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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD SIXTY-FIRST SESSION AT PALAIS DES NATIONS
FROM 14 MARCH TO 22 APRIL 2005
The principal human rights organ of the United Nations, the Commission on
Human Rights, will conduct its annual six-week session for 2005 from 14
March to 22 April.
i-Newswire, 2005-03-11 - The Commission, which was created in 1946 and is
made up of 53 Member States, will begin its session at the Palais des
Nations with a three-and-a-half-day ~Shigh-level segment~T featuring speeches
by government officials of elevated rank and by heads of various United
Nations agencies and intergovernmental organizations.
It will then work its way through an agenda covering such topics as the
right of peoples to self-determination; racism and all forms of
discrimination; the question of the violation of human rights around the
world; economic, social and cultural rights; civil and political rights;
issues relating to women, children, migrants, minorities and indigenous
peoples; and the promotion and protection of human rights.
Under various agenda items, the Commission will consider the situation of
human rights in Colombia, the Sudan ( including Darfur ), Iraq, occupied
Palestine, the occupied Syrian Golan, Cuba, the Democratic People~Rs Republic
of Korea, Belarus, Myanmar, Cyprus, Cambodia, Somalia, Burundi, Liberia, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Haiti,
Nepal and Timor-Leste.
Trends and themes in the field of human rights deemed pressing enough to
warrant the appointment of Special Rapporteurs, Special Representatives,
Independent Experts, or Working Groups also will be reviewed. Reports will
be presented, among other things, on combating defamation of religions; the
effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;
contemporary forms of racism; women~Rs ownership of property and adequate
housing; the effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on
the full enjoyment of human rights; the right to food; cultural rights; the
effects of unilateral coercive measures, poverty, and globalization on human
rights; arbitrary detention; torture; arbitrary executions; freedom of
expression; the independence of the judiciary; trafficking in persons,
especially women and children; and the rights of children, migrants,
internally displaced persons and indigenous peoples.
In addition, as in previous years, the Commission will consider particular
situations of alleged violations of human rights in specific countries in
closed meetings under what is called the ~S1503 procedure~T.
The Commission on Human Rights in January elected Makarim Wibisono of
Indonesia as Chairperson of the sixty-first session. Hernán Escudero
Martínez ( Ecuador ), Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine ( Mauritania ) and
Anatoliy Zlenko ( Ukraine ), were elected as Vice-Chairpersons and Deirdre
Kent ( Canada ) was elected Rapporteur.
Questions to Be Examined
Specific Country Situations Concerning Human Rights
Under its agenda item on the organization of work of the session, the
Commission will remain actively seized with the grave situation in the
occupied Palestinian territory. It will have before it the report of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in
Colombia ( E/CN.4/2005/10 ). It will also have before it the report of the
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan, Emmanuel Akwei
Addo ( E/CN.4/2005/11 ) who was appointed in July 2004 on a one-year
mandate.
Under its agenda item on the report of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, the Commission will have before it the reports of the former Acting
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, on the situation of
human rights in the Darfur region of Sudan ( E/CN.4/2005/3 ), and on the
present situation of human rights in Iraq ( E/CN.4/2005/4 ).
Under its agenda item on the right of peoples to self-determination, the
Commission will have before it the report of the Secretary-General on the
situation in occupied Palestine ( ECN.4/2005/13 ).
Under its agenda item on the question of the violation of human rights in
the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, the Commission will have
before it the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human
rights in the occupied Syrian Golan ( E/CN.4/2005/26 ). It will also have
before it the report of John Dugard, the Special Rapporteur on the violation
of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine (
E/CN.4/2005/29 and Add.1 ) and the report of the Secretary-General (
E/CN.4/2005/28 ).
Under its agenda item on the violation of human rights and fundamental
freedoms in any part of the world, the Commission will have before it the
report of the Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, Christine Chanet, on the situation of human rights in Cuba(
E/CN.4/2005/33 ). It will also have before it the report of the High
Commissioner on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People~Rs
Republic of Korea ( E/CN.4/2005/32 ) and the report of the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in that country, Vitit
Muntarbhorn ( E/CN.4/2005/34 ).
