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Thematic / Country Chart

Human Rights Council

29th session

15 June – 3 July 2015

The following chart provides a list of themes and countries to be addressed during the upcoming 29th

session of the Human Rights Council according to the programme of work. Please note that

additional issues (thematic and country situations) can be raised during general debates scheduled

to take place throughout the session.

All documents listed below can be found at the HRC29 documents page -

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session29/Pages/ListReports.aspx

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Table of contents

Theme / Country Page Theme / Country Page

Afghanistan Albinism Algeria Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Boko Haram Bhutan Business and human rights Central African Republic Climate Change Chile Côte d’Ivoire Detention Disappearances Education Environment Eritrea Executions Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Freedom of opinion and expression Gambia Grenada Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Health High Commissioner Honduras India Inter-Parliamentary Union Internally Displaced Persons International Solidarity Italy Justice Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait

3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9

Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lesotho Malaysia Malta Migration Minority issues Opinion and Expression, freedom of Oman Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Papua New Guinea Peace, right to Peaceful assembly and association, freedom of Peru Portugal Poverty Privacy, right to Qatar Racism Republic of Korea Roma Sexual orientation and gender identity Social Forum Spain Special Procedures Sri Lanka Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Technical cooperation Terrorism Trafficking in persons Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Women

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Theme or

Country

Item Related

Document*

Date

Afghanistan HRC to consider report of the Special Rapporteur

on violence against women, its causes and

consequences (Ms. Rashida Manjoo) on her

mission to Afghanistan (See also Women)

A/HRC/29/27/

Add.3

16 June

Albinism High Commissioner to give oral update on the

initiatives taken to raise awareness and promote

the protection of the rights of persons with

albinism

A/HRC/29/CRP.1 22 June

HRC President to appoint mandate holder to fill

vacancy for Independent Expert on the

enjoyment of human rights by persons with

albinism

Consultative

Group report

3 July

Algeria

HRC to consider report of the Special Rapporteur

on the right to education (Mr. Kishore Singh) on

his mission to Algeria (See also Education)

A/HRC/29/30/

Add.2

18 June

Armenia HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Armenia adopted during UPR

Working Group’s 21th session (19 – 30 January

2015) (See also Universal Periodic Review)

A/HRC/29/11 25 June

Azerbaijan HRC to consider the annual report of the Working

Group on human rights and transnational

corporations and other business enterprises on

its mission to Azerbaijan (See also Business and

Human Rights)

A/HRC/29/28/

Add.1

16 June

HRC to consider the report of the Special

Rapporteur on the human rights of internally

displaced persons (Mr. Chaloka Beyani) on his

follow-up mission to Azerbaijan (See also

Internally Displaced Persons)

A/HRC/29/34/

Add.1

16 June

Belarus HRC to consider the report of the Special A/HRC/29/43 23 June

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Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in

Belarus (Mr. Miklós Haraszti)

Boko Haram OHCHR to give oral update during an interactive

dialogue on the violations and abuses of human

rights by Boko Haram

Oral Update 1 July

Bhutan


on the right to education (Mr. Kishore Singh) on

his mission to Bhutan (See also Education)

A/HRC/29/30/

Add.1

18 June

Business and

human rights

HRC to consider the annual report of the Working

Group on human rights and transnational

corporations and other business enterprises, its

mission to Azerbaijan, as well as its report on the

African Regional Forum on Businesses and Human

Rights and the 2014 Forum on Business and

Human Rights (See also Azerbaijan)

A/HRC/29/28

and Add.2

16 June

HRC to consider progress report of the High

Commissioner on improving access to remedy for

victims of business-related human rights abuses,

in collaboration with the Working Group on the

issue of human rights and transnational

corporations and other business enterprises

A/HRC/29/39 22 June

HRC to consider the report of the High

Commissioner on the feasibility of a global fund

to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to

implement the Guiding Principles on Business

and Human Rights

A/HRC/29/18

A/HRC/26/20/

Add.1

22 June

HRC to consider the OHCHR summary of the

discussions of the 3rd annual Forum on Business

and Human Rights, held 1-3 December 2014

A/HRC/29/29 25 June

Central African

Republic

HRC to hold an interactive dialogue in the

presence of the Independent Expert on the

situation of human rights in the Central African

Republic (Ms. Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum), with

a particular focus on the fight against impunity

HRC Res. 27/28 30 June

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Climate change

HRC to consider the OHCHR summary report on

the outcome of the full-day discussion on human

rights and climate change, held at HRC 28th

Session (March 2015) (See also Environment)

A/HRC/29/19

22 June

Chile HRC to consider the annual report of the Working

Group on the issue of discrimination against

women in law and practice on its mission to Chile

(See also Women)

