6 – 15 December, 2016
UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice
Country Visit to Kuwait
The Working Group undertakes country missions with the aim of examining the situation of discrimination against women in law and in practice at the national level, identifying good practices in the elimination of such discrimination and making recommendations to the Government to improve the protection of women’s human rights.
17 October – 4 November, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Azerbaijan, Colombia, Jamaica, Morocco, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Slovakia
20 June – 15 July, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Argentina, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ecuador, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Kuwait
24 October – 18 November, 2016
States Parties Reports:
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Burundi, Canada, Estonia, Honduras, Netherlands, Switzerland
4-22 July 2016
States Parties reports:
Albania, France, Mali, Myanmar, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay
Human Rights Council – 32nd session
13 June – 1 July 2016
Palais des Nations, Room XX
The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them. It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.
The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The Human Rights Council replaced the formerUnited Nations Commission on Human Rights.
(Ministerial days from 18 – 20 July 2016)
2016 theme: Ensuring that no one is left behind
The HLPF is the central UN platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. HLPF 2016 will be the first HLPF after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.The forum, which adopts a Ministerial Declaration, is expected to start effectively delivering on its mandates to provide political leadership, guidance and recommendations on the Agenda’s implementation and follow-up; keep track of progress; spur coherent policies informed by evidence, science and country experiences; as well as address new and emerging issues.
Side events sponsored by Governments, UN system and other inter-governmental organizations, Major Groups and other stakeholders will be held during the 2016 Meeting of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The HLPF – related side events will take place at the UN Headquarters from 11 to 20 July 2016 in the margins of the official meetings 1:15 – 2:30 PM and 6:15 – 7:30 PM.Entities interested in organizing side events can send their proposals no later than 1 June 2016. For guidelines for organizers of side events, please click here.
The forum is mandated to conduct national reviews and thematic reviews of the implementation of the Agenda, with inputs from other intergovernmental bodies and forums, relevant UN entities, regional processes, major groups and other stakeholders. The national reviews will provide a platform for partnerships.