Reports by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Belarus, Adrian Severin ( E/CN.4/2005/35 ); by the Secretary-General on
cooperation with representatives of United Nations human rights bodies (
E/CN.4/2005/31 and Add.1 ); by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro ( E/CN.4/2005/36 ); and by
the Secretary-General on the question of human rights in Cyprus (
E/CN.4/2005/30 ) will also be considered.
Under its 1503 Procedure, the Commission will deal confidentially with
situations of alleged violations of human rights in particular countries.
Following established practice, the Chairperson of the Commission will
announce in a public meeting the countries that have been examined under the
procedure, as well as the countries no longer being dealt with under it.
Under its agenda item on advisory services and technical cooperation in the
field of human rights, the Commission will consider the report of Peter
Leuprecht, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on technical
cooperation and advisory services in Cambodia ( E/CN.4/2005/116 ); the
report of Ghanim Alnajjar, the Independent Expert on assistance to Somalia
in the field of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/117 ); the report of Akich Okola,
the Independent Expert on advisory services and technical cooperation in
Burundi ( E/CN.4/2005/118 ); the report of Charlotte Abaka, the Independent
Expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia (
E/CN.4/2005/119 ); the report of Titinga Frederic Pacere, the Independent
Expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo ( E/CN.4/2005/120 ); the report of Monica Pinto, the
Independent Expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Chad (
E/CN.4/2005/121 ); the report of the High Commissioner on assistance to
Sierra Leone in the field of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/113 ); the report of
Cherif Bassiouni, the Independent Expert on technical cooperation in the
field of human rights in Afghanistan ( E/CN.4/2005/122 ); the report of
Louis Joinet, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in
Haiti ( E/CN.4/2005/123 ); the progress report of the Office of the High
Commissioner on human rights assistance to Nepal ( E/CN.4/2005/114 ); and
the report of the High Commissioner on technical cooperation and advisory
services in Timor-Leste ( E/CN.4/2005/115 ).
Report of High Commissioner for Human Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the annual report
of the High Commissioner ( E/CN.4/2005/12 ).
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and All Forms of Discrimination
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of the
High Commissioner on combating defamation of religions ( E/CN.4/2005/15 )
and the progress report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou
Diene, on the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the
world in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001 ( E/CN.4/2005/19
).
Concerning the World Conference against Racism, the Commission will have
before it the progress report of the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights on the implementation of relevant recommendations of the second
session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective
Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (
E/CN.4/2005/16 ), a note by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the
possibility of the development of a racial equality index ( E/CN.4/2005/17
), the report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective
Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (
E/CN.4/2005/20 ), the report of the Working Group of Experts on People of
African Descent ( E/CN.4/2005/21 ), and a note by the Secretariat
transmitting the recommendations adopted by the independent Eminent Experts
on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (
E/CN.4/2005/125 ). The Commission will also have before it a note by the
Secretariat transmitting the report of the regional workshop for the Latin
American and Caribbean region, held in Brazil on 1-2 December 2004 (
E/CN.4/2005/22 ).
The Commission will also have before it the reports of the Special
Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diene ( E/CN.4/2005/18 and Add.
1-6 ).
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will consider:
-- The report of Okechukwu Ibeanu, the Special Rapporteur on the adverse
effects of the illicit movement of toxic and dangerous products and wastes
on the enjoyment of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/45 and Add. 1 ); and a note
from the secretariat transmitting the report of the former Special
Rapporteur, Fatma Zohra Ouhachi-Vesely, on her mission to Turkey (
E/CN.4/2005/44 );
-- A consolidated document which includes the analytical report of the
Independent Expert on the effects of structural adjustment policies and
foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, Bernards Andrew Nyamwaya
Mudho, and his report containing preliminary draft general guidelines to be
followed by States and by private and public, national and international
financial institutions in the decision-making and execution of debt
repayments and structural reform programmes ( E/CN.4/2005/42 and Add. 1 );
-- The report of Jean Ziegler, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food (
E/CN.4/2005/47 and Add. 1-2 );
-- The report of the High Commissioner on the establishing a thematic
procedure to implement the promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights
of everyone and respect for different cultural identities ( E/CN.4/2005/40
);
-- The reports of Miloon Kothari, the Special Rapporteur on adequate
housing, on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate
standard of living ( E/CN.4/2005/48 and Add. 1-3 ) and on women~Rs equal
ownership to property and adequate housing ( E/CN.4/2005/43 );
-- The report of the Secretary-General on human rights and unilateral
coercive measures ( E/CN.4/2005/37 );
-- The report of Arjun Sengupta, the Independent Expert on human rights and
extreme poverty ( E/CN.4/2005/49 );
-- The comprehensive analytical study of the High Commissioner on
globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of human rights (
E/CN.4/2005/41 );
-- The report of Vernor Munoz Villalobos, the Special Rapporteur on the
right to education ( E/CN.4/2005/50 );
-- The report of the Secretary-General on access to medication in the
context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (
E/CN.4/2005/38 );
-- The report of Paul Hunt, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone
to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental
health ( E/CN.4/2005/51 and Add. 1-4 ); and
-- The report of the Working Group on options regarding the elaboration of
an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/52 ); and the report of the Secretary-General
( E/CN.4/2005/39 ).
