Secretariat of the Commission on Human Rights
Tuesday, 5 April 2005
Bulletin of informal meetings
held in parallel to the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights
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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 - 10.00
Permanent Mission of Pakistan
Combating defamation of religions
Open-ended
XVIII
9.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Informal consultation on draft
Co-sponsors
resolution "Women's equal
only
ownership, access to and control over
land and the equal rights to own
property and to adequate housing"
XIX
9.30 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Japan
Draft resolution on Cambodia
(item 19)
XX
9.30 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Canada
Draft resolution on the Working
Co-sponsors
Group on the draft declaration on the
only
rights of indigenous peoples
(item 15)
10.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Consultations on draft resolution
"Human rights and indigenous
issues" (item 15)
Private
Co-sponsors
only
XXVII
XXI
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-2Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 (cont’d)
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
Draft resolution on the work of the
Sub-Commission
Open-ended
XIX
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 - 14.30
Permanent Mission of Poland
[No title communicated]
Private
XX
13.00 - 15.00
OHCHR
Confronting violence against
children: the Secretary-General’s
study
Public
XXIII
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 - 16.30
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Draft resolution on the Working
Group on Indigenous Populations
and Second Decade of the World
Indigenous People (item 15)
Open-ended
XXIV
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
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Latvia
11.00 - 13.00
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-3Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 (cont’d)
16.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of China
Like-Minded Group meeting
Private
XVIII
16.30 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
Informal consultations on draft
resolutions
Open-ended
XXIV
16.30 - 18.00
Pemanent Mission of Romania
Informal consultations on draft
resolution “Democracy and the rule
of law” (item 11)
Co-sponsors
only
XXVII
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"
Co-sponsors
only
XXII
18.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of Pakistan
OIC experts meeting
Private
XXIV
18.00 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of France
Extrême pauvreté (item 10)
Public
XXVII
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
10.00 - 12.00
Organization for Defending Victims
of Violence
Human rights and the Iranian legal
system
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 and
gender identity: Is the Commission
turning a blind eye” (agenda item 11)
Public
XXII
/…
-4NGO events, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 (cont’d)
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
Wednesday, 6 April 2005
Meeting organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations,
OHCHR and the Department of Public Information (DPI)
Type of
meeting
Conference
Room
The question of death penalty
Co-sponsors
only
XIX
Permanent Mission of Chile
Consultations on the right to remedy
(item 10)
Open-ended
XXII
9.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Extrajudicial executions (item 11)
Open-ended
XVIII
9.00 - 11.00
Permanent Mission of the United
States of America
Informal consultation on draft
resolution concerning freedom of
association (item 11)
Co-sponsors
only
XX
10.00 - 12.30
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
Draft resolution on Nepal
Co-sponsors
only
XIX
10.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Denmark
Draft resolution on torture
Open-ended
XXVII
11.00 - 12.00
Permanent Mission of Italy
[No title communicated]
Private
E-2064/66
11.00 - 12.00
Permanent Mission of Argentina
Third consultation on draft resolution
“The Right to the Truth” (item 17)
Public
XX
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of the
Netherlands
Informal consultations on religious
intolerance
Private
XXIII
11.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Mexico
Informal consultations on draft
Open-ended
resolution "Women's equal
ownership, access to and control over
land and the equal rights to own
property and to adequate housing"
Time
Organized by
Subject of the meeting
9.00 - 10.00
European Union Presidency
9.00 - 10.00
XXIV
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-5Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 (cont’d)
12.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Australia
Good governance in the promotion
and protection of human rights
Open-ended
XX
12.00 - 13.00
Permanent Mission of Italy
[No title communicated]
Private
E-2064/66
12.00 - 13.00
OHCHR/DPI
General briefing with the Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants
Public
XXII
13.00 - 14.00
Permanent Mission of Malaysia
Consultations on draft resolutions on Open-ended
the right to development (item 7),
unilateral coercive measures
(item 10) and international
cooperation (item 17)
13.00 - 14.00
Permanent Mission of Australia
JUSCANZ Group
13.00 - 15.00
OHCHR/OSAGI (Office of the
“Reflecting on Beijing + 10: Future
Special Adviser on Gender Issues and challenges for women's human
Advancement of Women)
rights”
13.00 - 15.00
Permanent Mission of Cuba
14.30 - 15.00
XIX
Private
XXIV
Public
XVIII
Presentation of the book “Dissidents
or Mercenaries” by one of its authors,
a Colombian journalist,
Hernando Calvo Ospina
Public
XXIII
OHCHR
Showing of film about the work of
the Commission: “The Pain of
Others”
Public
XVII
15.00 - 16.00
Permanent Mission of Italy
[No title communicated]
Private
E-2064/66
15.00 - 16.00
Permanent Mission of the Russian
Federation
Informal consultations on draft
resolution “Integrity of the judicial
system”
Public
XXI
15.00 - 16.00
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Draft resolution on economic, social
and cultural rights
Open-ended
XXII
15.00 - 16.00
Permanent Mission of Chile
Integrating the human righs of
women throughout the UN system
(item 12)
Co-sponsors
only
XXIII
15.00 - 17.00
Permanent Mission of Brazil
Third consultation on draft resolution Open-ended
“Incompatibility between democracy
and racism” (item 11)
15.30 - 17.30
Permanent Mission of Poland
Consultation on draft resolution on
the protection of human rights in the
context of HIV/AIDS
16.00 - 17.00
Permanent Mission of Italy
16.00 - 18.00
16.00 - 18.00
XX
Open-ended
XXVII
[No title communicated]
Private
E-2064/66
Permanent Mission of Switzerland
Human rights and transitional justice
Private
XXII
Permanent Mission of Armenia
Consultations on draft resolution on
the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (item 17)
Open-ended
XXI
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-6Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 (cont’d)
17.00 - 18.00
Permanent Mission of Italy
[No title communicated]
Private
E-2070/72
17.00 - 18.30
Permanent Mission of Romania
Draft resolution on democracy and
the rule of law (item 11)
Open-ended
XX
17.30 - 19.00
Permanent Mission of Portugal
Right to education (item 10)
Open-ended
XXIV
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
Organisation internationale pour le
développement de la liberté
d'enseignement
Présentations de formations en droits
de l’homme à Genève (points 10 &
18 de l’ordre du jour)
Public
XVIII
11.00 - 13.00
Femmes Africa Solidarité
(co-sponsored by International
Federation of University Women)
“Mapping peace”
Public
XXI
13.00 - 15.00
Human Rights Watch, World Vision “How can juvenile justice reform be
International, Defence for Children
brought onto the international
International
agenda?”
Public
XX
13.00 - 15.00
International Commission of Jurists Human rights in Zimbabwe (agenda
(co-sponsored by Amnesty
item 9)
International, International Federation
of Human Rights Leagues, World
Organization against Torture)
Public
XXVII
13.00 - 15.00
Global Rights
Public
XXI
14.00 - 15.00
Women's International League for
“Violence against women, in
Peace and Freedom (co-sponsored by particular the crime of honour
Inter-African Committee on
killings”
Traditional Practices affecting the
Health of Women and Children,
Women's Federation for World Peace
International, Femmes Africa
Solidarité)
Public
XXIV
15.00 - 17.00
Centre on Housing Rights and
Evictions
“Inheritance rights in Africa and the
Middle East” (agenda item 12)
Public
XVIII
15.30 - 17.30
Centre for Women's Global
Leadership
“Sexuality-based challenges to
women’s organizing”
Public
XIX
Human rights in the United States of
America
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