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Civil and political rights, including the questions of:
(a) Torture and detention;
(b) Disappearances and summary executions;
(c) Freedom of expression;
(d) Independence of the judiciary, administration of justice,
impunity;
(e) Religious intolerance;
(f) States of emergency;
(g) Conscientious objection to military service.
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 For the deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions, see annex.
 All delegations scheduled to take the floor must provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25
copies of their statements. For general distribution, 250 copies are needed.
 Identity photo-badges valid for the duration of the session may be obtained by all delegations, if
needed, from the UNOG 9 Security and Safety Section at the villa “Les Feuillantines”(13, avenue
de la Paix) from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. upon presentation of a copy of their letter of accreditation
and an identity document.
E/CN.4/2004/OD.16
GE.2004-011967
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E/CN.4/2004/7 and Corr.1 and Add.1, Add.2 and Corr.1 and
Add.3, E/CN.4/2004/50, E/CN.4/2004/51, E/CN.4/2004/52,
E/CN.4/2004/53 and Add.1, E/CN.4/2004/54, E/CN.4/2004/55
E/CN.4/2004/56 and Add.1, Add.2 and Add.3,
E/CN.4/2004/57, E/CN.4/2004/58, E/CN.4/2004/59,
E/CN.4/2004/60 and Add.1,
E/CN.4/2004/62 and Add.1, Add.2, Add.3 and Add.4
E/CN.4/2004/63 and Add.1, Add.2
E/CN.4/2004/G/1, E/CN.4/2004/G/18, E/CN.4/2004/G/19
E/CN.4/2004/G/26, E/CN.4/2004/G/33, E/CN.4/2004/G/34,
E/CN.4/2004/G/40, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/8,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/13, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/14,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/19, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/30,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/31, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/32,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/33, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/34,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/35, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/36,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/37, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/38,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/39, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/40,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/41, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/42,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/43, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/44,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/45, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/46,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/47, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/48,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/49, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/52,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/54, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/55,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/58, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/59,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/65, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/70,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/71, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/72,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/79, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/87,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/88, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/90,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/92, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/94,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/104, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/111,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/125, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/128,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/129, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/130,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/134, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/145,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/151, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/153,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/179, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/182,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/183, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/188,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/194, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/206,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/214, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/224,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/231, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/236,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/237, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/238,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/239, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/240,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/246, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/252,
E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/39, E/CN.15/2002/3,
E/CN.15/2001/8.
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Integration of the human rights of women and the gender
perspective:
(a) Violence against women.
E/CN.4/2004/64
E/CN.4/2004/65-E/CN.6/2004/7,
E/CN.4/2004/66 and Add.1-2 ,
E/CN.4/2004/117-E/CN.6/2004/8,
E/CN.4/2004/G/3, E/CN.4/2004/G/29,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/1, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/20,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/21, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/50,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/73, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/84,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/95, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/117,
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/146, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/195
E/CN.4/2004/NGO/201, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/253
List of speakers
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Transnational Radical Party
War Resisters International
World Federation of Trade Unions
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
American Association of Jurists
Conscience and Peace Tax International
Friends World Committee for Consultation
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Colombian Commission of Jurists
All for Reparations and Emancipation
International Federation of Human Rights
Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees
North-South XXI
Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos
Human Rights Advocates
European Union of Public Relations
International Association against Torture
December Twelfth Movement International Secretariat
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
Jubilee Campaign
Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement
International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development
World Federation of United Nations Associations
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Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Joint statement: International PEN [International Publishers Association]
Association for World Education
International Religious Liberty Association
MADRE
National Union of Jurists of Cuba
World Federation of Democratic Youth
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
CIRAC
World Peace Council
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
Freedom House
International League for Human Rights
International Service for Human Rights
United Nations Watch
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Christian Democratic International
Liberal International
Interfaith International
Human Rights Council of Australia
Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization
International Young Catholic Students
United Nations Association of China
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
Pax Romana
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
Catholic Institute for International Relations
Society for Threatened Peoples
Japanese Workers Committee for Human Rights
World Confederation of Labour
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Lawyers for a Democratic Society
Penal Reform International
Philippine Human Rights Information Centre
Indian Council of South America
Organisation tunisienne de jeunes médecins sans frontières
Indian Council of Education
International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
Australian Council for Overseas Aid
International Humanist and Ethical Union
Joint statement: International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations
[International Association against Torture, Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom, African Society of International and Comparative Law, General Arab Women
Federation].