Civil and Political Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it:
-- The report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on
human rights and forensic science ( E/CN.4/2005/56 );
-- The report of the Office on the conclusions of the expert seminar on the
interdependence between democracy and human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/58 ) and
the report of the Office on the same subject ( E/CN.4/2005/57 );
-- The report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on
enhancing the role of regional, sub-regional and other organizations and
arrangements in promoting and consolidating democracy ( E/CN.4/2005/127 );
-- The note by the Secretariat ( E/CN.4/2005/67 ) transmitting to the
Commission the final report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights and
terrorism, Kalliopi Koufa, submitted to the fifty-sixth session of the
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights(
E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/40 );
-- The report of the Working Group on arbitrary detention ( E/CN.4/2005/6
and Add.1-4 );
-- The report of the former Special Rapporteur on the question of torture,
Theo C. van Boven ( E/CN.4/2005/62 and Add.1-2 ). A study on the policy to
control the trade, production and proliferation of torture technology is
included in that document;
-- The report of the Secretary-General on the operations of the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture ( E/CN.4/2005/54 and Add.1 ),
and a note by the Secretariat transmitting the final evaluation report on
the function of the Fund ( E/CN.4/2005/55 );
-- The annual report of the Secretary-General on the status of the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment ( E/CN.4/2005/53 );
-- The report of Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions ( E/CN.4/2005/7 and Add.1-2 );
-- The report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
( E/CN.4/2005/65 and Add.1 );
-- The report of the Working Group on a draft legally binding normative
instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance (
E/CN.4/2005/66 );
-- The report of Ambeyi Ligabo, the Special Rapporteur on the right to
freedom of opinion and expression ( E/CN.4/2005/64 and Add.1-5 );
-- The report of Leandro Despouy, the Special Rapporteur on the independence
and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence
of lawyers ( E/CN.4/2005/60 and Add.1-4 );
-- The note of the High Commissioner on the third consultative meeting on
the revised version of the basic principles and guidelines on the right to
reparation for victims of [gross] violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law ( E/CN.4/2005/59 ); and
-- The report of Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of
all forms of religious intolerance ( E/CN.4/2005/61 and Add.1 ).
Integration of the Human Rights of Women and a Gender Perspective
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the updated
report of the Secretary-General on integrating the rights of women into the
human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and the elimination of
violence against women ( E/CN.4/2005/68 ) and the report of the
Secretary-General transmitting the joint work plan of the Division for the
Advancement of Women and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/69 ).
It will also have before it the report of Sigma Huda, the Special Rapporteur
on trafficking in persons, especially women and children ( E/CN.4/2005/71 );
and the report of Yakin Erturk, the Special Rapporteur on violence against
women, its causes and consequences ( E/CN.4/2005/72 and Add.1-5 ).
Rights of the Child
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of
Olara Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
children and armed conflict ( E/CN.4/2005/77 ). It will also have before it
the report of the High Commissioner on the abduction of children in Africa (
E/CN.4/2005/74 ). It will also consider the substantive progress report of
the Secretary-General on the study on violence against children (
E/CN.4/2005/75 ) and the report of Juan Miguel Petit, the Special Rapporteur
on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (
E/CN.4/2005/78 and Add.1-3 ).