A/HRC/29/40/

Add.1

18 June

Côte d’Ivoire

HRC to consider the report of the Independent

Expert on capacity-building and technical

cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of

human rights (Mr. Mohammed Ayat)

A/HRC/29/49 30 June

Detention

HRC President to appoint member to fill vacancy

of Working Group on Arbitrary Detention from

Western European and Other States group

Consultative

Group report

3 July

Disappearances

HRC President to appoint member of Working

Group on Enforced or Involuntary

Disappearances to fill vacancy for from the Asia-

Pacific group

Consultative

Group report

3 July

Education

HRC to hold panel discussion on realizing the

equal enjoyment of the right to education by

every girl

Concept paper

A/HRC/Res/27/6

16 June

HRC to consider annual report of the Special

Rapporteur on the right to education (Mr.

Kishore Singh), as well as on his missions to

Algeria and Bhutan (See also Algeria and Bhutan)

A/HRC/29/30 18 June

Environment HRC to consider the OHCHR summary report on

the outcome of the full-day discussion on human

rights and climate change, held at HRC 28th

Session (March 2015) (See also Climate change)

A/HRC/29/19 22 June

Eritrea HRC to consider the report of the Special

Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in

A/HRC/29/41

23 June

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Eritrea (Ms. Sheila B. Keetharuth)

HRC to consider the report of the Commission of

inquiry on human rights in Eritrea

A/HRC/29/42 23 June

Executions


on extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary

executions (Mr. Christof Heyns), on his missions

to Gambia and Papua New Guinea, and on follow-

up on country recommendations for India and

Turkey (See also Gambia, India, Papua New

Guinea and Turkey)

A/HRC/29/37

18 June

Female Genital

Mutilation

(FGM)

HRC to consider the compilation of good practices

and major challenges in preventing and

eliminating female genital mutilation, prepared

by the High Commissioner (See also Women)

A/HRC/29/20 22 June

Freedom of

opinion and

expression

HRC to consider the annual report of the Special

Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of

the right to freedom of opinion and expression

(Mr. David Kaye) which addresses the use of

encryption and anonymity in digital

communication

A/HRC/29/32 17 June

Gambia HRC to consider report of the Special Rapporteur


executions (Mr. Christof Heyns) on his mission to

Gambia (See also Executions)

A/HRC/29/37/

Add.2

18 June

Grenada HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Grenada adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/14 26 June

Guinea HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Guinea adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/6 24 June

Guinea-Bissau HRC to consider report of the Special Rapporteur A/HRC/29/31/ 22 June

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on extreme poverty and human rights (Mr. Philip

Alston) on his mission to Guinea-Bissau (See also

Poverty)

Add.1

HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Guinea-Bissau adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/12 25 June

Guyana HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Guyana adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/16 26 June

Haiti




mission to Haiti (See also Internally Displaced

Persons)

A/HRC/29/34/

Add.2

16 June

Health


Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the

enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of

physical and mental health (Mr. Dainius Pūras),

as well as on his mission to Malaysia (See also

Malaysia)

A/HRC/29/33 17 June

High

Commissioner

High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad

Al Hussein, to deliver oral update to the HRC

followed by a general debate.

Oral update

15 June

Honduras




mission to Honduras (See also Women)

A/HRC/29/27/

Add.1

16 June

India HRC to consider report of the Special Rapporteur


executions (Mr. Christof Heyns) on follow-up to

country recommendations for India (See also

Executions)

A/HRC/29/37/

Add.3

18 June

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Inter-

Parliamentary

Union

High Commissioner to give oral update on the

activities of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on

parliamentary capacity-building, with regard to

the work of HRC and UPR

Oral Update 26 June

Internally

Displaced

Persons



displaced persons (Mr. Chaloka Beyani), as well as

on his missions to Azerbaijan, Haiti, and Ukraine

(See also Azerbaijan, Haiti, and Ukraine)

A/HRC/29/34 16 June

International

Solidarity


Expert on human rights and international

solidarity (Ms. Virginia Dandan) with focus on the

proposed draft declaration on the rights of

peoples to international solidarity

A/HRC/29/35 18 June

Italy HRC to consider the report of the Special

Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants (Mr.

