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Draft Calendar of Human Rights Meetings for the Year 2005
Calendrier provisoire des réunions pour 2005
Calendario provisional de las reuniones para 2005
(updated on 24 June 2005)

 


Date

Title of meeting

Session n°

Venue/Room

10 - 21 Jan.

 

- Second session of the Open-ended working group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

2nd

 

 

PN XVII

10 - 28 Jan.

 - Committee on the Rights of the Child
 - Comité des droits de l'enfant
 - Comité de los Derechos del Niño

38 th

PW Grd floor

17 Jan.

- Commission on Human Rights (CHR): Election of the Bureau

61 st

PN XVII

31 Jan. - 11 Feb.

 

- CHR/ Inter-sessional open-ended WG mandated to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance

3 rd

PN

31 Jan. - 4 Feb.

- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño

39 th

PW Grd floor

7 - 11 Feb.

 

- Working Group on Situations (1503 procedure)
- Groupe de travail sur les situations (procédures 1503)
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre Situaciones (procedimientos 1503)

.

PW 1 st floor

8 Feb. - Meeting of States Parties to ICCPR 24th New York

14 - 18 Feb.

- Open-ended Working Group on the right to development

6 th

 

PN

2 days

[To be confirmed]

- Informal Expert consultations on right to food

5 th

PW [To be confirmed]

21 - 23 Feb. - Meeting of the five Independent eminent Experts to follow the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action 2nd PN H3

21 Feb.-11 March

 

- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Comité sur l'élimination sur la discrimination raciale
- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial

66 th

PW Grd floor

23 Feb.

- Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

10 th

NY

28 Feb. - 2 March - Expert seminar on democracy and the rule of law   PN XX

28 Feb. - 4 March

- Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
- Conseil d'Administration du
Fonds de contributions volontaires des Nations Unies pour les populations autochtones
- Junta de Síndicos del Fondo de Contribuciones Voluntarias para las Poblaciones Indígenas de las Naciones Unidas

18 th

PW 1 st floor

7 - 11 March

- Pre-sessional WG on Communications - HR Committee

83 rd

NY

7 - 11 March

- Board of Trustees of the United Nations Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
- Conseil d'administration du fonds de contributions des Nations Unies sur les formes contemporaines d'esclavage
- Junta de Síndicos del fondo fiduciario de contribuciones voluntarias para luchar contra las formas contemporáneas de esclavitud

10th PW 1 st floor

14 March-1 April

- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos

83 rd

NY

14 Mar- 22 April

- Commission on Human Rights
- Commission des droits de l'homme
- Comisión de Derechos Humanos

61 st

PN / GA Hall & XVII

13-15 April

- Inter. Co-ordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC)

1st

PN XXIII

21 March - Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
. PN XXI
13-22 April - BoT, UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture 24th PW 1st floor

25-29 April
(2-5 May)

- Working Group of the Committee against Torture
- Groupe de travail du Comité contre la torture
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité contra la Tortura

34 th

PW 1st floor

25 April - 13 May

- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Comité sur des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales

34 th

PN

 

25-29 April

- Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

2nd

PW Grd Floor

 

2 - 20 May

 

- Committee against Torture
- Comité contre la torture
- Comité contra la Tortura

34 th

PW 1 st floor

16 - 20 May

- Working Group of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
- Groupe de Travail du Comité sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales

35th

PN

16 May - 3 June

- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño

39 th

PW Grd floor

23 - 27 May

 

- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria

42 nd

PN

 

26 May - 3 June

 

- WG on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

75 th

Bangkok, Thailand

 

30 May - 3 June

- Working Group on Minorities

11 th

PN

 

6 - 10 June

- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño

40 th

PW Grd floor

6 - 10 June

 

- Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

 

30 th

PN

7 - 10 June

- Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights
- Conseil d'administration du fonds de contributions volontaires pour la coopération technique en matière de droits de l'homme
- Consejo de Administración del Fondo de Contribuciones Voluntarias para la Cooperación Técnica en materia de Derechos Humanos

23 rd

PW 1st floor

20 June - Informal consultations - CHR reform . PN

20 - 24 June

 

- Meeting of Special Rapporteurs / Representatives / Independent Experts and Chairpersons of WG of the CHR

12 th

PW Grd floor

20 - 24 June

- Meeting of persons chairing human rights treaty bodies (incl. 4 th Inter-Committee meeting)