Specific Groups and Individuals
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of
Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants ( E/CN.4/2005/85 and Add.1-4 ). It will consider the report of the
High Commissioner on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic,
religious and linguistic minorities ( E/CN.4/2005/81 ). It will also
consider the analytical report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on
human rights and mass exoduses ( E/CN.4/2005/80 and Add.1 ); the note by the
Secretary-General transmitting the mission report to Darfur, Sudan, by the
former Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced
persons, Francis Deng ( E/CN.4/2005/8 ), and the annual report of
Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally
displaced persons, Walter Kalin ( E/CN.4/2005/84 and Add.1 ); the report of
the Secretary-General on the United Nations Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms
of Slavery ( E/CN.4/2005/86 and Corr.1 and Add.1 ); the report of the
Secretary-General on the protection of human rights in the context of human
immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS
) ( E/CN.4/2005/79 ); and the report of the Office of the High Commissioner
on the human rights of persons with disabilities ( E/CN.4/2005/82 ).
Indigenous Issues
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of the
High Commissioner in her capacity as Coordinator of the International Decade
of the World~Rs Indigenous People 1994-2004 ( E/CN.4/2005/87 ); the report of
the Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft
declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples in accordance with paragraph
5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 ( E/CN.4/2005/89
and Add.1 ); and the report of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, the Special Rapporteur
on human rights and indigenous issues ( E/CN.4/2005/88 and Add.1-4 ).
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it, among other
reports, the quinquennial report of the Secretary-General on capital
punishment ( E/CN.4/2005/94 ); the report of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights on the role of good governance in the promotion of human rights (
E/CN.4/2005/97 ); the report of Diane Orentlicher, the Independent Expert
assigned to update the Set of Principles for the protection and promotion of
human rights through action to combat impunity ( E/CN.4/2005/102 and Add.1
); the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (
E/CN.4/2005/100 ); and the report of Robert Goldman, the Independent Expert
on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism ( E/CN.4/2005/103 ).
The Commission will also consider the report of Hina Jilani, the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights
defenders ( E/CN.4/2005/101 and Add.1-3 ); the report of the
Secretary-General on development of public information activities in the
field of human rights, including the World Public Information Campaign on
Human Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/92 ); the report of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights on progress made towards the implementation of a world
programme for human rights education to begin on 1 January 2005 (
E/CN.4/2005/98 ); and the report of the Office of the High Commissioner
containing a compilation of the essential aspects of the replies received on
the pre-draft declaration on human social responsibilities ( E/CN.4/2005/99
).
Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it, among other
reports, the report of the Secretary-General on regional arrangements for
the promotion and protection of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/104 ); the report
of the Secretary-General on national institutions for the promotion and
protection of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/106 ) and the report of the
Secretary-General on ways and means to enhance participation of national
institutions in the work of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies (
E/CN.4/2005/107 ); and the report of the High Commissioner on the
composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/109 ).
Other Issues
Under its agenda item on the right of peoples to self-determination, the
Commission will have before it the report of Shaista Shameem, the Special
Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights
and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (
E/CN.4/2005/14 ). It will also have before it the report of the third
meeting of experts on traditional and new forms of mercenary activities as a
means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
( E/CN.4/2005/23 ).
Under its agenda item on the right to development, the Commission will have
before it the report of the High Commissioner on the right to development (
E/CN.4/2005/24 ) and the report of the Working Group on the right to
development ( E/CN.4/2005/25 ).
Under its agenda item on the work of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights, the Commission will consider the report of the
Sub-Commission on its fifty-sixth session (
E/CN.4/2005/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/48 ) and the report of the Chairperson of
the fifty-sixth session of the Sub-Commission ( E/CN.4/2005/90 ). It will
also have before it the report of the Office of the High Commissioner on the
responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business
enterprises with regard to human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/91 ).
Under its agenda item on advisory services and technical cooperation in the
field of human rights, the Commission will consider the report of the
Secretary-General ( E/CN.4/2005/110 ) on the Board of Trustees of the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human
Rights.
