A/HRC/23/18 Annex I [English only] Programme of the workshop on enhancing cooperation between United Nations and regional mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights Geneva,12 to 14 December 2012 Day 1 (12 December 2012) “Enhancing cooperation between United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms” Objective: Discussions will aim at identifying concrete means and tools of cooperation between United Nations (United Nations) and regional human rights mechanisms on three key areas identified during the international workshop on cooperation between international and regional human rights mechanisms held in Geneva in 2010 (A/HRC/15/56): sharing of information, possible joint activities, and follow up to recommendations of United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms. As recommended by the 2010 workshop and in accordance with Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution 18/14, there will be an underlying theme of discussion for each of these areas of cooperation which will allow participants to hold targeted discussions and to produce practice-oriented recommendations. The workshop will also take stock of developments related to cooperation between United Nations and regional human rights mechanism, in particular since the 2010 workshop. The discussions will help to ensure coherence, avoid gaps and overlaps, as well as strengthen complementarity and increase the impact of actions by United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms. In addition, the workshop will aim at identifying concrete commitments for both United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms. 09:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:30 Opening session Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights H.E. Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights Council H.E Bertrand de Crombrugghe, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations 19