17 th

PW 1 st floor

27 - 28 June - Workshop on Human Rights, Counter-Terrorism and States of Emergency . PW Grd floor
29 June - Meeting of the UN and regional organizations on protecting human rights while countering terrorism . PN XXVII (to be confirmed)

4 - 8 July

- Pre-sessional WG on Communications - HR Committee

84 th

PW Grd floor

11 -29 July

- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos

84 th

PW Grd floor

18 - 22 July

- WG on Indigenous Populations

23 rd

PN

21 - 22 July

- Social Forum (Inter-sessional Forum on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)

4 th

PN

25 July - 12 Aug.

 

- Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- Sous-commission de la promotion et
de la protection des droits de l'homme
- Subcomisión para la Promoción y Protección de los Derechos Humanos

57 th

PN XVIII

July - Aug.

 

- In-sessional WG on the administration of justice

.

PN XVIII

July - Aug.

 

- In-sessional WG to examine the working methods and activities of transnational corporations

.

 

PN XVIII

1-19 Aug.

- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Comité sur l'élimination sur la discrimination raciale
- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial

67 th

PN XI

15 - 26 Aug.

- WG on Communications (1503 procedure)

33 rd

PW 1 st floor

29 Aug. - 2 Sept.

 

- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria

43 rd

PW 1 st floor

29 Aug. - 2 Sept. - Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent 5th PN

12 - 30 Sept

- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Comité de los Derechos del Niño

 

40 th

PW Grd floor

12-23 Sept.
(pending approval by ECOSOC)
- Inter-sessional open-ended WG mandated to elaborated a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance 4th PN
16 Sept. - General discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) . PW Grd and 1st floors

27 Sept.

- One-day informal meeting

61 st CHR

 

PN XVII

3 - 7 Oct

- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño

41st

PW Grd floor

3 - 7 Oct

- Working Group, Committee on the Rights of the Child (2nd Chamber)
- Groupe de travail, Comité des droits de l'enfant
- Grupo de Trabajo, Comité de los Derechos del Niño

41st

PW 1st floor

10 - 14 Oct

- Pre-sessional WG on Communications - HR Committee

85th

PW Grd floor

12 - 13 Oct - Seminar on enhancing the effectiveness of special procedures of the CHR . PN

18 -20 Oct.
[To be confirmed]

- UN International Computing Centre (ICC)

.

PW 1 st floor [To be confirmed]

17 Oct. - 3 Nov.

- Human Rights Committee
- Comité des droits de l'homme
- Comité de Derechos Humanos

85th

PW Grd floor

5 working days
(pending approval by ECOSOC)
- CHR/WG on the use of mercenaries 1st .
2-3 Nov. - Workshop on judges . PW

7 -11 Nov.

- Working Group of the Committee against Torture
- Groupe de travail du Comité contre la torture
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité contra la Tortura

35 th

PW

7- 25 Nov.

- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Comité sur des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales

35 th

PW Grd floor

14 - 18 Nov.

- Working Group on the Right to Development (High Level Task Force session) . .

14 - 17 Nov.

- Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights
- Conseil d'administration du fonds de contributions volontaires pour la coopération technique en matière de droits de l'homme
- Consejo de Administración del Fondo de Contribuciones Voluntarias para la Cooperación Técnica en materia de Derechos Humanos

24 th

PN

7 - 25 Nov.

- Committee against Torture
- Comité contre la torture
- Comité contra la Tortura

35 th

Palais des Nations Room XI

21 - 30 Nov.

- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire
- Grupo de Trabajo sobre la detención arbitraria

44 th

PW 1 st floor

21 - 30 Nov.

 

- WG on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

77 th

 

PN

21 - 25 Nov.

- Annual Meeting of Heads of Field Presences

.

PW 1 st floor

28 Nov.- 2 Dec.

- Working Group of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
- Groupe de Travail du Comité sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
- Grupo de Trabajo del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales

36 th

PW Grd floor

30 Nov.

- Meeting of States Parties - CAT

10th

 

PN

1 day in Dec. - Meeting of States Parties to MWC 1st NY

5 - 16 Dec.

- Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Groupe de travail chargé d'élaborer un projet de déclaration sur les droits des peuples autochtones
- Grupo de Trabajo encargado de elaborar un proyecto de declaración sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas

11 th

PN

12 - 16 Dec.

- Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

3rd

  PW 1 st floor

 

 

 

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