Composition of the Commission
The composition of the Commission for 2005 is the following. The term of
membership of each State expires on 31 December of the year indicated in
brackets:
Argentina ( 2005 ), Armenia ( 2007 ), Australia ( 2005 ), Bhutan ( 2006 ),
Brazil ( 2005 ), Burkina Faso ( 2005 ), Canada ( 2007 ), China ( 2005 ),
Congo ( 2006 ), Costa Rica ( 2006 ), Cuba ( 2006 ), Dominican Republic (
2006 ), Ecuador ( 2007 ), Egypt ( 2006 ), Eritrea ( 2006 ), Ethiopia ( 2006
), Finland ( 2007 ), France ( 2007 ), Gabon ( 2005 ), Germany ( 2005 ),
Guatemala ( 2006 ), Guinea ( 2007 ), Honduras ( 2006 ), Hungary ( 2006 ),
India ( 2006 ), Indonesia ( 2006 ), Ireland ( 2005 ), Italy ( 2006 ), Japan
( 2005 ), Kenya ( 2007 ), Malaysia ( 2007 ), Mauritania ( 2006 ), Mexico (
2007 ), Nepal ( 2006 ), Netherlands ( 2006 ), Nigeria ( 2006 ), Pakistan (
2007 ), Paraguay ( 2005 ), Peru ( 2006 ), Qatar ( 2006 ), Republic of Korea
( 2007 ), Romania ( 2007 ), Russian Federation ( 2006 ), Saudi Arabia ( 2006
), South Africa ( 2006 ), Sri Lanka ( 2005 ), Sudan ( 2007 ), Swaziland (
2005 ), Togo ( 2007 ), Ukraine ( 2005 ), United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland ( 2006 ), United States of America ( 2005 ), Zimbabwe (
2005 ).
ANNEX
List of thematic and country-specific procedures and other mechanisms of the
commission on human rights:
Country-specific procedures
Belarus
Mr. Adrian Severin
( Romania )
Special Rapporteur
Cuba
Ms. Christine Chanet
( France )
Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Democratic People~Rs Republic of Korea
Mr. Vitit Muntarbhorn
( Thailand )
Special Rapporteur
Myanmar
Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
( Brazil )
Special Rapporteur
Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Mr. John Dugard
( South Africa )
Special Rapporteur
Sudan
Mr. Emmanuel Akwei Addo
( Ghana )
Independent expert
Thematic procedures
Adequate housing
Mr. Miloon Kothari
( India )
Special Rapporteur
Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance
Mr. Doudou Diène
( Senegal )
Special Rapporteur
Education
Mr. Vernor Muñoz Villalobos
( Costa Rica )
Special Rapporteur
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Mr. Philip Alston
( Australia )
Special Rapporteur
Extreme poverty
Mr. Arjun Sengupta
( India )
Independent expert
Freedom of opinion and expression
Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo
( Kenya )
Special Rapporteur
Freedom of religion or belief
Ms. Asma Jahangir
( Pakistan )
Special Rapporteur
Highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Mr. Paul Hunt
( New Zealand )
Special Rapporteur
Human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen
( Mexico )
Special Rapporteur
Human rights defenders
Ms. Hina Jilani
( Pakistan )
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Human rights of internally displaced persons
Mr. Walter Kälin
( Switzerland )
Representative of the Secretary-General
Human rights of migrants
Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro
( Costa Rica )
Special Rapporteur
Illicit movement and dumping of toxic waste
Mr. Okechukwu Ibeanu
( Nigeria )
Special Rapporteur
Impunity
Ms. Diane Orentlicher
( United States of America )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
Independence of judges
and lawyers
Mr. Leandro Despouy
( Argentina )
Special Rapporteur
Mercenaries
Ms. Shaista Shameem
( Fiji )
Special Rapporteur
Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism
Mr. Robert K. Goldman
( United States of America )
Independent expert
Right to food
Mr. Jean Ziegler
( Switzerland )
Special Rapporteur
Sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography
Mr. Juan Miguel Petit
( Uruguay )
Special Rapporteur
Structural adjustment policies
and foreign debt
Mr. Bernards Andrew Nyamwaya Mudho
( Kenya )
Independent expert
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Mr. Manfred Nowak
( Austria )
Special Rapporteur
Trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
Ms. Sigma Huda
( Bangladesh )
Special Rapporteur
Violence against women, its causes and consequences
Ms. Yakin Ertürk
( Turkey )
Special Rapporteur
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Ms. Leila Zerrougui
( Algeria )
Current Chairperson
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Mr. Stephen J. Toope
( Canada )
Current Chairperson
Working Group on People of African Descent
Mr. Peter Lesa Kasanda
( Zambia )
Current Chairperson
Technical cooperation programmes
Afghanistan
Mr. Cherif Bassiouni
