CALENDAR OF MAJOR MEETINGS TO BE HELD AT UNOG IN 2024
The following list is a summary of the main meetings that are to take place at the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2024.The list is provided as a reference to the media and for information purposes only. It is based on data available at the present time and will be updated.
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Body | 2024 |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 95th session Countries under review: Bulgaria, Congo, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Senegal and South Africa. | 15 January – 2 February |
| Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 45th session | 22 January – 2 February |
| Conference on Disarmament, 1st part | 22 January – 28 March |
| Subcommittee on Prevention of torture, 52nd session | 29 January – 9 February |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 87th session 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 session 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 31st session | 19 February – 23 February (TBC) |
Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 26th session 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 session Main annual session | 26 February – 5 April |
Human Rights Committee, 140th session 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 session 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) | 4 – 8 March |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 112th session Countries under review: Albania, Mauritius, Mexico, Qatar, Republic of Moldova and San Marino. | 8 – 29 April |
Committee against Torture, 79th session Countries under review: Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Kuwait, Liechtenstein and North Macedonia | 15 April – 10 May |
| International Law Commission, 75th session | 15 April – 31 May |
| Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 46th session | 29 April – 10 May |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 96th session Countries under review: Bhutan, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Mali, Namibia and Paraguay. | 6 – 24 May |
| Conference on Disarmament, 2nd part | 13 May – 28 June |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 88th session 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 Assembly | 27 May – 1 June |
Committee on Migrant Workers, 38th session Countries under review: TBC | 3 – 14 June |
| International Labour Organization, General Conference, 112th session | 3 – 14 June |
| Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) Intersessional Meetings | 18 – 20 June |
| Subcommittee on Prevention of torture, 53rd session | 3 – 7 June |
| Human Rights Council: 56th session | 10 June – 12 July |
| 1st Preparatory Meeting of the Review Conference of Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) | 21 June |
Human Rights Committee, 141st session 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 session, 2nd part | 1 July – 2 August |
Committee against Torture 80th session, Countries under review: Ecuador, Finland, France and Türkiye. | 8 – 26 July |
| Conference on Disarmament, 3rd part | 29 July – 13 September |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 113th session 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 session | 5 – 16 August |
| Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, 32nd session | 6 – 10 August |
| Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 31st session 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 session) | 19 – 23 August |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 97th session 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 II | 26 – 30 August |
| The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Protocol V Meeting of Experts | 2 September |
| The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to Amended Protocol II | 3 – 4 September |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 76th session 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 session | 9 September – 9 October |
| 12th Meeting 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, 27th session Countries under review: Ukraine, Morrocco, and Belgium (TBC). | 23 September – 4 October |
| Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 89th session Countries under review: Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia. | 7 – 18 October |
| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Council, 75th session | 14 – 18 October |
Human Rights Committee, 142nd session 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 81st session, Countries under review: Cameroon, Jordan, Koweit, Mongolia, Republic of Korea and Thailand. | 28 October – 22 November |
| Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 47th session | 4 – 15 November |
| The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol V 18th Annual Conference | 11 November |
| Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, 54th session | 11 – 15 November |
| The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Amended Protocol II 26th Annual Conference | 12 November |
| The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of the High Contracting Parties | 13 – 15 November |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 114th session 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 session) | 2 – 6 December TBC |
Committee on Migrant Worker,, 39th session 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 | 16 - 18 December |