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The Human Rights Committee convenes three times a year for sessions of three weeks' duration, normally in March at United Nations headquarters in New York and in July and November at the United Nations Office in Geneva. The Working Group on Communications meets one week prior to the Plenary.

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

No.
Dates
State reports
Location
Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Swizerland, United Republic of Tanzania
Task Force: Argentina, Ecuador, New Zealand
Rwanda, Australia, Chad, Sweden
Task Force: Switzerland, Tanzania, Croatia, Russian Federation, Republic of Moldova

Nicaragua, Monaco, Denmark, Japan, Spain,
Task Force: Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Rwanda

Australia, Chad

France, San Marino, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Task Force: Denmark, Sweden, Spain
Monaco

Tunisia, Bostwana, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Panama,
Task Force: Japan, France, Nicaragua, Ireland

Georgia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Austria, Costa Rica, Algeria,
Task Force :
San Marino, Panama, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Zambia, Sudan, Czech Republic, Grenada
Madagascar, Chile, Rwanda, Barbados, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Grenada, Sudan, Austria
Honduras, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Republic of Korea, Chile, Barbados, Zambia, Rwanda

Central African Republic, United States of America, UNMIK (Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Madagascar, Ukraine

Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Yemen
Barbados*, Greece, Iceland, Kenya, Mauritius, Uzbekistan
Albania, Benin, Finland, Morocco, Poland
Belgium, Central African Republic*, Liechtenstein, Namibia, Serbia & Montenegro
Colombia, Germany, Lithuania, Suriname, Uganda
20 October - 7 November 2003
Equatorial Guinea, Latvia, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka
Geneva
14 July - 8 August 2003
El Salvador, Israel, Portugal, Slovakia, Russian Federation
Geneva
17 March - 4 April 2003
Estonia, Luxembourg, Mali
Geneva
21 October -8 November 2002
Egypt, Suriname, Togo
Geneva
8-26 July 2002
Gambia, New Zealand, Viet Nam, Yemen
Geneva
18 March - 5 April 2002
Georgia, Hungary, Sweden
New York
15 October - 2 November 2001
Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Geneva
9-27 July 2001
Czech Republic, DPR of Korea, Guatemala, Monaco, Netherlands
Geneva
19 March - 6 April 2001
Croatia, Dominican Republic, Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela, Uzbekistan
New York
16 October - 3 November 2000
Argentina, Denmark, Gabon, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago
Geneva
10-28 July 2000
Australia , Ireland , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan
Geneva
13 - 31 March 2000
Congo, Guyana, Mongolia, UK (Dependent Territories)
New York
18 October - 5 November 1999
 
Geneva
12 - 30 July 1999
 
Geneva
22 March - 9 April 1999
 
New York
19 October - 5 November 1998
Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Iceland, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Geneva
13-31 July 1998
Algeria, Ecuador, Israel, Italy, Former Yugoslav Rpeublic of Macedonia, United Republic of Tanzania
Geneva
23 March - 9 April 1998
Cyprus, Finland, Uruguay, Zimbabwe
New York
20 October - 7 November 1997
Belarus, Iraq, Jamaica, Lithuania, Senegal, Sudan
Geneva
14 July - 1 August 1997
India , France , Slovakia
Geneva
24 March - 11 April 1997
Bolivia, Colombia, Georgia, Lebanon, Portugal (Macau)
New York

* Review procedure: Report overdue. Consideration of country situation in the absence of a State report

 
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