( Egypt )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
Burundi
Mr. Akich Okola
( Kenya )
Independent expert
Cambodia
Mr. Peter Leuprecht
( Austria )
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Chad
Ms. Mónica Pinto
( Argentina )
Independent expert
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mr. Titinga Frédéric Pacéré
( Burkina Faso )
Independent expert
Haiti
Mr. Louis Joinet
( France )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
Liberia
Ms. Charlotte Abaka
( Ghana )
Independent expert
Somalia
Mr. Ghanim Alnajjar
( Kuwait )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
1503 procedure
Uzbekistan
Mr. Latif Huseynov
( Azerbaijan )
Independent expert
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FROM 14 MARCH TO 22 APRIL 2005
The principal human rights organ of the United Nations, the Commission on
Human Rights, will conduct its annual six-week session for 2005 from 14
March to 22 April.
i-Newswire, 2005-03-11 - The Commission, which was created in 1946 and is
made up of 53 Member States, will begin its session at the Palais des
Nations with a three-and-a-half-day ~Shigh-level segment~T featuring speeches
by government officials of elevated rank and by heads of various United
Nations agencies and intergovernmental organizations.
It will then work its way through an agenda covering such topics as the
right of peoples to self-determination; racism and all forms of
discrimination; the question of the violation of human rights around the
world; economic, social and cultural rights; civil and political rights;
issues relating to women, children, migrants, minorities and indigenous
peoples; and the promotion and protection of human rights.
Under various agenda items, the Commission will consider the situation of
human rights in Colombia, the Sudan ( including Darfur ), Iraq, occupied
Palestine, the occupied Syrian Golan, Cuba, the Democratic People~Rs Republic
of Korea, Belarus, Myanmar, Cyprus, Cambodia, Somalia, Burundi, Liberia, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Haiti,
Nepal and Timor-Leste.
Trends and themes in the field of human rights deemed pressing enough to
warrant the appointment of Special Rapporteurs, Special Representatives,
Independent Experts, or Working Groups also will be reviewed. Reports will
be presented, among other things, on combating defamation of religions; the
effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;
contemporary forms of racism; women~Rs ownership of property and adequate
housing; the effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on
the full enjoyment of human rights; the right to food; cultural rights; the
effects of unilateral coercive measures, poverty, and globalization on human
rights; arbitrary detention; torture; arbitrary executions; freedom of
expression; the independence of the judiciary; trafficking in persons,
especially women and children; and the rights of children, migrants,
internally displaced persons and indigenous peoples.
In addition, as in previous years, the Commission will consider particular
situations of alleged violations of human rights in specific countries in
closed meetings under what is called the ~S1503 procedure~T.
The Commission on Human Rights in January elected Makarim Wibisono of
Indonesia as Chairperson of the sixty-first session. Hernán Escudero
Martínez ( Ecuador ), Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine ( Mauritania ) and
Anatoliy Zlenko ( Ukraine ), were elected as Vice-Chairpersons and Deirdre
Kent ( Canada ) was elected Rapporteur.
Questions to Be Examined
Specific Country Situations Concerning Human Rights
Under its agenda item on the organization of work of the session, the
Commission will remain actively seized with the grave situation in the
occupied Palestinian territory. It will have before it the report of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in
Colombia ( E/CN.4/2005/10 ). It will also have before it the report of the
Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan, Emmanuel Akwei
Addo ( E/CN.4/2005/11 ) who was appointed in July 2004 on a one-year
mandate.
Under its agenda item on the report of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, the Commission will have before it the reports of the former Acting
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, on the situation of
human rights in the Darfur region of Sudan ( E/CN.4/2005/3 ), and on the
present situation of human rights in Iraq ( E/CN.4/2005/4 ).
