Human Rights Council
16th session
List of NGO written statements processed by the Secretariat
(as of 8 March 2011)
Symbol number
Submitted by
Title
A/HRC/16/NGO/1
Association Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII
Restoring dignity of children living and/or working
on the street. Recommendations drawn from a
grassroots experience
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/2
Bahá'í International Community
Islamic Republic of Iran: implementation of UPR
recommendations regarding the Bahá'ís (February
2011)
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/3
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture
Human Rights situation of female prisoners in
Lebanon
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/4
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture
Human Rights situation of Palestinian prisoners in
Israeli prisons
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/5
Fundacion para la Libertad-Askatasun Bidean
Consideraciones sobre el Informe de la Alta
Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los
Derechos Humanos sobre la protección de los
Derechos Humanos y las libertades fundamentales
en la lucha contra el terrorismo (A/HRC/16/50) y
propuesta de creación de una Relatoría Especial
para la promoción de los Derechos Humanos de
personas y colectivos amenazados por la violencia
terrorista.
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/6
Reporters sans Frontières
Journalistes en dangers!
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/7
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture
Human rights situation in Lebanon
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/8
Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights
(JWCHR)
We report the illegal and unfair dismissal of 165
employees, which was enforced by Japan Airlines
at the end of 2010
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/9
Friends World Committee for Consultation
Children of incarcerated parents
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/10
Plan International, Inc.
Rights of children living and/or working on the
street: A multidimensional solution to a
multidimensional problem
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/11
International Catholic Child Bureau, AVSI
Foundation, Association Points Coeur,
Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII,
Consortium for Street Children, et al.
The right to education of children living and/or
working on the street
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/12
Human Rights Advocates, Inc.
Violence against children deprived of liberty
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/13
Human Rights Advocates, Inc.
Violating the prohibition of torture: the death row
phenomenon and methods of execution
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/14
International Society for Human Rights (ISHR),
Commission of the Churches on International
Affairs of the World Council of Churches
(CCIA/WCC), International Association of
Soldiers for Peace, Zonta International,
International Federation of Settlements and
Neighbourhood Centres (IFS), et al.
The human right to peace and freedom of religion
or belief
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/15
Federation of Cuban Women
The situation of the Palestinian people and other
occupied Arab territories
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/16
Human Rights Advocates, Inc.
Political participation: A fundamental right in need
of protection
3
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Title
A/HRC/16/NGO/17
Human Rights Advocates, Inc.
Juvenile justice: Issues in juvenile sentencing and
detention
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/18
Human Rights Advocates, Inc.
The human rights implications of prison
privatization
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/19
Human Rights Advocates, Inc.
Food Sovereignty: a strategy for the realization of
the right to food
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/20
Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et
l’Antisémitisme (LICRA)
La « célébration de Durban I », une injure faite à la
lutte contre le racisme
9
A/HRC/16/NGO/21
Association Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, New
Humanity, Company of the Daughters of Charity
of St. Vincent de Paul, Congregation of Our Lady
of Charity of the Good Shepherd, International
Catholic Child Bureau, et al.
Preventing the phenomenon of children living
and/or working on the street
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/22
American Association of Jurists (AAJ),
International Association of Democratic Lawyers
(IADL), Mouvement contre le racisme et pour
l'amitié entre les peuples (MRAP)
Haiti
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/23
Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru
Protection of cultural and intellectual heritage of
indigenous and aboriginal peoples
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/24
Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru
Mecanismo de expertos sobre los derechos de los
pueblos indigenas
5
A/HRC/16/NGO/25
Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié
entre les peuples (MRAP)
Fundamental freedom and rights of the Kurdish
people in the Islamic Republic of Iran must be
protected and promoted
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/26
Press Emblem Campaign
Press Emblem Campaign requests the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
launch an independent and full inquiry on attacks
against foreign and Egyptian media in Egypt.
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/27
Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)
Civil Society Response to US Universal Periodic
Review
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/28
Swiss Peace Foundation
The question of religious freedom in Tibet
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/29
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH)
Tortura en las cárceles
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/30
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH)
Vivienda adecuada
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/31
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH)
Missing persons
5
A/HRC/16/NGO/32
Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights
(JKCHR)
Jammu and Kashmir
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/33
Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights
(JKCHR)
Gilgit and Baltistan
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/34
American Association of Jurists (AAJ)
La situación en el País Vasco
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/35
Women's Human Rights International
Association (WHRIA), Marangopoulos
Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR),
International Educational Development, Inc.