François Crépeau) on his follow-up mission to

Italy (See also Migration)

A/HRC/29/36/

Add.2

15 June

Justice HRC to consider the report of the Special

Rapporteur on the independence of judges and

lawyers (Ms. Gabriela Knaul), as well as her

missions to Portugal, Qatar, Tunisia and United

Arab Emirates (See also Portugal, Qatar, Tunisia,

United Arab Emirates)

A/HRC/29/26 17 June


vacancy for Special Rapporteur on the

independence of judges and lawyers

Consultative

Group report

3 July

Kazakhstan HRC to consider the annual report of the Special

Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful

assembly and of association (Mr. Maina Kiai) on

his mission to Kazakhstan (see also Peaceful

assembly and association, freedom of)

A/HRC/29/25/

Add.2

17 June

Kenya HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of A/HRC/29/10 25 June

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the review of Kenya adopted during UPR



Kiribati HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Kiribati adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/5 24 June

Kuwait HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Kuwait adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/17 26 June

Kyrgyzstan HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Kyrgyzstan adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/4 24 June

Lao People’s

Democratic

Republic


the review of the Lao People’s Democratic

Republic adopted during UPR Working Group’s

21th session (19 – 30 January 2015) (See also

Universal Periodic Review)

A/HRC/29/7 25 June

Lesotho HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Lesotho adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/9 25 June

Malaysia


Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the

enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of

physical and mental health (Mr. Dainius Pūras)

on his mission to Malaysia (See also Health)

A/HRC/29/33/

Add. 1

17 June


Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially

women and children (Ms. Maria Grazia

Giammarinaro) on her mission to Malaysia (See

also Trafficking in Persons)

A/HRC/29/38/

Add.1

16 June

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Malta HRC to consider the report of the Special


François Crépeau) on his mission to Malta (See

also Migration)

A/HRC/29/36/

Add.3

15 June

Migration HRC to hold enhanced interactive dialogue on

the human rights of migrants with a focus on

migrants at sea (To be confirmed)

No document 15 June



François Crépeau), as well as on his missions to

Italy, Malta and Sri Lanka (see also Italy, Malta

and Sri Lanka)

A/HRC/29/36 15 June

Minority issues

HRC to consider the comprehensive study of the

Special Rapporteur on minority issues (Ms. Rita

Izsák) on the human rights situation of Roma

worldwide, with a particular focus on the

phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism (See also Roma)

A/HRC/29/24 15 June

Oman



assembly and of association (Mr. Maina Kiai) on

his mission to Oman (see also Peaceful assembly

and association, freedom of)

A/HRC/29/25/

Add.1

17 June

Palestine and

other occupied

Arab territories


International Commission of Inquiry on the 2014

Gaza conflict

A/HRC/29/52 29 June

Papua New

Guinea



executions (Mr. Christof Heyns) on his mission to

Papua New Guinea (See also Executions)

A/HRC/29/37/

Add.1

18 June

Peace, right to HRC to consider the report of the

Intergovernmental Working Group with the

mandate of progressively negotiating a draft

United Nations declaration on the right to peace

A/HRC/29/45 25 June

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Peaceful

assembly and

association,

freedom of



assembly and of association (Mr. Maina Kiai), as

well as on his missions to Oman and Kazakhstan

(See also Oman and Kazakhstan)

A/HRC/29/25 17 June

Peru HRC to consider the annual report of the Working


women in law and practice on its mission to Peru

(See also Women)

A/HRC/29/40/

Add.2

18 June

Portugal HRC to consider the report of the Special


lawyers (Ms. Gabriela Knaul) on her mission to

Portugal (see also Justice)

A/HRC/29/26/

Add. 4

17 June

Poverty


Rapporteur on the extreme poverty and human

rights (Mr. Philip Alston) as well as on his mission

to Guinea-Bissau (See also Guinea-Bissau)

A/HRC/29/31 22 June

Privacy, right to HRC President to appoint mandate holder to fill

vacancy for Special Rapporteur on the right to

privacy

Consultative

Group report

3 July

Qatar HRC to consider the report of the Special



Qatar (see also Justice)

A/HRC/29/26/

Add. 1

17 June

Racism


Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism,

racial discrimination, xenophobia and related

intolerance (Mr. Mutuma Ruteere), as well as on

his mission to the Republic of Korea (See also

Republic of Korea)

A/HRC/29/46 29 June

HRC to consider report on the implementation of

GA resolution 69/160 combatting glorification of

Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that

A/HRC/29/47

GA Res. 69/160

29 June

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contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of

racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and

related intolerance of the Special Rapporteur on

contemporary forms of racism, racial

discrimination, xenophobia and related

intolerance (Mr. Mutuma Ruteere)

Republic of

Korea


Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism,

racial discrimination, xenophobia and related

intolerance (Mr. Mutuma Ruteere) on his mission

to the Republic of Korea (See also Racism)

A/HRC/29/46/

Add.1

29 June

Roma HRC to consider the comprehensive study of the

Special Rapporteur on minority issues (Ms. Rita

Izsák) on the human rights situation of Roma

worldwide, with a particular focus on the

phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism (See also Minority

issues)