Under its agenda item on the right of peoples to self-determination, the
Commission will have before it the report of the Secretary-General on the
situation in occupied Palestine ( ECN.4/2005/13 ).
Under its agenda item on the question of the violation of human rights in
the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, the Commission will have
before it the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human
rights in the occupied Syrian Golan ( E/CN.4/2005/26 ). It will also have
before it the report of John Dugard, the Special Rapporteur on the violation
of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine (
E/CN.4/2005/29 and Add.1 ) and the report of the Secretary-General (
E/CN.4/2005/28 ).
Under its agenda item on the violation of human rights and fundamental
freedoms in any part of the world, the Commission will have before it the
report of the Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, Christine Chanet, on the situation of human rights in Cuba(
E/CN.4/2005/33 ). It will also have before it the report of the High
Commissioner on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People~Rs
Republic of Korea ( E/CN.4/2005/32 ) and the report of the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in that country, Vitit
Muntarbhorn ( E/CN.4/2005/34 ).
Reports by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Belarus, Adrian Severin ( E/CN.4/2005/35 ); by the Secretary-General on
cooperation with representatives of United Nations human rights bodies (
E/CN.4/2005/31 and Add.1 ); by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro ( E/CN.4/2005/36 ); and by
the Secretary-General on the question of human rights in Cyprus (
E/CN.4/2005/30 ) will also be considered.
Under its 1503 Procedure, the Commission will deal confidentially with
situations of alleged violations of human rights in particular countries.
Following established practice, the Chairperson of the Commission will
announce in a public meeting the countries that have been examined under the
procedure, as well as the countries no longer being dealt with under it.
Under its agenda item on advisory services and technical cooperation in the
field of human rights, the Commission will consider the report of Peter
Leuprecht, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on technical
cooperation and advisory services in Cambodia ( E/CN.4/2005/116 ); the
report of Ghanim Alnajjar, the Independent Expert on assistance to Somalia
in the field of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/117 ); the report of Akich Okola,
the Independent Expert on advisory services and technical cooperation in
Burundi ( E/CN.4/2005/118 ); the report of Charlotte Abaka, the Independent
Expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia (
E/CN.4/2005/119 ); the report of Titinga Frederic Pacere, the Independent
Expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo ( E/CN.4/2005/120 ); the report of Monica Pinto, the
Independent Expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Chad (
E/CN.4/2005/121 ); the report of the High Commissioner on assistance to
Sierra Leone in the field of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/113 ); the report of
Cherif Bassiouni, the Independent Expert on technical cooperation in the
field of human rights in Afghanistan ( E/CN.4/2005/122 ); the report of
Louis Joinet, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in
Haiti ( E/CN.4/2005/123 ); the progress report of the Office of the High
Commissioner on human rights assistance to Nepal ( E/CN.4/2005/114 ); and
the report of the High Commissioner on technical cooperation and advisory
services in Timor-Leste ( E/CN.4/2005/115 ).
Report of High Commissioner for Human Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the annual report
of the High Commissioner ( E/CN.4/2005/12 ).
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and All Forms of Discrimination
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of the
High Commissioner on combating defamation of religions ( E/CN.4/2005/15 )
and the progress report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou
Diene, on the situation of Muslim and Arab peoples in various parts of the
world in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001 ( E/CN.4/2005/19
).
Concerning the World Conference against Racism, the Commission will have
before it the progress report of the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights on the implementation of relevant recommendations of the second
session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective
Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (
E/CN.4/2005/16 ), a note by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the
possibility of the development of a racial equality index ( E/CN.4/2005/17
), the report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective
Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (
E/CN.4/2005/20 ), the report of the Working Group of Experts on People of
African Descent ( E/CN.4/2005/21 ), and a note by the Secretariat
transmitting the recommendations adopted by the independent Eminent Experts
on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (
E/CN.4/2005/125 ). The Commission will also have before it a note by the
Secretariat transmitting the report of the regional workshop for the Latin
American and Caribbean region, held in Brazil on 1-2 December 2004 (
E/CN.4/2005/22 ).
