U.N at Geneva 2024 Meeting Calendar: Special Events and Full List of Dates

Committee on the Rights of the Child, 95th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Bulgaria, Congo, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Senegal and South Africa.

15 January – 2 February

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 45th sessionOpens in new window

22 January – 2 February

Conference on Disarmament, 1^st partOpens in new window

22 January – 28 March

Subcommittee on Prevention of torture, 52^nd sessionOpens in new window

29 January – 9 February

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,87th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Central African Republic, Djibouti, Greece, Italy, Niger, Oman, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

29 January – 16 February

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 75th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden. Follow-up to concluding observations:

Belgium and Kuwait.

12 February – 1 March

Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council 31^st sessionOpens in new window

19 February – 23 February (TBC)

Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 26th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Honduras.

List of issues: Malawi and Belize.

Follow-up to concluding observations: Panama.

19 February – 1 March

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Working Groups Meetings

20 – 23 February

Human Rights Council, 55th sessionOpens in new window

Main annual session

26 February – 5 April

Human Rights Committee, 140th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Lists of issues: Mongolia, Viet Nam. Lists of issues prior to reporting: Andorra, Azerbaijan, Djibouti and Mali.

4 March – 28 March

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 30th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia.

4 March – 22 March

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) – Group of Governmental Experts (GGE)on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)Opens in new window

4 – 8 March

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 112th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Albania, Mauritius, Mexico, Qatar, Republic of Moldova and San Marino.

8 – 29 April

Committee against TortureOpens in new window,79^th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Kuwait, Liechtenstein and North Macedonia

15 April – 10 May

International Law Commission, 75th sessionOpens in new window

15 April – 31 May

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 46th sessionOpens in new window

29 April – 10 May

Committee on the Rights of the Child,96th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Bhutan, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Mali, Namibia and Paraguay.

6 – 24 May

Conference on Disarmament, 2^nd partOpens in new window

13 May – 28 June

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 88th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Brazil, El Salvador, Estonia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Rwanda and Singapore.

13 – 31 May

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Tenth Conference of States Parties (CSP10) Informal Preparatory Meeting

16 – 17 May

World Health Organisation: 77th World Health AssemblyOpens in new window

27 May – 1 June

Committee on Migrant Workers, 38^th sessioOpens in new windown

Countries under review: TBC

3 – 14 June

International Labour Organization, General Conference, 112th sessionOpens in new window

3 – 14 June

Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) Intersessional Meetings

18 – 20 June

Subcommittee on Prevention of torture, 53^rd sessioOpens in new windown

3 – 7 June

Human Rights Council:56th sessionOpens in new window

10 June – 12 July

1st Preparatory Meeting of the Review Conference of Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC)

21 June

Human Rights Committee, 141st sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Suriname and Syrian Arab Republic. Lists of issues: Chad. Lists of issues prior to reporting: Austria, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Latvia and Sierra Leone.

1 July – 2 August

International Law Commission, 75th sessionOpens in new window, 2^nd part

1 July – 2 August

Committee against Torture 80^th sessionOpens in new window,

Countries under review: Ecuador, Finland, France and Türkiye.

8 – 26 July

Conference on Disarmament, 3rd partOpens in new window

29 July – 13 September

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 113th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

5 – 23 August

Group of Governmental Experts on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, 2nd sessionOpens in new window

5 – 16 August

Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, 32^nd sessionOpens in new window

6 – 10 August

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 31^st sessionOpens in new window Countries under review: Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine.

12 August – 6 September

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention (4th sessionOpens in new window)

19 – 23 August

Committee on the Rights of the Child,97th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Armenia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Honduras, Israel, Mexico, Slovakia and Turkmenistan.

26 August – 13 September

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) Session IIOpens in new window

26 – 30 August

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Protocol VOpens in new window Meeting of Experts

2 September

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to Amended Protocol IIOpens in new window

3 – 4 September

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,76^th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Albania, Cyprus, Honduras, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi and Poland. Follow up to concluding observations: Bolivia (Plurinational Sate of).

9 – 27 September

Human Rights Council, 57th sessionOpens in new window

9 September – 9 October

12^th MeetingOpens in new window of States parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions

10 September – 13 September

2nd Preparatory Meeting of the Review Conference of Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC)

18 September

Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 27^th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Ukraine, Morrocco, and Belgium (TBC).

23 September – 4 October

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 89th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.

30 September – 18 October

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Council, 75^th sessionOpens in new window

14 – 18 October

Human Rights Committee,142nd sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Albania, Ecuador, France, Greece, Haiti, Iceland and Türkiye. Lists of issues prior to reporting: Benin, Cameroon, Monaco, Poland, Slovenia and South Africa.

14 October – 8 November

Committee against Torture 81^st sessionOpens in new window,

Countries under review: Cameroon, Jordan, Mauritius, Mongolia, Republic of Korea and Thailand.

28 October – 22 November

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 47th sessionOpens in new window

4 – 15 November

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol V 18^th Annual ConferenceOpens in new window

11 November

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, 54^th sessionOpens in new window

11 – 15 November

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Amended Protocol II 26^th Annual ConferenceOpens in new window

12 November

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) MeetingOpens in new window of the High Contracting Parties

13 – 15 November

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,114^th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco and Saudi Arabia

25 November – 13 December

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention (5th sessionOpens in new window)

2 – 6 December TBC

Committee on Migrant Worker,, 39^th sessionOpens in new window

Countries under review: TBC

2 – 13 December

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention (5th Session)

2 - 13 December

BWC Meeting of States Parties