Monday, 4 April 2005
Order of the Day
of the Commission on Human Rights
(Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005)
Monday, 4 April 2005
Plenary meetings
31st meeting
32nd meeting
10.00 a.m.
3.00 p.m.
Conference room XVII
H.E. Ms. Matilde Ribeiro, Special Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic of
Brazil on Policies for Racial Equity, will address the Commission at 11.00 a.m.
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.
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E/CN.4/2005/OD.15
GE.05-011226
-2Item 11:
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.1, 2, 3, E/CN.4/2005/64
& Corr.1 & Add.1, 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
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Persons invited
Mr. Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
(item 11)
Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment (item 11)
Mr. Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
(item 11)
Mr. Stephen Toope, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances (item 11)
Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary
Detention (item 11)
Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (item 11)
List of speakers
Item 11 1.
2.
Item 11 1.
2.
3.
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
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18.
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20.
Members
China
Brazil
Non-governmental organizations
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
United Nations Watch
Colombian Commission of Jurists
Joint statement: International Commission of Jurists and Redress
International Association against Torture
American Association of Jurists
Transnational Radical Party
Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
International League for Human Rights
Joint statement: International Federation of Human Rights Leagues and Agir
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21. International Committee for the Respect and the Application of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
22. International Religious Liberty Association
23. Society for Threatened Peoples
24. Federación Mundial Juventudes Democráticas
25. Libération
26. Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
27. Jubilee Campaign
28. Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations
29. Sociedad Cultural José Martí
30. International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples
31. Association internationale pour la défense de la liberté religieuse
32. Centro de Estudios Europeos
33. Centrist Democratic International
34. Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
35. Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juarez
36. International Fellowship of Reconciliation
37. Liberal International
38. European Union of Public Relations
39. Open Society Institute
40. International Institute for Peace
41. Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
42. African Society of International and Comparative Law
43. International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
44. International Humanist and Ethical Union
45. Human Rights Advocates
46. International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations
47. Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization
48. International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
49. Joint statement: Indigenous World Association, Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom and Rural Development Foundation of
Pakistan
50. International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious,
Linguistic and other Minorities
51. Madre
52. General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
53. Joint statement: Catholic Institute for International Relations, Netherlands
Organization for International Development Cooperation and Asian Forum for
Human Rights and Development
54. A Woman’s Voice International
55. Agir ensemble pour les droits de l’ homme
56. International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association
57. International Indian Treaty Council
58. Association of World Education
59. International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples
60. Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared
Detainees
61. Asian Legal Resource Centre
62. Nord-Sud XXI
63. Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights
64. World Union for Progressive Judaism
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65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
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
Anti-Slavery International
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
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
Organization of African Trade Union Unity
Persons invited on Tuesday, 5 April 2005
Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences (item 12)
Ms. Sigma Huda, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and
children (item 12)
Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and
Advancement of Women (item 12)
Ms. Carmen María Gallardo Hernández, Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of
Women (item 12)
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