Secretariat of the Commission on Human Rights
Monday, 4 April 2005
Bulletin of informal meetings
held in parallel to the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights
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Monday, 4 April 2005
Meeting organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations,
OHCHR and the Department of Public Information (DPI)
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
9.00 - 10.00
Organization of the Islamic
Conference
Ambassadorial meeting
Private
XXII
9.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Draft resolution on impunity
Co-sponsors E-2064/66
only
9.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Protection of human rights and
fundamental freedoms while
countering terrorism (item 17)
Open-ended
XXIII
10.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Consultations on draft resolution on a Open-ended
human rights global report
XXII
10.30 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of the
Netherlands
Informal consultations on religious
intolerance
Private
XXIV
11.00 - 12.30
OHCHR/DPI
General briefing with the Special
Rapporteur on the independence of
the judiciary
Public
XXIII
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-2Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Monday, 4 April 2005 (cont’d)
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Norway
Human rights defenders (item 17)
Public
XXVII
13.00 - 15.00
Permanent Mission of the United
States of America
Briefing for Special Rapporteurs
Private
E-3023
13.00 - 15.00
Permanent Mission of the Czech
Republic
Human rights situation in Cuba
Public
XXI
15.00 - 16.00
OHCHR/DPI
General briefing with the Special
Rapporteur on the question of torture
Public
XXI
15.00 - 16.00
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Draft resolution on economic, social
and cultural rights (item 10)
Open-ended
XXVII
15.00 - 16.30
Permanent Mission of the Russian
Federation
Informal consultations on draft
resolution “Human rights and
arbitrary deprivation of nationality”
(item 14)
Open-ended
XVIII
15.00 - 17.00
Permanent Mission of the United
States of America
Informal consultation on draft
resolution on human rights in Cuba
(item 9)
Co-sponsors
only
XIX
15.00 - 17.00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Informal consultations on draft
resolution on the right to health
Open-ended
XXII
15.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Draft resolution on violence against
women (item 12)
Open-ended
XXIV
16.00 – 17.00
Permanent Mission of the United
States of America
Informal consultations with the
African Group
Private
XX
16.00 - 17.00
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Draft resolution on the right to
education
Open-ended
XXVII
16.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
Human rights and transitional justice
Public
XXI
16.30 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of the Russian
Federation
Informal consultations on draft
resolution “Inadmissibility of certain
practices that fuel contemporary
forms of racism” (item 6)
Open-ended
XVIII
17.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of France
Disparitions forcées
Open-ended
XX
17.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Persons with disabilities (item 14)
Private
XXII
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NGO events
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
9.00 - 10.00
Children’s Human Rights Caucus
Children’s rights briefings
Public
E-3025
9.00 - 10.00
NGO Women’s Caucus
Women’s human rights issues
Public
XXVII
11.00 - 13.00
International Rehabilitation Council
for Torture Victims
“How to prove torture? The Istanbul
Protocol” (agenda item 11 (b))
Public
E-2064/66
13.00 - 15.00
Lutheran World Federation
“A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Commission and Its Mechanisms”
Public
E-2070/72
13.00 - 15.00
International Commission of Jurists
(co-sponsored by the Permanent
Mission of Chile to the United
Nations)
“The victims right to reparations”
Public
XXII
13.00 - 15.00
Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom
“Situation of widows as a result of
war” (agenda item 12)
Public
XXIV
13.00 - 15.00
Centre on Housing Rights and
Evictions (co-sponsored by
International Women's Rights
Action Watch – Asia Pacific, Asia
Pacific Forum on Women, Law and
Development)
“Violence against women and the
right to housing: making the
connections” (agenda Item 12)
Public
XXVII
13.00 - 15.00
Centre Europe Tiers-Monde (cosponsored by FoodFirst Information
and Action Network)
“Droit à l’alimentation et droits des
paysans”
Public
XXIII
13.00 - 15.00
United Nations Watch
“Proposed reforms of the
Commission on Human Rights”
(agenda items 9 and 18)
Public
XVIII
13.00 - 15.00
Amnesty International
“Update on the protection of
journalists in conflict zones”
(agenda item 11)
Public
XX
13.00 - 15.00
International Federation of Human
Rights Leagues
“Strategies to promote human rights
and democracy in closed societies in
Asia”
Public
XIX
15.00 - 16.30
Reporters sans Frontières
“Their freedom is our freedom - To
call for the release of the hostages”
Public
XXIII
16.30 - 17.30
International Institute for
Non-Aligned Studies (co-sponsored
by World Peace Council, Indian
Council of Education)
“Rights of the child in Asia: Need for
child’s right education”
Public
XXIII
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Tuesday, 5 April 2005
Meeting organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations,
