A/HRC/FMI/2020/1
Annex
Programme of work
Date/time
Agenda item
Programme
Thursday, 19 November 2020
10 a.m.–1 p.m.
1. Adoption of the agenda
and programme of work
Opening of the Forum on
Minority Issues
• Welcome and opening
remarks by the President
of the Human Rights
Council
• Remarks by the United
Nations High
Commissioner for Human
Rights
• Remarks by the Chair of
the Forum on Minority
Issues
• Remarks by the Special
Rapporteur on minority
issues
2. Causes, scale and impact
of hate speech targeting
minorities on social
media
3–6 p.m.
3. International legal and
institutional frameworks
Friday, 20 November 2020
10 a.m.–1 p.m.
4. Regulation of online hate
speech: the role and
responsibility of
intergovernmental
organizations, States,
Internet companies and
social media platforms
3–6 p.m.
5. Towards a safer space for
minorities – positive
initiatives to address
online hate speech: the
role of national human
rights institutions, human
rights organizations, civil
society and other
stakeholders
6. Concluding remarks
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