NGO-Preparatory Meeting in relation to the upcoming 2nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Date: Sunday, September 17, 11.00 am to 05.00 pm
Venue: Main Hall, World Council of Churches / Ecumenical Centre, 150 route de Ferney, 1211 Genf 2

Proposed agenda

11.00 am to 11.15 am Welcome

11.15 am to 11.45 am Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, President HRC

Preview of the upcoming 2nd session of HRC, questions

11.45 am to 01.15 pm additional updates on

* informal consultations of the HRC Working Groups on UPR and Review of the Mandates

* procedural questions for the HRC’s 2nd session

* agenda of the 2nd session

* NGO participation during the 2nd session

Inputs by: Laura Dolci-Kanaan (OHCHR), Peter Splinter (AI), Peter Prove (Lutheran World Federation / Special Committee of NGOs on Human Rights), Chris Sidoti (International Service for Human Rights), Pax Romana, Forum Asia (tbc) and SAHRDC

01.15 pm to 02.00 pm

break; Sandwiches and drinks will be provided (at self-cost basis)

02.00 pm to 05.00 pm

Strategic discussions in relation to

* NGOs performance during the upcoming three weeks of HRC session

* lobby on NGO participation and on substantive issues, including Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Right to Development (Felix Kirchmeier / Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation), Extreme Poverty (Philippe Dam / CONGO)

* strengthening the exchange and dialogue with Special Procedures and National Institutions for Human Rights

* overview of already planned side events and oral statements

Translation into English-French-Spanish will be provided.

NB

This preparatory meeting is also supported by the Special Committee of NGOs on Human Rights and the Conference of NGOs (CONGO).

Sponsored by World Council of Churches, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Geneva office, Foreign Office of the Federal Government of Germany, Forum Human Rights Germany

Previous Events (general) items

• 15/09/2006: Early Childhood Care and Education for Development: Multiple Ways of Knowing and Practicing
• 11/09/2006: Deuxième réunion du Comité d'Experts sur la protection des enfants contre l'exploitation sexuelle et les abus
• 06/09/2006: Global Youth Entrepreneurship Forum: ICT and Small Business Development
• 04/09/2006: South Asia Field Exchange Program for Promoting Good Practices in Child Domestic Workers Interventions
• 01/09/2006: Advocacy awareness and community sensitisation: Lessons from Maiti Nepal

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