A/HRC/FMI/2014/1 Annotations 1. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Venue 1. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 6/15 and 19/23, the seventh session of the Forum on Minority Issues will be held in Geneva in Room XX of the Palais des Nations on 25 and 26 November 2014. 2. The Forum will have before it the provisional agenda contained in the present document to consider for adoption. A tentative schedule of work for the session is contained in annex I. Opening meeting 3. The President of the Human Rights Council will deliver an opening statement. Statements will then be made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Chairperson of the Forum on Minority Issues and the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. Documentation 4. A list of documents for the session is provided in annex II. In addition to normal distribution, official documents for the session will be made available on the Human Rights Council website (www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Minority/Pages/Session7.aspx). Discussions 5. Participants will have the opportunity to make brief presentations and comments based on the draft recommendations that they will have before them. After the presentations introducing the topics for discussion at the beginning of each agenda item, there will be an open discussion to which all participants will be invited to contribute, based on a sign-up sheet. 2. Legal framework and key concepts 6. The seventh session will provide an overview of existing international and regional standards and principles relevant to the protection of persons belonging to minorities from violence and atrocity crimes against them. The discussion will focus on the promotion and full realization of the provisions set forth in the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and other relevant international standards, including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Participants will discuss how to ensure that international standards relevant to the protection of minorities from violence are reflected in national legislation, policies and practices. The Human Rights Up Front approach and the principle of the responsibility to protect will be considered and the obligations of various national, regional and international actors under the three pillars of the principle as articulated in the 2005 World Summit Outcome as contained in General Assembly resolution 60/1. Session participants will discuss the international, regional and national mechanisms involved in the implementation of the principle. The importance of a strong legal framework and ensuring institutional attention is given to issues relating to minorities will be considered. 2