16. 人权高专办就以下议题组织了专题小组讨论：死刑、气候变化、恐怖主义对享有人权和基本自由的影响，单方面强制性措、儿童权利、妇女权利、所有女童享有受教育权、全球的种族歧视，善治的人权方针、世界土著人民大会后续工作。两性均等是 2015 年 9 月关于性别公平观纳入人权理事会工作的年度讨论的重点。世界毒品问题对人权的影响首次成为小组讨论议题。人权高专办还就人权标准用于武器贸易条约等问题组织了多次边会。
16. OHCHR organized panel discussions, including on the death penalty, climate change, the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, unilateral coercive measures, the rights of the child, women’s rights, the right to education for every girl, racial discrimination worldwide, a human-rights approach to good governance and follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. The annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council, in September 2015, focused on gender parity. For the first time, the impact of the world drug problem on human rights was the subject of a panel. OHCHR also organized a number of side events, for example on the application of human rights criteria to the Arms Trade Treaty.