Wednesday, 6 April 2005
Order of the Day
of the Commission on Human Rights
(Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005)
Wednesday, 6 April 2005
Plenary meetings
35th meeting
36th meeting
Item 12:
10.00 a.m.
3.00 p.m.
Conference room XVII
Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective:
(a) Violence against women.
E/CN.4/2005/63, E/CN.4/2005/68, E/CN.4/2005/69-E/CN.6/2005/6, E/CN.4/2005/70E/CN.6/2005/7, E/CN.4/2005/71 & Add.1, E/CN.4/2005/72 & Corr.1 & Add.1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
E/CN.4/2005/133, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/12, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/17, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/28,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/49, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/50, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/72,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/88, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/91, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/116,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/118, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/125, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/141,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/146, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/187, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/197,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/205, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/224, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/228,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/245, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/250, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/268,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/273, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/285, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/318,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/336
Notes
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The deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions have been set as follows:
Items 6 & 7
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 6.00 p.m.
Item 8
Items 9 & 10
Friday, 8 April 2005, 3.00 p.m.
Monday, 11 April 2005, 3.00 p.m.
Items 11, 12 & 13
Items 14, 15 & 16
Items 17 - 21 & 3
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 1.00 p.m.
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 6.00 p.m.
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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Persons invited
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)
List of speakers
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Members
Australia (on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (on behalf of the Arab Group)
Pakistan
Egypt
Malaysia
Cuba
Ecuador
Nigeria
Mexico (on behalf of GRULAC)
Lithuania (on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic States)
Romania
Burkina Faso
Ukraine
Dominican Republic
Qatar
Luxembourg (on behalf of the European Union)
India
Indonesia
Japan
Honduras
Mauritania
United States of America
South Africa
Germany
Paraguay
Russian Federation
Republic of Korea
Sudan
Kenya
Eritrea
China
Ireland
Armenia
Bhutan
Mexico
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Observers
Council of Europe
Jordan
Liechtenstein
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Yemen
Oman
Norway
Iraq
World Bank
Syrian Arab Republic
Vietnam
Chile
World Health Organization
Myanmar
African Union
UNAIDS
Poland
Azerbaijan
Venezuela
Algeria
Bahrain
Afghanistan
United Nations Populations Fund
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Morocco
Colombia
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Bangladesh
Turkey
Thailand
Haiti
Nicaragua
Cameroon
Croatia
Israel
Senegal
Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: Centro de Estudios sobre la Juventud, Federación de Mujeres
Cubanas and National Union of Jurists of Cuba
Joint statement: Coalition against Trafficking in Women, Mouvement pour
l’Abolition de la Prostitution, Coordination CLEF Française pour le Lobby
Européen des Femmes, Guild of Service, MiraMed Institute
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Joint statement: International Council of Women, International Federation of
University Women, Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association
International, Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the
Health of Women and Children, International Movement for Fraternal Union
Among Races and Peoples, World Union of Catholic Women’s
Organizations, Soroptimist International, Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom, All India Women’s Education Fund Association and
World Movement of Mothers
Joint statement: Human Rights Advocates and International Council of
Women
Joint statement: Amnesty International and Center for Woman’s Global
Leadership
Joint statement: World Young Women’s Christian Association and General
Arab Women Federation
Joint statement: Femmes Afrique Solidarité, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual
University, African Society of International and Comparative Law, Women’s
Federation for World Peace International, International Council of Women,
International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres, World
Young Women’s Christian Association, International Council of Jewish
Women
United Nations Watch
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
World Organisation against Torture
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté
d’enseignement
Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America
International Women’s Right Action Watch
Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers)
International Religious Liberty Association
International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
Liberation
Jubilee Campaign
Centrist Democratic International
Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights
Femmes Afrique Solidarité
International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies
European Union of Public Relations
Open Society Institute
International Alliance of Women
Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights
International Committee for the Respect and the Application of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
International Institute for Peace
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
Tebtebba Foundation (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy
Research & Education)
International Humanist and Ethical Union
A Woman’s Voice International
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Union de l’Action Féminine
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International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
MADRE
Association of World Education
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Rural Reconstruction Nepal
United Nations Association of San Diego
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center
Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan
Commision africaine de promotion de la santé et des droits de l’homme et des
peuples
46. International Educational Development
47. Indian Council of Education
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49. All-China Women’s Federation
50. International Volunteerism Organization for Women Education and
Development
51. Korean Women’s Associations United
52. Organisation tunisienne de l’éducation et de la famille
53. Internatinal Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
54. World Alliance of YMCAs
55. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
56. National Federation of International Immigrant Women Associations
57. Society for Threatened Peoples
58. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
59. International Association of Democratic Lawyers
60. Liberal International
61. Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
62. Nord-Sud XXI
63. International Indian Treaty Council
64. Union Internacional de la Juventud Socialista
65. International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
Persons invited on Thursday, 7 April 2005
Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General to lead
a study on the question of violence against children (item 13)
Mr. Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography (item 13)
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