Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

42nd session (4 - 22 May 2009)

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 rouko@ohchr.org. In order to ensure the accreditation of participants, all requests for accreditation should reach OHCHR by 20 April 2009, 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 cescr@ohchr.org, as well as in 25 hard copies, by 6 April 2009 to:

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	List of Issues and written replies	Information from other sources	Delegation lists and statements*	Concluding observations
BRAZIL	Wednesday 6 May pm and Thursday 7 May 2009 am & pm Meetings 6, 7 and 8 E/C.12/2009/SR.6 E/C.12/2009/SR.7 E/C.12/2009/SR.8	Second Periodic report E/C.12/BRA/2 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.53/Rev.1 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/1/Add.87 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/BRA/Q/2 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/BRA/Q/2/Add.1 C | E | S	Brazilian Civil Society on the Brazilian State's COHRE Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children OMCT VIA CAMPESINA BRASIL 1-2 IPAS Brasil Joint alternative report O'Neill Institute CLADEM COHRE Amnesty International 1-2 Center for Reproductive Rights Preventing and Reduce Tobacco Use in Brazil	List Statement	E/C.12/BRA/CO/2 A | E | F | R | S
CYPRUS	Friday 8 May 2009 am & pm Meetings 9 and 10 E/C.12/2009/SR.8 E/C.12/2009/SR.9 E/C.12/2009/SR.10	Fourth- Fifth Periodic Report E/C.12/CYP/5 E | F | R | S | C	HRI/CORE/CYP/2007 A | C | E | F | R | S	E/C.12/1/Add.28 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/CYP/Q/5 E | F | R | S | C E/C.12/CYP/Q/5/Add.1 E | S | C	KISA-Action for Equality, Support, Antiracism	List Statement	E/C.12/CYP/CO/5 E | F | R | S E/C.12/CYP/CO/5/Add.1 E | S | C
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND	Tuesday 12 May, pm and Wednesday 13 May 2009, am & pm Meetings 14, 15 and 16 E/C.12/2009/SR.14 E/C.12/2009/SR.15 E/C.12/2009/SR.16	Fourth-Fifth Periodic Report E/C.12/GBR/5 A | C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/GBR/5/Add.1 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/GBR/5/Add.2 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.62/Rev.1 A | C | E | F | R | S	E/C.12/1/Add.79 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/GBR/Q/5 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/GBR/Q/5/Add.1 E | S | C	Amnesty International British Irish Rights watch Children’s Rights Alliance for England Committee on the Administration of Justice Community Arts Forum’s ENGENDER Europe & International Group Equality and Human Rights Commission Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Human Rights Consortium on Northern Ireland Irish Congress of Trade Unions - N. Ireland Cte Law Centre (NI) Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities Participation and the Practice of Rights Project People's Health Movement- Right to health 1-2 POBAL Save the Children in Northern Ireland Scottish Association for Mental Health The Children's Legal Centre UNISON National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children FPA STEP 1-2 Still Human Rights Still Here SCFUK Community Arts Forum Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission SHRC People's Health Movement- Right to health Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform Celtic League	List Statement	E/C.12/GBR/CO/5 A | C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/GBR/CO/5/Add.1 E | S | C
AUSTRALIA	Tuesday, 5 May am & pM and Wednesday 6 May 2009 am, 3, 4 and 5 meetings E/C.12/2009/SR.3 E/C.12/2009/SR.4 E/C.12/2009/SR.5	Fourth Periodic report E/C.12/AUS/4 E | F | S | R | C | A	HRI/CORE/AUS/2007 E | F | R | S | C | A	E/C.12/1/Add.50 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/AUS/Q/4 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/AUS/Q/4/Add.1 C | E	Freedom Respect Equality Dignity: Action and Addendum Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation 1-2 Human Rights Law Resource Centre Ltd Freedom, Respect, Equality, Dignity: Action French | Spanish Amnesty International 1-2 World Vision Australia Australian Human Rights Commission Submission Australian Human Rights Commission 1-2	List Statement	E/C.12/AUS/CO/4 A | C | E | F | R | S
CAMBODIA	Monday 11 May am & pm and Tuesday 12 May 2009 am Meetings 11, 12 and E/C.12/2009/SR.11 E/C.12/2009/SR.12 E/C.12/2009/SR.13	InitialPeriodic report E/C.12/KHM/1 A | C | E | F | R | S			E/C.12/KHM/Q/1 E | F | R | S | C E/C.12/KHM/Q/1/Add.1 E | S | C	COHRE Amnesty International 1-2-3-4-5-6 Center for Economic and Social Rights Land and Housing Working Group Franciscans International Indigenous Community Support Organization 1-2 NGO Working Group and Annex Amnesty International	List Statement	E/C.12/KHM/CO/1 A | C | E | F | R | S

* Available in English and/or the original language.

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