OHCHR and the Department of Public Information (DPI)
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
8.00 - 9.00
Permanent Mission of Italy
[No title communicated]
Private
E-2070/72
9.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Informal consultation on draft
resolution "Women's equal
ownership, access to and control over
land and the equal rights to own
property and to adequate housing"
Public
XIX
9.30 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Draft resolution on the Working
Group on the draft declaration on the
rights of indigenous peoples
(item 15)
Public
XXVII
10.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Consultations on draft resolution
"Human rights and indigenous
issues" (item 15)
Co-sponsors
only
XXI
10.00 - 12.00
Permanent Mission of Norway
Human rights defenders
Open-ended
XXII
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Latvia
Draft resolution on the work of the
Sub-Commission
Open-ended
XIX
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Denmark
Draft resolution on torture
Open-ended
XXI
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Right to freedom of expression
(item 11)
Co-sponsors
only
XXIV
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Mass exoduses (item 14)
Co-sponsors
only
XXVII
12.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Chile
Integrating the human rights of
women into the human rights
mechanisms of the United Nations
(item 12)
Co-sponsors
only
XVIII
13.00 - 14.00
OHCHR/DPI
General briefing with the
Chairperson-Rapporteur of the
Working Group on Arbitrary
Detention
Public
XXI
13.00 - 15.00
OHCHR
Confronting violence against
children: the Secretary-General’s
study
Public
XXIII
/…
-5Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 (cont’d)
13.00 - 15.00
OHCHR/DPI
General briefing with the
Chairperson-Rapporteur of the
Working Group on Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances
Public
XXIV
13.00 - 15.00
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
Ratification processes of OP-CAT:
steps forward in the prevention of
torture
Public
XXVII
15.00 - 16.00
Permanent Missions of
United Kingdom, Argentina, India,
Nigeria & Russian Federation
[No title communicated]
Open-ended
XVIII
15.00 - 17.00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Informal consultations on draft
resolution on access to medication
(item 10)
Public
XXIII
15.00 - 18.00
European Union Presidency
Draft resolution on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar (item 9)
Co-sponsors
only
XX
15.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Informal consultations on draft
resolutions
Public
XXIV
16.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of China
Like-Minded Group meeting
Private
XVIII
16.30 - 18.00
Pemanent Mission of Romania
Informal consultations on draft
resolution “Democracy and the rule
of law” (item 11)
Public
XXVII
17.00 - 18.30
Permanent Mission of Italy
Development of public information
activities in the field of human rights
Open-ended
E-2070
17.00 - 18.30
Permanent Missionsof Mexico and
Sweden
Persons with disabilities (item 14)
Co-sponsors
only
XXIII
17.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of the
United States of America
Informal consultations on draft
resolution on Belarus (item 9)
Open-ended
XIX
17.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Consultations on draft resolution on
human rights of migrants (item 14)
Open-ended
XXI
17.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Consultations on draft resolution on
"Protection of human rights and
fundamental freedoms while
countering terrorism" (item 17)
Open-ended
XXII
NGO events
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
8.00 - 9.00
Indian Council of Education
(co-sponsored by International
Institute for Peace)
“Asia-Africa Unity: 50 Years after
the Bandung Conference”
Public
XXI
9.00 - 10.00
Children’s Human Rights Caucus
Children’s rights briefings
Public
E-3025
/…
-6NGO events, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 (cont’d)
10.00 - 12.00
Organization for Defending Victims
of Violence
Human rights in Iran
Public
XVIII
10.00 - 13.00
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Human rights in Indonesia
Public
XXIII
11.00 - 13.00
Union de l’Action féminine
Droits humains au Maroc
Public
XX
12.00 - 13.00
American Civil Liberties Union
“Strategy meeting of national human
rights organizations on security
detentions, deportation and
rendition”
Public
XXII
13.00 - 15.00
World Evangelical Alliance
Human rights in Sri Lanka
(agenda item 11 (e))
Public
XVIII
13.00 - 15.00
Colombian Commission of Jurists
(co-sponsored by Amnesty
International)
Human rights in Colombia
(agenda item 12)
Public
XIX
13.00 - 15.00
International Commissions of Jurists
(co-sponsored by International
Federation of Human Rights Leagues,
International Service for Human
Rights, Human Rights Watch)
“Human rights violations on the
grounds of sexual orientation: Is the
Commission turning a blind eye”
(agenda item 11)
Public
XXII
14.00 - 17.00
Conference of Non-Governmental
Organizations in Consultative
Relationship with the United
Nations
“Millennium+5, the MDGs and
human rights” (agenda items 7 &10)
Public
XXI
15.00 - 17.00
Federación Latinoamericana de
Asociaciones de Familiares de
Detenidos-Desaparecidos
“Las desapariciones forzadas y la
impunidad”
Public
XIX
15.00 - 17.00
Transnational Radical Party
“Religious freedom in Asia”
Public
XXII
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