Friday, 1 April 2005 Order of the Day of the Commission on Human Rights (Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005) Friday, 1 April 2005 Plenary meetings 29th meeting 10.00 a.m. Conference room XVII Item 9 (b)*: Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, including: (b) Procedure established in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolutions 1503 (XLVIII) and 2000/3 * In closed session. Notes The deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions have been set as follows: Items 4 & 5 Items 6 & 7 Item 8 Items 9 & 10 Monday, 4 April 2005, 1.00 p.m. Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 6.00 p.m. Friday, 8 April 2005, 3.00 p.m. Monday, 11 April 2005, 3.00 p.m. Items 11, 12 & 13 Items 14, 15 & 16 Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 1.00 p.m. Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 6.00 p.m. Items 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 3 Thursday, 14 April 2005, 6.00 p.m. 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 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.4/2005/OD.14 GE.05-011224 -230th meeting Item 11: 3.00 p.m. Conference room XVII 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. E/CN.4/2005/6 & Add.1, 2, 3, 4, E/CN.4/2005/7 & Corr.1 & Add.1-2, E/CN.4/2005/53, E/CN.4/2005/54 & Corr.1, E/CN.4/2005/55, E/CN.4/2005/56, E/CN.4/2005/57, E/CN.4/2005/58, E/CN.4/2005/59, E/CN.4/2005/60 & Add.1, 2, 3 & Corr.1, 4, E/CN.4/2005/61 & Corr.1 & Add.1-2, E/CN.4/2005/62 & Add.2-3, E/CN.4/2005/64 & Corr.1 & Add. 2, 3, 4, 5, E/CN.4/2005/65 & Add.1, E/CN.4/2005/66, E/CN.4/2005/67, E/CN.4/2005/127, E/CN.4/2005/G/7, E/CN.4/2005/G/17, E/CN.4/2005/G/20, E/CN.4/2005/G/21, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/5, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/11, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/24, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/27, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/31, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/32, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/33, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/34, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/35, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/36, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/37, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/38, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/39, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/40, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/41, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/42, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/43, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/44, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/45, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/46, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/47, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/48, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/61, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/62, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/63, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/64, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/69, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/81, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/83, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/84, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/85, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/86, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/87, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/89, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/95, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/105, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/107, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/108, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/109, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/111, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/112, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/114, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/136, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/138, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/140, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/150, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/151, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/182, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/183, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/184, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/193, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/198, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/207, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/211, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/220, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/223, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/231, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/233, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/241, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/244, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/249, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/258, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/259, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/267, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/274, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/276, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/277, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/278, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/295, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/299, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/303, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/305, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/307, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/310, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/312, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/314, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/317, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/323, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/325, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/333, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/334, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/335, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/339, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/342, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/343, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/345, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/348, E/CN.4/2005/CRP.4, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/40 /… -3- Persons invited Mr. Alejandro Salinas, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the second consultative meeting on the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law List of speakers Item 11 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Item 11 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Members Cuba Pakistan Eritrea Argentina Zimbabwe Ireland Romania (on behalf of the community of States having French language in common) Observers Kuwait International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Yemen Norway Iraq Switzerland Chile Cyprus Holy See African Union Interparliamentary Union Soloman Islands Rwanda Venezuela Serbia and Montenegro Uzbekistan Bosnia and Herzegovina Algeria Jordan Denmark Tunisia Belarus UNESCO Thailand Democratic People’s Republic of Korea /… -4Item 11 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Non-governmental organizations Joint statement: Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Franciscans International and Dominican Leadership Conference Joint statement: International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and Arab Lawyers Union Joint statement: Centro de Estudios Sobre la Juventud, Federación de Mujeres Cubanas and National Union of Jurists of Cuba Joint statement: International PEN and International Publishers Association Joint statement: International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and International League for Human Rights Joint statement: International Federation of Human Rights Leagues and Agir ensemble pour l Joint statement: Indigenous World Association, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan Joint statement: General Arab Women Federation, Union of Arab Jurists, International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, World Young Women’s Christian Association, All Indian Women Conference, World Movement of Mothers and International Educational Development Joint statement: International Association for Religious Freedom, Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association International, International Council Jewish of Women, Pax Christi International, International Federation of University Women, International Federation of Social Workers, Brahma Kumaris Work Spiritual University, Susila Dharma International Association, All India Women’s Conference and World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations Joint statement: World Peace Council and Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos United Nations Watch Baha’i International Community Amnesty International International Federation of Human Rights Leagues World Organisation against Torture Joint statement: Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations and B’nai Brith International Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Association for the Prevention of Torture Centre Europe-Tiers Monde World Federation of Trade Unions Human Rights Watch Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America