Date

Event

Thursday-Friday
1-2 December

8 th Annual UN Student Human Rights Conference:
Water as a Human Right
www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/student/2005/about.asp

Friday
2 December

Panel Discussion:
Human Trafficking
Trusteeship Council Chamber from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Monday
5 December

Screening of dramatic film:
Hunt for Justice: the Louise Arbour Story
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium from 6:00 - 10:30 p.m.
By invitation only

Tuesday
6 December

NGO Briefing and Discussion:
The UN Human Rights Council
Conference Room 2 from 1:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Panelists:
Ms. Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ambassador Ricardo Alberto Arias, Permanent Representative of Panama
Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning
Ms. Bobbi Nassar, NGO Committee on Human Rights

Wednesday
7 December

Panel Discussion:
Rearing its Ugly Head: the Resurgence of Torture in the 21st Century and the Struggle to Combat It
Conference Room 4 from 3:00 - 5:45 p.m.
Panelists:
Ms. Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr. Juan Mendez, United Nations Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide
Mr. Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights
Ms. Hina Shamsi, Human Rights First
Mr. Suliman Baldo, International Crisis Group

Thursday
8 December

Panel Discussion:
Protection and Promotion of the Human Rights of People with Mental Disorders
Conference Room 3 from 1:15 - 2:45 p.m.

25 November -
10 December 2005

Campaign:
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
www.ohchr.org/english/events/16_days/index.htm