A/HRC/29/24 15 June

Sexual

orientation and

gender identity

HRC to consider the updated report of the High

Commissioner on discriminatory laws and

practices and acts of violence against individuals

based on their sexual orientation and gender

identity

A/HRC/29/23 29 June

Social Forum HRC to consider the report of the Social Forum on

the session held 18-20 February 2015

A/HRC/29/44 25 June

Spain HRC to consider the annual report of the Working


women in law and practice on its mission to

Spain (See also Women)

A/HRC/29/40/

Add.3

18 June


the review of Spain adopted during UPR Working

Group’s 21th session (19 – 30 January 2015) (See

also Universal Periodic Review)

A/HRC/29/8

and Add.1

25 June

Special

Procedures

HRC to consider the communications report of

special

A/HRC/29/50 Multiple

dates

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Sri Lanka HRC to consider the report of the Special


François Crépeau) on his mission to Sri Lanka (See

also Migration)

A/HRC/29/36/

Add.2

15 June

Sweden HRC to consider and adopt the final outcome of

the review of Sweden adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/13 26 June

Syrian Arab

Republic

HRC to hear an oral update by the Independent

International Commission of Inquiry on the

Syrian Arab Republic

Oral Update

23 June

Technical

cooperation

High Commissioner to give annual oral

presentation on the overview of successes, best

practices and challenges in technical assistance

and capacity-building efforts

Oral

presentation

1 July

HRC to consider the annual report of the Board of

Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for Technical

Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/29/48 1 July

Terrorism HRC to consider the report of the Special

Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of

human rights and fundamental freedoms while

countering terrorism (Mr. Ben Emmerson)

A/HRC/29/51

Concept Paper

22 June

HRC to hold panel discussion on the effects of

terrorism on the enjoyment by all persons of

human rights and fundamental freedoms

Concept paper

HRC/Res/28/17

30 June

Trafficking in

persons


Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially

women and children (Ms. Maria Grazia

Giammarinaro), on her mission to Malaysia, as

well as the second consultative meeting on

strengthening partnerships with national

rapporteurs on trafficking in persons and

equivalent mechanisms (See also Malaysia)

A/HRC/29/38

and Add.2

16 June

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Tunisia HRC to consider the report of the Special



Tunisia (see also Justice)

A/HRC/29/26/

Add. 3

17 June

Turkey HRC to consider report of the Special Rapporteur


executions (Mr. Christof Heyns) on follow-up to

country recommendations for Turkey (See also

Executions)

A/HRC/29/37/

Add.4

18 June


the review of Turkey adopted during UPR



A/HRC/29/15 26 June

Ukraine




mission to Ukraine (See also Internally Displaced

Persons)

A/HRC/29/34/

Add.3

16 June

United Arab

Emirates




United Arab Emirates (see also Justice)

A/HRC/29/26/

Add. 2

17 June

United Kingdom

of Great Britain

and Northern

Ireland




mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland (See also Women)

A/HRC/29/27/

Add.2

16 June

Universal

Periodic Review

(UPR)

HRC to consider and adopt the final outcomes of

the review of 14 countries reviewed during the

UPR Working Group’s 21st session (19-30 January

2015) (See also respective countries)

Multiple 24-26 June

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*Please note that the dates may change slightly subject to the programme.

HRC to consider the OHCHR report on the

operations of the Voluntary Fund for

Participation in the UPR

A/HRC/29/21

26 June

HRC to consider the OHCHR report on the

Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical

Assistance in the Implementation of the UPR

A/HRC/29/22 26 June

Women HRC to consider report of the Special Rapporteur


consequences (Ms. Rashida Manjoo), and her

missions to Afghanistan, Honduras and United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(See also Afghanistan, Honduras and the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)

A/HRC/29/27

16 June

HRC to consider the annual report of the Working

Group on discrimination against women in law

and practice, with focus on discrimination in

family and cultural life, and its missions to Chile,

Peru, and Spain (See also Chile, Peru, and Spain)

A/HRC/29/40 18 June

HRC to hold full-day discussion on the human

rights of women, including a focus on the issue of

gender-related killings

Concept paper

19 June

HRC to consider report of UN Women on the

activities of the UN Trust Fund in Support of

Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women

A/HRC/29/3 22 June


vacancy for Special Rapporteur on violence

against women, its causes and consequences

Consultative

Group report

3 July

HRC to consider the compilation of good practices

and major challenges in preventing and

eliminating female genital mutilation, prepared

by OHCHR (See also Female genital mutilation)

A/HRC/29/20 22 June

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