Human Rights Committee

106th session (15 October - 2 November 2012), Geneva

Invitation for NGOS, NHRIs, Civil Society's and Academia

General Discussion on the preparation for a General Comment on Article 9 (Liberty and Security of Person) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
To be held in Palais des Nations Room XII, on the 25th October from 15 00hrs

Deadlines for submission of documents by NGOS and NHRIs for the July session

Please transmit to the HRCtte Secretariat in Geneva reports with respect to States upon which List of Issues, and List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR), will be adopted (at least in electronic form) by 3 August and by 21 September in hardcopy (10 hardcopies).

The deadline for information on States parties to be examined by the Committee is 21 September (22 hardcopies).

Thanking you in advance for providing documents in a timely fashion.

Contacts of the Secretariat:

Kate Fox Principi
Secretary of the Human Rights Committee
kfox@ohchr.org

Sindu Thodiyil
HRCtte Administrative Assistant
sthodiyil@ohchr.org

Postal address of the Secretariat Geneva:

Human Rights Committee Secretariat
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
CH 1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Attention: Kate Fox/Sindu Thodiyil

Consideration of reports and country situations in the absence of a report

The Committee will consider the following reports and country situations during the session:

Note: Schedules are subject to change by the Committee at short notice

Please note that A l C l E l F l R l S refer to the availability of documents in the official United Nations languages, which are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Consideration of individual communications

The Committee will also consider a number of individual communications in closed meetings during the session.

Country Report Task Forces for the adoption of lists of issues:

Country Report Task Forces will consider and adopt list of issues on the following countries.

Country	States reports	List of Issues	Information from other sources *
ALBANIA	Second periodic report CCPR/C/ALB/2 E | F | S	CCPR/C/ALB/Q/2 E | F | S	Amnesty International Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination IDA IFOR & CPTI Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Greek Helsinki Monitor & Annex IDA
BELIZE	To be discussed in the absence of a report	CCPR/C/BLZ/Q/1 E | F | S	Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children IDA International Fellowship of Reconciliation LGBT Minority Rights Group International
CHINA-HONG KONG	Third periodic report CCPR/C/CHN-HKG/3 C | E | F | S	CCPR/C/CHN-HKG/Q/3 E | F | S	DPOs and Other NGOs Equal Opportunities Commission Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Hong Kong Human Rights Commission Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor 1-2 Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) Hong Kong Unison IDA Women Coalition of HKSAR
FINLAND	Sixth periodic report CCPR/C/FIN/6 E | F | S	CCPR/C/FIN/Q/6 E | F | S	Amnesty International Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children FDF, EDF & IDA Joint FDF, EDF, IDA IFOR & CPTI
UKRAINE	Seventh periodic report CCPR/C/UKR/7 E | F | R | S	CCPR/C/UKR/Q/7 E | F | R | S	Amnesty International ERCC Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children IDA International HIV/AIDS Alliance

* OHCHR is not responsible for the content of information received from other sources