Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

40th session (28 April - 16 May 2008)

All participants in Committee sessions will require accreditation to the session to have access to the conference venue, except individuals who are already in possession of UN badges. To obtain accreditation, please fill out the accreditation form (available in pdf and Word), sign and send it by fax to 0041-22-917 9008, or by e-mail to aquist@ohchr.org, copied to wlee@ohchr.org. In order to ensure the accreditation of participants, all requests for accreditation should reach OHCHR by 1 April 2008, at the latest. Accreditation will enable participants to obtain a badge from the UN Security Unit. The conference will take place at Palais Wilson (ground floor conference room), 52 rue de Paquis, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

Organizations wishing to submit information for the Committee with respect to the States parties listed below are welcome to do so. Submissions will be treated as public documents unless specifically marked "Confidential". They should be sent electronically to wlee@ohchr.org, as well as in 25 hard copies, by 1 April 2008 to:

Ms. Wan-Hea Lee
Secretary, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
UNOG-OHCHR
1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Organizations intending to submit information are kindly requested to inform the secretariat in advance.

Consideration of State Reports

The Committee will consider the following State reports during the session:

Note: Schedules are subject to change at short notice

States examined	Timetable	State Reports	Core document	Previous Concluding observations	Concluding observations	List of Issues	Information from other sources	Delegation lists and statements*
BENIN	5 May (am and pm) E/C.12/2008/SR.10 E/C.12/2008/SR.11	Second Periodic Report E/C.12/BEN/2 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.85 A | C | E | F | R | S	E/C.12/1/Add.78 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/BEN/CO/2 A | C | E | F | R | S	E/C.12/BEN/Q/2 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/BEN/Q/2/Add.1 E | F | S	Franciscans Intl Global Initiative	List Statement
FRANCE	29 April (am and pm) 30 April (am) E/C.12/2008/SR.3 E/C.12/2008/SR.4 E/C.12/2008/SR.5	Third Periodic report E/C.12/FRA/3 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.17/Rev.1 A | C | E | F | R | S	E/C.12/1/Add.72 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/FRA/CO/3 E | F | R | S | C | A	E/C.12/FRA/Q/3 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/FRA/Q/3/Add.1 C | E | F | R | S	Basque E | F | S Ni Putes Ni Soumises Organisation in favour of the language rights of Basque speakers E | F | S European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages E | F Observations on the third periodic report of France Global Initiative FIDH Organisation in favour of the language rights of Basque speakers E | F | S TAMAZGHA Bretagne Réunie EBLUL E | F & Additional information E | F Plateforme française pour les DESC	List Statement
INDIA	7 May (pm) and 8 May (am and pm) E/C.12/2008/SR.14 E/C.12/2008/SR.15 E/C.12/2008/SR.16	Second-Fifth Periodic Report E/C.12/IND/5 C | E | F | R | S		CESCR E/1990/23 excerpt E	E/C.12/IND/CO/5 E | F | R | S | C E/C.12/IND/CO/5/Add.1 E | C	E/C.12/IND/Q/5 C | E | F | R | S Original E/C.12/IND/Q/5/Add.1 E | F | S | C E/C.12/IND/Q/5/Add.2 C | E | F | S	Ambedkkar Center for Justice and Peace 3DThree ActionAid - India FIAN Forum for Fact-finding Documentation and Advocacy Habitat Int'l 2008 Navdanya - GMOs NCDHR-IDSN People's Collective for ESCRs Muslims in Gujarat Housing & Land Rights 2004 IDMC & IDMC attachment PIPM, UNMM, NEDF cover and PIPM, UNMM, NEDF report PIPM-UNMM-NEDF Center for Reproductive Rights The tribal dimention - NCHRTM Ambedkkar Center for Justice and Peace National Dalit Cultural Forum	List 1-2 Statement 1-2
BOLIVIA	6 May (am and pm) and 7 May (am) E/C.12/2008/SR.11 E/C.12/2008/SR.12 E/C.12/2008/SR.13	Second Periodic report E/C.12/BOL/2 A | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.54/Rev.2 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/1/Add.60 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/BOL/CO/2 A | C | E | F | S	E/C.12/BOL/Q/2 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/BOL/Q/2/Add.1 E | F | S	CLADEM Ipas English | Spanish Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children Situacion de DESC Respuestas de la sociedad civil D a la alimentacion - informe de DHAA FIAN AIPE CLADEM	List Statement

* Available in English and/or the original language.

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