A/HRC/15/44 Contents Paragraphs I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–2 II. Organization of work .............................................................................................. 3–5 III. Activities of the Coordination Committee .............................................................. 6–10 IV. Exchange of views with the Deputy High Commissioner....................................... 11–13 V. The Human Rights Council and the special procedures system.............................. 14–25 A. Exchange of views with the former President of the Human Rights Council .... 14–15 B. Exchange of views with the President of the Human Rights Council and members of the Bureau ........................................................................................... 16–18 C. Exchange of views with States ........................................................................... 19–21 D. Review of the Human Rights Council................................................................ 22–25 Thematic issues and working methods.................................................................... 26–38 A. Strengthening the effectiveness of the special procedures: a joint report on communications ................................................................................................. 26–27 B. Integration of gender perspectives in the work of special procedures: recent and forthcoming thematic institutional developments.................................. 28 C. The role of special procedures in early warning, including the responsibility to protect; and the protection of human rights in the context of natural disasters ... 29–33 VI. Page D. Coordinated follow-up to the work of human rights mechanisms: Discussion with OHCHR field presences and headquarters staff on good practices and strategies .. 34–38 VII. VIII. Consultation with stakeholders .............................................................................. 39–46 A. United Nations entities ....................................................................................... 39–42 B. Consultations with non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions ........................................................................... 43–46 Cooperation with human rights treaty bodies.......................................................... 47–50 Annex List of special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council and other mandate holders invited to attend the seventeenth meeting 3