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International Indian Treaty Council
International Union of Socialist Youth
Voluntary Action Network India
World Muslim Congress
International Possibilities Unlimited
African Society of International and Comparative Law
Worldview International Foundation
Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples
Agir ensemble pour les droits de l’homme
Fraternité Notre Dame
International Islamic Federation of Students Organization
Joint statement: Indigenous World Association [International League for the Rights and
Liberation of Peoples, International Indian Treaty Council].
Third World Movement against the Exploitation of Women
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Dominican Republic
Egypt
New Zealand (on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand)
Ireland (on behalf of the European Union)
Lithuania (on behalf of Baltic and Nordic States: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland,
Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden)
Chile
Nigeria
Germany
Pakistan
Republic of Korea
South Africa
Cuba
China
India
Paraguay
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
Mexico
Sri Lanka
Bahrain
Croatia
United States of America
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Yemen
Iraq
Norway
Oman
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Nicaragua
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Bangladesh
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (Division for the
Advancement of Women)
Syrian Arab Republic
Morocco
Angola
Algeria
World Health Organization (WHO)
Senegal
Poland
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Venezuela
Malaysia
Viet Nam
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Botswana
Thailand
Myanmar
Liechtenstein
San Marino
World Bank
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Joint statement: International Federation of University Women [Soroptimist International,
World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations, International Association of
Gerontology, All India Women’s Conference, Zonta International, 3HO Foundation, World
Federation of Methodists and Uniting Church Women, International Council of Jewish
Women, International Association for Counselling]
Joint statement: International Council of Women [Inter-African Committee on Traditional
Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, International Movement for
Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples]
Joint statement: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom [World Young
Women’s Christian Association]
World Organization against Torture
Franciscans International
Amnesty International
Femmes Africa Solidarité
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Women’s International Democratic Federation
Human Rights Advocates
Federation of Cuban Women
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
Jubilee Campaign
International Institute for Peace
CIRAC
World Federation of United Nations Associations
International Religious Liberty Association
National Union of Jurists of Cuba
Centro de Estudios Sobre la Juventud
World Federation of Democratic Youth
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
Organization for the Solidarity of the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees
Association of World Citizens
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Japanese Workers Committee for Human Rights
International Women’s Rights Action Watch
Indian Council of Education
International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies
International Humanist and Ethical Union
World Vision International
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
World Young Women’s Christian Association
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
World Muslim Congress
Anti-Slavery International
Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance
All China Women’s Federation
Worldview International Foundation
Christian Democratic International
International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples
Union nationale de la femme tunisienne
PPeerrssoonnss iinnvviitteedd
Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (item 11).
Ms. Ayse Feride Acar, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (item 12).
Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
(item 12).
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Other meetings
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
10.00 a.m.- Permanent Mission of
1.00 p.m. Denmark
Draft resolution on torture
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
XXIV
10.00 a.m.- Permanent Mission of
1.00 p.m. Canada
Informal meeting
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
E-3025
10.00 a.m.- Permanent Mission of
1.00 p.m. Canada
Draft resolution on violence
against women
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
XXIII
10.00 a.m.- Permanent Mission of
11:30 a.m. Pakistan
Consultation on draft
resolution on globalization
and its impact on full
enjoyment of human rights
Public
XXVII
10.00 a.m.- Presidency of the
11.30 a.m. European Union
Draft resolution on the
situation of human rights in
Myanmar
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
E-3056
12.00 noon- DPI/OHCHR
1.00 p.m.