(IED)
International warning on the increase of executions
in Iran
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/36
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
Consideration of the UPR Report, United States of
America, by the International Indian Treaty Council
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/37
Pax Romana (International Catholic Movement
for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and
International Movement of Catholic Students)
Human Rights Council is urged to protect human
rights defenders and fundamental freedoms in post
war North and East in Sri Lanka
3
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Submitted by
Title
A/HRC/16/NGO/38
Pax Romana (International Catholic Movement
for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and
International Movement of Catholic Students)
Suppression of human rights defenders in Sri Lanka
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/39
Pax Romana (International Catholic Movement
for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and
International Movement of Catholic Students)
Sri Lanka: End forced disappearance of human
rights defenders and protect the life of Mr. Pattani
Razeek disappeared on 11th February 2010
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/40
International Educational Development, Inc.
Human rights and the recognition of legitimately
elected parties in Cote d'Ivoire and Myanmar
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/41
International Educational Development Inc.
The situation in Somalia
10
A/HRC/16/NGO/42
International Educational Development, Inc.
The right to self-determination and defending the
will of the people
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/43
International Educational Development, Inc.
The Situation in Guinea
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/44
International Educational Development, Inc.
Comparing the situation of the Tamil people in Sri
Lanka with that of the people in Sudan
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/45
Advocates for Human Rights
Recommendations to the US related to the rights
of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/46
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Asian Legal
Resource Centre, International Association of
Democratic Lawyers
Judges and the rule of law: the prosecution of
Judge Garzón in Spain
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/47
Arab NGO Network for Development
Conditions of economic and social rights in
Lebanon within the context of the related
Universal Periodic Review session
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/48
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Universal Periodic Review: Proposal on the
modalities of the UPR
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/49
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe
(ABTTF)
The right to freedom of religion to elect its
appropriate leaders and the Mufti issue in Greece
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/50
Association Points-Coeur
Assessment of the draft United Nations Declaration
on human rights education and training
5
A/HRC/16/NGO/51
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Bangladesh: Government urged to ratify forced
disappearances convention and address impunity
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/52
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Bangladesh: Government continues to dither
instead of criminalizing torture
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/53
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Indonesia: Widespread impunity in Papua
aggravating tensions
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/54
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
UPR as an exercise in the making of fiction: An
analysis of the presentation by Myanmar
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/55
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
The problem of a UN member state disconnected
from a normative framework: Myanmar and the
Human Rights Council review
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/56
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Nepal: Serious threats to human rights defenders
hampering democratisation and peace-building
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/57
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Security and protection of women human rights
defenders in Nepal
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/58
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Nepal: The failure to investigate custodial deaths
engenders impunity for torture
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/59
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Pakistan: Council urged to tackle endemic torture
and impunity, or become irrelevant
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/60
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Saudi Arabia: Denial of fair trial
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/61
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Culture of impunity, a threat to human rights work
in South Asia
3
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Title
A/HRC/16/NGO/62
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
South Asia: Poor governance and corruption in
Bangladesh, India and Nepal leading to child
malnutrition and widespread hunger
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/63
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
South Asia: Institutional overhaul required to
prevent torture in the South Asian sub-region
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/64
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Sri Lanka: Government failing to cooperate with
the Human Rights Council and eradicate torture
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/65
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Thailand: Extraordinary legal measures and
persistent state failure to secure justice, end
impunity, and improve human rights
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/66
People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
(PSPD)
Violations of freedom of opinion and expression
and human rights in the Republic of Korea (ROK)
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/67
Rencontre Africaine de Défense Pour les Droits
de l’Homme (RADDHO)
Economic, social and cultural rights
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/68
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Federation
Internationale des Droits de l'homme (FIDH),
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency
and Refugee Rights, Al-Haq, Law in the Service
of Man
Domestic investigations incapable of meeting
international standards: Recourse must be had to
mechanisms of international criminal justice
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/69
Maarij Foundation for Peace and Development
(MFPD)
Southern Sudan referendum
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/70
Franciscans International (FI)
The alarming state of enforced or involuntary
disappearances in the Philippines
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/71
