:HRC26 SR migrants (Mexico) Next mandate renewal: HRC26 Biannual thematic resolution IE international solidarity (Cuba) Next mandate renewal: HRC26 Previously reporting in September SR trafficking (Germany, Philippines) Next mandate renewal: HRC26 SR racism (Afr. Gp.) Next mandate renewal: HRC26 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

SEPTEMBER
WG arbitrary detention (France) Next mandate renewal: HRC24 Previously reporting in March IE equitable international order (Cuba) Next mandate renewal: HRC27 WG enforced disappearance(France) Next mandate renewal: HRC27 instead of HRC25 (need technical extension) Previously reporting in March SR Indigenous Peoples (Mexico, Guatemala) Next mandate renewal: HRC24 Biannual thematic resolution SR slavery (UK) Next mandate renewal: HRC24 WG mercenaries (Cuba) Next mandate renewal: HRC24 SR hazardous wastes (Afr. Gp.) Next mandate renewal: HRC27 SR water and sanitation (Spain, Germany) Next mandate renewal: HRC24 instead of HRC25 WG people of African descent (Afr. Gp.) Next mandate renewal: HRC27 SR truth, justice, (Argentina, Switzerland & core group) Next mandate renewal: HRC27

SR extreme poverty (France) Next mandate renewal: HRC26

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).

MARCH
SRSG violence against children (EU-GRULAC) SRSG children & conflict (EU-GRULAC) Previously reporting in September 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 (Afr. Gp.) See HRC res. Annual discussion on technical cooperation (Thailand) See HRC res. 18/18 Forum on Minority Issues (Austria) See HRC res. 19/23

JUNE
Annual debate womens rights (Chile) See HRC res. 6/30 Social Forum (Cuba) Previously reporting in March See HRC res. 19/24 Technical cooperation: HC briefing & Voluntary Fund Technical cooperation (Thailand) See HRC res. 18/18

SEPTEMBER
Annual debate on integration of gender perspective (Chile) See HRC res. 6/30 IGWG Private Military & Security Companies (Afr. Gp.) See HRC res. 15/26 Advisory Committee (Interactive dialogue with HRC) See HRC res. 16/21, 38 Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards (Afr. Gp.) See HRC res. Annual Panel on Indigenous Peoples (Mexico, Guatemala) See HRC res. 18/8 Expert Mech. Indigenous Peoples See HRC res. 6/36 WG on the Right to Development See HRC res. 9/3 WG on Rights of Peasants See HRC res. 21/

REPORTS BY UN SG AND HC and OTHER RESOLUTIONS

This proposal aims at synchronizing the presentation of SG and HC reports with related thematic resolutions. This table also includes other regular thematic resolutions which do not include reporting obligations.

MARCH
1 Birth registration (Mexico, Turkey)

JUNE
Arbitrary deprivation of nationality (Russia) SG report Biannual resolution Previously reporting in March Business & HR (Norway & core group) SG report Previously reporting in September Climate Change (Philippines-Bangladesh) Extreme Poverty (France) HC report? Migrants from North Africa (Afr. Gp.) HC report ? Previously reporting in September National HR Institutions (Australia) SG reports

SEPTEMBER
Administration of Justice (Austria) HC report Biannual resolution Composition of OHCHR (Cuba) HC report Previously reporting in March Cooperation w/ the UN (reprisals) (Hungary) SG report Biannual resolution? Death penalty (Belgium) Only annual SG reporting See HRC dec. 18/117 Forensic genetics (Argentina) HC report ? Biannual resolution From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action ag. racism (Afr. Gp) Refers to SR racism, IGWG, WG People of African Descent. SG progress report HR education & training (Switzerland, Morocco & core group) Biannual resolution Incompatibility between racism & democracy (MERCOSUR) HC report Biannual or Triannual resolution? Indigenous issues (Mexico, Guatemala) HC report Joint work plan UN Women//OHCHR (Chile) Only annual SG reporting Previously reporting in March Maternal mortality (Colombia, Burkina Faso, New Zealand) HC report Regional arrangements (Belgium & core group) HC report Biannual resolution

Combating religious intolerance (OIC) Counter-terrorism (Mexico) HC report Democracy & Rule of Law (Romania) HC report Biannual resolution Effective impl. of HR instruments (Canada) Only annual SG reporting See HRC res. 9/8 Elaboration of intl. complementary standards to the ICERD (Afr. Gp) ESCR (Portugal) HC report Previously reporting in June Good governance (Poland) HC report Biannual resolution HIV-AIDS (Brazil) HC/SG report? Biannual resolution Illicit funds (Afr. Group)

Right to peace (Cuba) Violence against women (Canada) HC report

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International cooperation (NAM) HC report

MARCH

JUNE

SEPTEMBER
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Minorities (Austria) 12 HC report Peaceful protests (Switzerland) HC report Persons with disabilities (Mexico, New Zealand) 14 HC report 13 Prevention of genocide (Armenia) Biannual resolution Rights of the child 16 (GRULAC-EU) SG/HC report Vol. Fund for participation in 17 UPR HC report Vol. Fund for victims of torture 18 (Denmark) SG report 15 19

Regional cooperation in the AsiaPacific region (Host of workshop) HC report Biannual resolution Right to development (NAM) HC & SG report Right to truth (Argentina) HC report ? Biannual resolution Role of prevention (Ukraine) HC report Technical cooperation (Thailand) Annual resolution Terrorist hostage-taking (Algeria) Traditional values (Russia) Transitional justice (Switzerland) HC report Biannual resolution Unilateral coercive measures (NAM) HC report World Programme for HR education (Costa Rica & core group) HC report Biannual resolution

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