A/HRC/23/18 Chair: Thailand 10:00 – 11:00 Joint activities between United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms Panellists: Ms. Line Barreiro, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Ms. Frances Raday, United Nations Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice Mr. Petro Dumitiru, on behalf of the Unit - Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence Council of Europe Ms. Soyata Maiga, African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights Ms. Kanda Vajrabhaya, ASEAN Commission on the Rights of Women and Children 11:00 – 11:45 Discussion Chair: Armenia 11:45 - 12:15 The role of NHRIs and NGOs in joint activities Panellists: Ms. Arimbi Heroepoetri, Indonesian Commission on Violence against Women Ms. Faiza Jama Mohamed, Equality Now Ms. Elizabeth Placido, Cladem; Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, YWCA 12:15 – 13:00 Discussion 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break 15:00 – 17:45 Session 3 “How to improve follow up action to recommendations issued by United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms on the example of mandates and activities related to children’s rights” Objective: This session will allow participants to share best practices and lessons learned in relation to follow-up. Participants will identify common recommendations as well as main challenges in implementing each mechanism’s recommendations. A discussion on ways and means to overcome challenges in implementing recommendations through follow-up to each other’s recommendations will also be held. Specific examples will be given on successful engagement by regional mechanisms and the United Nations in the implementation of recommendations. In addition, this session will aim at identifying elements to respond to the following questions: How to improve complementarity of United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms to strengthen follow-up actions? How to better benefit from recommendations formulated by other mechanisms? How to develop a more strategic approach in the follow up to the recommendations from various mechanisms? Should institutional follow-up channels be established? Which ones? How to establish them? The role of NHRIs, NPMs and NGOs will also be discussed. 22