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence,
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture, Charitable Institute for Protecting
Social Victims, Network of Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in the Islamic
Republic of Iran
Trafficking in Women
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/72
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence,
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture, Network of Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in the Islamic
Republic of Iran
Violation of human rights on the pretext of war on
terror
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/73
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence,
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture, Charitable Institute for Protecting
Social Victims, Network of Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in the Islamic
Republic of Iran
The United States of America
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/74
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence,
the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture, the Network of Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in the Islamic
Republic of Iran
Human rights situation in Palestine and other
occupied Arab territories
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/75
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence,
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture, Charitable Institute for Protecting
Social Victims, Network of Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in the Islamic
Republic of Iran
Racism, racial prejudice, xenophobia Islamophobia
9
A/HRC/16/NGO/76
Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims
Human rights situation in Palestine and other
occupied Arab territories
7
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Submitted by
Title
A/HRC/16/NGO/77
Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims
Human rights situation that requires Human Rights
Council attention
A/HRC/16/NGO/78
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence,
Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of
Torture, Charitable Institute for Protecting
Social Victims, Network of Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in the Islamic
Republic of Iran
A/HRC/16/NGO/79
Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights
Accountability: Towards ending impunity and
protecting human rights in the occupied Palestinian
territory
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/80
International NGO Forum on Indonesian
Development (INFID)
Situation of human rights defenders in Indonesia
2010
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/81
Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights
(MFHR), Women's Human Rights International
Association (WHRIA), International Educational
Development, Inc. (IED)
International warning on the increase of executions
in the Islamic Republic of Iran
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/83
Defence for Children International, World
Organisation Against Torture
Children working and/or living in the street and
juvenile justice
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/84
Défense des Enfants International, International
Catholic Child Bureau
Enfants en situation de rue et travail social de rue
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/85
International Commission of Jurists
Thailand: An urgent need to end the practice of
arbitrary detention and take action on enforced
disappearances
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/86
International Commission of Jurists
Nutrition and models of production: advancing the
right to adequate food
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/87
North-South XXI
Islamophobia in Western Europe
9
A/HRC/16/NGO/88
Associazione Comunita Papa Giovanni XXIII,
New Humanity, Association Points-Coeur,
Dominicans for Justice and Peace - Order of
Preachers, International Catholic Child Bureau,
et al.
Freedom of religion is a fundamental path to peace
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/89
Associazione Comunita Papa Giovanni XXIII,
Caritas Internationalis (International
Confederation of Catholic Charities),
International Catholic Child Bureau,
International Institute of Mary Our Help of the
Salesians of Don Bosco, International
Volunteerism Organization for Women, et al.
Greater access to testing and treatment for
children living with HIV/AIDS – Comments on the
report of the Secretary General “The protection of
human rights in the context of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)”
2
A/HRC/16/NGO/90
Worldview International Foundation (WIF)
The situation of human rights in Myanmar requires
an international investigation
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/91
Al-Haq, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights,
Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency
and Refugee Rights, Palestinian Centre for
Human Rights, Women’s Centre for Legal Aid
and Counseling
Palestinians must be fully included in the United
Nation’s “Era of Accountability”
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/92
International Humanist and Ethical Union
Child abuse and the Holy See
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/93
International Humanist and Ethical Union
Corruption and human rights
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/94
Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA)
Statement on Israeli war crimes in Gaza
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/95
African American Society for Humanitarian Aid
and Development (ASHAD)
The establishment of a national commission for
human rights in Sudan
4
Trafficking in Children
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3
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/82
5
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Submitted by
Title
A/HRC/16/NGO/96
Society for Threatened Peoples
The right to food and “land grab” in Ethiopia
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/97
Society for Threatened Peoples
Arbitrary detention: the case of Greece
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/98
Society for Threatened Peoples
Impunity and massive human rights violations in
Myanmar
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/99
Society for Threatened Peoples
Right to adequate housing: the destruction of
Batwa houses in Rwanda
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/100
American Civil Liberties Union
Civil society response to US Universal Periodic
Review
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/101
Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits
de l'homme (RADDHO), the Al-Hakim
Foundation
Promotion and protection of human rights and
fundamental liberty in the combat against
terrorism
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/102
Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Refugee
and Residency Rights
Jerusalem’s protracted demographic
transformation: a policy of population transfer and
a regime of apartheid and colonialism
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/103
Center for Reproductive Rights, Inc.