Briefing by the Special
Rapporteur on the
independence of judges and
lawyers
Public
XVIII
12.00 noon- Presidency of the
1.00 p.m. European Union
Open informal meeting on
the resolution on the
situation of human rights in
Zimbabwe
Public
E-2064/66
3-4 p.m.
Permanent Mission of
Chile
Draft resolution on the right
to restitution
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
E-2060
3-5 p.m.
Permanent Mission of
Canada
Draft resolution on violence
against women
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
E-3025
3-5 p.m.
Permanent Mission of
Congo
Draft resolution on
kidnapping of children in
Africa
Public
XXIII
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Permanent Mission of
Portugal
Draft resolution on the right
to education
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
XXI
3.30 p.m.6.00 p.m.
Permanent Mission of
Cuba
Informal consultations on
the draft resolutions on:
- the use of mercenaries
- cultural rights and
cultural diversity
Public
XXVII
OHCHR
Consultation of the
Chairman of the 22nd
session of the Board of
Trustees of the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for
Victims of Torture with the
Asian Group
Private
XVIII
Permanent Mission of
Portugal
Draft resolution on
Closed
economic, social and cultural Co-sponsors
rights
only
OHCHR
Consultation of the
Chairman of the 22nd
session of the Board of
Trustees of the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for
Victims of Torture with the
African Group
Private
XXIII
4-6 p.m.
Permanent Mission of
France
Draft resolution on
involuntary disappearances
Public
XXIV
4-6 p.m.
Organization of the
Islamic Countries
Expert meeting on human
rights
Private
XXII
5-6 p.m.
Permanent Mission of
Austria
Draft resolution on
administration of justice
Closed
Co-sponsors
only
E-3025
5-6 p.m.
Permanent Mission of
Brazil
Draft resolution on the right
Closed
of everyone to the enjoyment Co-sponsors
of the highest attainable
only
standard of physical and
mental health
5-6 p.m.
Permanent Mission of the Draft resolution on human
United States of America rights in China
3.30 p.m.4.00 p.m.
4-5 p.m.
4.00 p.m.4.30p.m.
Public
XXI
XXI
XXIII
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NGO events
Time
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
Human rights and Muslim
women
Public
XIX
Human rights situation in
the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Public
XXVII
1-3 p.m.
World Organization Against Human rights situation in
torture
Colombia
Public
XXI
1-3 p.m.
Franciscans International
Health rights in Puerto Rico
(USA)
Public
E-2064/66
1-3 p.m.
A Woman’s Voice
International
Human rights situation in
China
Public
XVIII
1-3 p.m.
Indian Council of Education Eradicating extremism
through education
Public
XXIII
Public
IX
Public
XXVII
9.00 a.m.6.00 p.m.
Organized by
World Islamic Call Society
11.30 a.m.- International Federation of
1.00 p.m. Human Rights Leagues
Subject of the meeting
1.15 p.m.- Transnational Radical Party Human rights situation in
3.00 p.m.
the Russian Federation
1-3 p.m.
International Commission
of Jurists
Human rights situation in
Nepal
1-3 p.m.
International Association for Freedom of religion or
Religious Freedom
belief and the status of
women
Public
XXIV
1-2 p.m.
Organization for Defending Arbitrary detention
Victims of Violence
Public
E-3025
1-3 p.m.
Human Rights Watch
Human rights situation in
and International League for Uzbekistan and
Human Rights
Turkmenistan
Public
XXII
 The information below is reproduced as received and does not imply any opinion or endorsement by the
Secretariat of the United Nations. Permanent reservations of conference rooms made for meetings of regional
groups and other groups of States will not be reflected in this document unless specifically requested.
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ANNEX
Deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions & decisions to the Secretariat as adopted by the Commission on Human Rights on 30 March 2004
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5 APRIL
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30 MARCH
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13 APRIL
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1 APRIL
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Preparation
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19 MARCH
26 MARCH
2 APRIL
9 APRIL
16 APRIL
23 APRIL
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