Conscience and Peace Tax International Colombian Commission of Jurists Joint statement: International Commission of Jurists and Redress International Association against Torture American Association of Jurists Transnational Radical Party /… -5Item 11 (cont’d) 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre International League for Human Rights Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) International Committee for the Respect and the Application of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights International Religious Liberty Association International Fellowship of Reconciliation Federación Mundial Juventudes Democráticas Libération Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation Jubilee Campaign Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations Sociedad Cultural José Martí International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples Association internationale pour la défense de la liberté religieuse Centro de Estudios Europeos Centrist Democratic International Permanent Assembly for Human Rights Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juarez Society for Threatened Peoples Liberal International European Union of Public Relations Open Society Institute International Institute for Peace Organization for Defending Victims of Violence African Society of International and Comparative Law International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development International Humanist and Ethical Union Human Rights Advocates International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and other Minorities Madre General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists Joint statement: Catholic Institute for International Relations, Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation and Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development A Woman’s Voice International Agir ensemble pour les droits de l’ homme Anti-Slavery International International Indian Treaty Council Association of World Education International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees Asian Legal Resource Centre Nord-Sud XXI /… -6Item 11 (cont’d) 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. Item 11 - Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights World Union for Progressive Judaism Pax Christi International International Educational Development International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims War Resisters International Joint statement: International League for Human Rights and Human Rights Council of Australia Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation Rural Reconstruction Nepal International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network International Alliance of Women International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association International Human Rights Association of American Minorities Interfaith International United Nations Association of San Diego Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Anti-Racism Information Service Worldview International Foundation Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches Reporters Sans Frontières World Muslim Congress International Association of Democratic Lawyers Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples Union Internacional de la Juventud Socialista Philippine Human Rights Information Center Organisation tunisienne des jeunes médecins sans frontières Persons invited on Monday, 4 April 2004 Mr. Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Mr. Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Mr. Stephen Toope, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief /… -7- Annex Other meetings The information in the Annex is provided for ease of reference only and is subject to possible change. 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. This information does not imply any opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations. Friday, 1 April 2005 Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR and the Department of Public Information (DPI) Type of meeting Conference Room Meeting on the question of death penalty Co-sponsors only XXII Permanent Missions of Mexico and Guatemala Consultations on draft resolution “Human rights and indigenous issues” (item 15) Open-ended XXIII 10.00 - 13.00 Permanent Mission of Denmark Resolution on torture Private E-2064/66 10.00 - 13.00 Permanent Mission of Canada Draft resolution on violence against women (item 12) Co-sponsors only XXI 10.00 - 13.00 Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie Réunion d’informations et d’échanges avec les ONG (item 17) Public XXVII 11.00 - 12.00 Permanent Mission of Australia Good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights Open-ended XVII 13.00 - 14.00 Permanent Mission of Malaysia Consultations on draft resolutions on Open-ended the right to development (item 7), on unilateral coercive measures (item 10) and on international cooperation (item 17) XXII 13.00 - 15.00 Permanent Mission of the United States of America Informal consultations on draft resolution concerning freedom of association (item 11) 13.00 - 15.00 Permanent Missions of Poland, Australia, Chile & the Republic of Korea Panel discussion on the practical approaches to good governance and human rights – Corruption as a threat to democracy Public XXI 15.00 - 16.00 Permanent Mission of Chile Incorporación de los derechos humanos de la mujer en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas Private E-2064/66 15.00 - 16.00 Permanent Mission of Pakistan Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of human rights Public XXVII Time Organized by Subject of the meeting 10.00 - 11.00 European Union Presidency 10.00 - 11.00 Co-sponsors E-2070/72 only /… -8Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Friday, 1 April 2005 (cont’d) 15.00 - 16.30 Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation Consultations on draft resolution “Hostage-taking” (item 11) Open-ended E-2070/72 15.00 - 17.00 Permanent Mission of Brazil Second consultation on draft resolution on a human rights global report Open-ended XXIII 16.00 - 17.00 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) E-2060 16.00 - 17.00 Permanent Mission of Australia National institutions Co-sponsors E-2064/66 only 16.00 - 18.00 Permanent Mission of Cuba Informal consultations on draft resolution “The right to food” Open-ended XXVII 17.00 - 18.00 Permanent Mission of France Détention arbitraire (point 11) Open-ended XXIV 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 Informal consultations 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” (item 10) XXIII 18.00 - 19.30 European Union Presidency Consultations with NGOs Private XXII 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 International Service for Human Rights (co-sponsored by International Commission of Jurists) Human rights in Timor Leste Public E-2070/72 10.30 - 12.00 Organization for Defending Victims of Violence Independence of the judiciary Public XXIV 11.00 - 13.00 Freedom House (co-sponsored by UK Government & International League for Human Rights) Challenges facing human rights defenders in Central Asia (agenda item 9) Public XXIII 11.00 -13.00 Interfaith International Human rights in China Public XXII /… -9NGO events, Friday, 1 April 2005 (cont’d) 12.00 -13.00 International Association of Democratic Lawyers (co-sponsored by International Fellowship of Reconciliation) “Education for Korean minority in Japan” (agenda item 10) Public E-2070/72 12.00 - 14.00 International League for Human Rights (co-sponsored by International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights) Human rights in the Russian Federation (agenda item 11) Public XXIV 13.00 -15.00 Conscience and Peace Tax International (co-sponsored by Friends World Committee for Consultation (QUAKERS)) Conscientious objection to military service (agenda item 11(g)) Public XXVII 13.00 -15.00 Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez (cosponsored by Amnesty International & la Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme) Human rights in Mexico Public XXIII 13.00 - 15.00 Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (co-sponsored by Rural Reconstruction Nepal) Human rights in Nepal Public XVIII 14.00 - 16.00 World Council of Churches Human rights in West-Papua (agenda items 10 & 11) Public XXII 15.00 - 17.00 FIAN - Foodfirst Information and Action Network - International “Extraterritorial obligations – The human rights response to globalisation” (agenda item 10) Public XXIV Monday, 4 April 2005 Meetings 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 Resolution on impunity 9.00 - 11.00 Permanent Mission of Mexico Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (item 17) 10.00 - 11.00 Permanent Mission of Brazil Consultations on draft resolution on a Open-ended human rights global report Co-sponsors E-2064/66 only Public XXIII XXII /… - 10 Meetings organized by Permanent Missions, intergovernmental organizations, OHCHR & DPI, Monday, 4 April 2005 (cont’d) 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 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” (item 10) 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 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) Co-sponsors only XXIV 15.30 - 16.30 Permanent Mission of the United States of America Informal consultations on the situation of human rights in the Sudan 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 XXII /… - 11 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) “Draft basic principles and guidelines on the right to a remedy and reparation “(agenda item 11) 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 _____