Universal Periodic Review of the United States of
America
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/104
Front Line International Foundation for the
Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the
Center for Reproductive Rights, Inc., the
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights
Regarding the women human rights defenders’
report of the UN Special Rapporteur on human
rights defenders
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/105
African-American Society for Humanitarian Aid
and Development (ASHAD), Inter-African
Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting
the Health of Women and Children
Female genital mutilation
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/106
Human Rights First
U.S. noncompliance with key human rights
obligations
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/107
European Disability Forum
The right to human rights education and training
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/108
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Asian Legal
Resource Centre, International Association of
Democratic Lawyers
Judges and the rule of law: the prosecution of
Judge Garzón in Spain
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/109
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
Conditions of civil, social and economic rights of
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon within the context
of the Universal Periodic Review
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/110
France Libertés – Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
Le droit fondamental d’accès à l’eau potable et à
l’assainissement : vers une application concrète et
une gouvernance démocratique
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/111
International Movement Against All Forms of
Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)
Promotion and protection of human rights –
Challenges of post war Sri Lanka
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/112
Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and
Humanitarian Relief
The attack on Mavi Marmara
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/113
International Federation for Human Rights
Leagues
Arbitrary detention and lack of protection for
refugees, migrants and stateless persons in
Lebanon
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/114
France Libertés – Fondation Danielle
Mitterrand, American Association of Jurists,
Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié
entre les peuples
Une affaire de non respect des droits de la
défense : Application de la loi antiterroriste au Chili
et criminalisation des mouvements sociaux
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/115
Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié
entre les peoples (MRAP), France Libertes Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, World
Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
Protection and enhancement of the rights of Camp
Ashraf residents (Iraq) must be ensured
4
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Title
A/HRC/16/NGO/116
Soka Gakkai International (SGI), CIVICUS - World
Alliance for Citizen Participation, International
Alliance of Women (IAW), International Council
of Women (ICW), International Association for
Religious Freedom (IARF), et al.
NGO assessment of the draft United Nations
Declaration on human rights education and
training
5
A/HRC/16/NGO/117
Defence for Children International, International
Council of Women, World Vision International,
Consortium for street children, International
Catholic Child Bureau, et al.
Violence and children working and/or living in the
street
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/118
Centrist Democratic International
Role of Cuban prison practices in death of human
rights defender
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/119
Asian Forum for Human Rights and
Development
Situation of human rights defenders in Papua,
Indonesia
3&
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/120
SOS Kinderdorf International,Foundation ECPAT
International (End Child Prostitution, Child
Pornography and Trafficking in Children for
Sexual Purposes)
Alternative care and the social reintegration of
streetchildren
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/121
Franciscans International (FI)
Violence against children as a result of harmful
traditional practices: the case of the so-called
“witch children”
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/122
Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA),
African American Society for Humanitarian AID
and Development (ASHAD)
The impact of current Arab revolutions on the
human rights situation in the Arab region
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/123
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch,
Reporters Without Borders International
Islamic Republic of Iran: the international
community must act to save hundreds at risk of
execution
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/124
Amnesty International
Sri Lanka: the need to address persistent impunity
for violations and abuses of international human
rights and humanitarian law
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/125
Arab NGO Network for Development
The conditions and rights of persons with
disabilities in Lebanon
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/126
Action Canada for Population and Development,
Madre, Inc., Urban Justice Center
Responding to the United Nations Human Rights
Council: end violence against sex workers in the
United States Of America
6
A/HRC/16/NGO/127
Consortium for Street Children
Street children: what data and research are needed
for effective policies
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/128
Jubilee Campaign
The Continuing human rights crisis in Eritrea: the
need for urgent international action
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/129
Centrist Democratic International
Violence against women in Cuba in 2010
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/130
American Civil Liberties Union
Abuse of the human rights of prisoners in the
United States: solitary confinement
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/131
International Human Rights Association of
American Minorities (IHRAAM)
Ongoing progress in the pursuit to eliminate all
forms of racism
9
A/HRC/16/NGO/132
Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
Situation of Kashmiri Pandit internally displaced
persons
3
A/HRC/16/NGO/133
Society for Threatened Peoples
Religious freedom in the People’s Republic of
China: the case of the Tibetan Autonomous Region
4
A/HRC/16/NGO/134
Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ)
Despite repeated assurances to amend it, the
Palestinian National Charter remains unchanged –
calling for Israel’s elimination by any military
means
7
A/HRC/16/NGO/135
International Human Rights Association of
The search for self-determination past and present
4
7
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American Minorities, IHRAAM
A/HRC/16/NGO/136
Mouvement contre le racism et pour l’amitié
entre les peuples (MRAP)
8
Restrictions of Tibetan language in the People’s
Republic of China
3