NGO Forum on Spirituality and Values (FSV)
Meetings
Meetings will be held in January, February, April, May, July, October, November and possibly December.
A Triennial General Assembly will be called in the first quarter to 2018.
Additional meetings can be called if and when required.
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Sessions are in March, June and September and no meetings are envisioned as NGOs often organise parallel events during the HRC.
Human Rights Council Sessions
Item 3. Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.
March session…
on the situations of human rights defenders,
on the right to food,
on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living on the right to non-discrimination,
on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment,
on minority issues
on foreign debt (and studyInterim study of the IE on foreign debt on the negative impact of illicit financial flows on the enjoyment of human rights in the context of the post-2015 development agenda)
on freedom of religion or belief,
on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism,
on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
in the field of cultural rights,
on the rights of persons with disabilities
on the sale on children, child prostitution and child pornography ,
on violence against children,
Annual report of the SRSG for children and armed conflict
reports on countries,
UPR outcomes,
Progress reports from HC, reports from WGs.
June session…
on the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
on the independence of judges and lawyers
on human rights and international solidarity
on the human rights of internally displaced persons
on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
on the human rights of migrants
on summary executions
on freedom of expression
on the right to education
on discrimination against women
on violence against women
on extreme poverty
on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
Report of the WG on transnational corporations and human rights
Progress report of the HC on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (on consultations on legal options and practical measures to improve access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses
Oral update of the HC on the initiatives taken to raise awareness and promote the protection of the rights of persons with albinism
September session…
IE on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
on the rights of indigenous peoples
on contemporary forms of slavery
on the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
on truth, justice and reparation and guarantee of non-recurrence
on the rights of older persons
on unilateral coercive measures
Panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples (theme: follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, and its implications for the achievement of the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
Recommendations of the IGWG to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies
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