Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Order of the Day
of the Commission on Human Rights
(Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005)
Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Informals will take place in Conference room XVIII
from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon
Plenary meetings
44th meeting
45th meeting
Item 6*:
12.00 noon
3.00 p.m.
Conference room XVII
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination:
(a) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action.
E/CN.4/2005/L.12, E/CN.4/2005/L.13, E/CN.4/2005/L.14,
E/CN.4/2005/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/48 (Chapter I, draft decision 8)
* For consideration and action on draft proposals.
Notes
 The deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions have been set as follows:
Items 11, 12 & 13
Items 14, 15 & 16
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 1.00 p.m. Items 17, 18, 19,
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 6.00 p.m. 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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Item 7*:
The right to development.
E/CN.4/2005/L.9, E/CN.4/2005/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/48 (Chapter I, draft decision 11)
* For consideration and action on draft proposals.
Item 14:
Specific groups and individuals:
(a) Migrant workers;
(b) Minorities;
(c) Mass exoduses and displaced persons;
(d) Other vulnerable groups and individuals
E/CN.4/2005/8, E/CN.4/2005/63, E/CN.4/2005/79, E/CN.4/2005/80 & Add.1,
E/CN.4/2005/81, E/CN.4/2005/82, E/CN.4/2005/83, E/CN.4/2005/84 & Add.1,
E/CN.4/2005/85 & Corr.1 & Add.1, 2, 3, 4, E/CN.4/2005/86 & Corr.1 & Add.1,
E/CN.4/2005/124, E/CN.4/2005/128, E/CN.4/2005/133, E/CN.4/2005/G/7,
E/CN.4/2005/G/19, E/CN.4/2005/G/31, E/CN.4/2005/G/33, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/13,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/25, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/52, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/65,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/74, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/82, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/106,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/120, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/129, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/130,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/143, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/180, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/186,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/195, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/199, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/232,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/234, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/270, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/289,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/302, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/320, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/321,
E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/29, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/36 & Corr.1, E/CN.5/2005/5 & Corr.1,
A/59/360
Item 16:
Report of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human
Rights:
(b) Report and draft decisions;
(c) Election of members.
E/CN.4/2005/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/48 & Corr.1, E/CN.4/2005/90, E/CN.4/2005/91,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/19, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/26, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/196,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/200
Persons invited
Ms. Sheikha Hessa Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani, Special Rapporteur on disabilities of the
Commission for Social Development (item 14)
Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
(item 14)
Mr. Soli Sorabjee, Chairperson of the fifty-sixth session of the Sub-Commission on the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (item 16)
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Members
Egypt
Cuba
Pakistan
Ecuador
Mexico (on behalf of GRULAC)
Burkina Faso
Ukraine
Finland
Romania
India
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia
Armenia
Honduras
Kenya
Indonesia
Hungary
Russian Federation
Ireland
Nepal
Norway (on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic States)
Observers
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Iraq
International Committee of the Red Cross
New Zealand
Chile
Cyprus
African Union
International Labour Organization
UNAIDS
Poland
Austria
Singapore
Switzerland
Croatia
Morocco
Israel
Azerbaijan
El Salvador
Philippines
Spain
Serbia and Montenegro
International Organization for Migration
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Venezuela
Thailand
Turkey
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Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: Franciscans International, Dominicans for Justice and Peace
and Dominican Leadership Conference
Joint statement: International Commission of Jurists and Landmine Survivors
Network
Joint statement: Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) and
Amnesty International
Joint statement: Minority Rights Group International and International
Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
Joint statement: Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations and B’nai
B’rith International
Joint statement: International Association of Gerontology, Society for
Psychological Study of Social Issues, Pan Pacific and South East Asia
Women’s Association International, Worldwide Organization for Women,
World Movement of Mothers, International Association for Counselling,
International Council of Jewish Women, Brahma Kumaris Work Spiritual
University, Women’s World Summit Federation, Institute for Planetary
Synthesis, International Federation of University Women, International Inner
Wheel, International Council of Nurses and World Union of Catholic
Women’s Organizations
Joint statement: Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and World Evangelical
Alliance
Joint statement: Human Rights Advocates and National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers
Joint statement: International Committee for the Respect and the Application
of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Interfaith
International
Joint statement: Lutheran World Federation, Asian Forum for Human Rights
and Development, Habitat International Coalition, Jesuit Refugee Service and
International Education Development
Joint statement: International Service for Human Rights, Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Council of Australia
Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté
d’enseignement
World Federation of Trade Unions
Colombian Commission of Jurists
All For Reparation and Emancipation
Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples
Centre Europe-Tiers Monde
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos
Humanos
International Religious Liberty Association
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Liberation
Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious,
Linguistic and other Minorities
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
Médecins du Monde
International Humanist and Ethical Union
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International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Association of World Education
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
Society for Threatened Peoples
European Union for Public Relations
African Society of International and Comparative Law
International Institute for Peace
International Federation of Free Journalists
Lutheran World Federation
United Nations Association of San Diego
World Union for Progressive Judaism
MADRE
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
Human Rights Council of Australia
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
Anti-Slavery International
Interfaith International
Jubilee Campaign
Transnational Radical Party
World Federation of Democratic Youth
Center for International Rehabilitation
Global Rights
Worldview International Foundation
International Indian Treaty Council
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples
Persons invited on Wednesday, 13 April 2005
Ms. Diane Orentlicher, Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General to update
the Set of Principles for the protection and the promotion of human rights through action to
combat impunity (item 17)
Mr. Robert Goldman, Independent expert to assist the High Commissioner in the fulfilment
of the mandate described in Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/87 entitled
“Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism” (item 17)
Ms. Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human
rights defenders (item 17)
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