The Commission will also have before it the reports of the Special
Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diene ( E/CN.4/2005/18 and Add.
1-6 ).
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will consider:
-- The report of Okechukwu Ibeanu, the Special Rapporteur on the adverse
effects of the illicit movement of toxic and dangerous products and wastes
on the enjoyment of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/45 and Add. 1 ); and a note
from the secretariat transmitting the report of the former Special
Rapporteur, Fatma Zohra Ouhachi-Vesely, on her mission to Turkey (
E/CN.4/2005/44 );
-- A consolidated document which includes the analytical report of the
Independent Expert on the effects of structural adjustment policies and
foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, Bernards Andrew Nyamwaya
Mudho, and his report containing preliminary draft general guidelines to be
followed by States and by private and public, national and international
financial institutions in the decision-making and execution of debt
repayments and structural reform programmes ( E/CN.4/2005/42 and Add. 1 );
-- The report of Jean Ziegler, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food (
E/CN.4/2005/47 and Add. 1-2 );
-- The report of the High Commissioner on the establishing a thematic
procedure to implement the promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights
of everyone and respect for different cultural identities ( E/CN.4/2005/40
);
-- The reports of Miloon Kothari, the Special Rapporteur on adequate
housing, on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate
standard of living ( E/CN.4/2005/48 and Add. 1-3 ) and on women~Rs equal
ownership to property and adequate housing ( E/CN.4/2005/43 );
-- The report of the Secretary-General on human rights and unilateral
coercive measures ( E/CN.4/2005/37 );
-- The report of Arjun Sengupta, the Independent Expert on human rights and
extreme poverty ( E/CN.4/2005/49 );
-- The comprehensive analytical study of the High Commissioner on
globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of human rights (
E/CN.4/2005/41 );
-- The report of Vernor Munoz Villalobos, the Special Rapporteur on the
right to education ( E/CN.4/2005/50 );
-- The report of the Secretary-General on access to medication in the
context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (
E/CN.4/2005/38 );
-- The report of Paul Hunt, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone
to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental
health ( E/CN.4/2005/51 and Add. 1-4 ); and
-- The report of the Working Group on options regarding the elaboration of
an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/52 ); and the report of the Secretary-General
( E/CN.4/2005/39 ).
Civil and Political Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it:
-- The report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on
human rights and forensic science ( E/CN.4/2005/56 );
-- The report of the Office on the conclusions of the expert seminar on the
interdependence between democracy and human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/58 ) and
the report of the Office on the same subject ( E/CN.4/2005/57 );
-- The report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on
enhancing the role of regional, sub-regional and other organizations and
arrangements in promoting and consolidating democracy ( E/CN.4/2005/127 );
-- The note by the Secretariat ( E/CN.4/2005/67 ) transmitting to the
Commission the final report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights and
terrorism, Kalliopi Koufa, submitted to the fifty-sixth session of the
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights(
E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/40 );
-- The report of the Working Group on arbitrary detention ( E/CN.4/2005/6
and Add.1-4 );
-- The report of the former Special Rapporteur on the question of torture,
Theo C. van Boven ( E/CN.4/2005/62 and Add.1-2 ). A study on the policy to
control the trade, production and proliferation of torture technology is
included in that document;
-- The report of the Secretary-General on the operations of the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture ( E/CN.4/2005/54 and Add.1 ),
and a note by the Secretariat transmitting the final evaluation report on
the function of the Fund ( E/CN.4/2005/55 );
-- The annual report of the Secretary-General on the status of the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment ( E/CN.4/2005/53 );
-- The report of Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions ( E/CN.4/2005/7 and Add.1-2 );
-- The report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
( E/CN.4/2005/65 and Add.1 );
-- The report of the Working Group on a draft legally binding normative
instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance (
E/CN.4/2005/66 );
-- The report of Ambeyi Ligabo, the Special Rapporteur on the right to
freedom of opinion and expression ( E/CN.4/2005/64 and Add.1-5 );
-- The report of Leandro Despouy, the Special Rapporteur on the independence
and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence
of lawyers ( E/CN.4/2005/60 and Add.1-4 );
-- The note of the High Commissioner on the third consultative meeting on
the revised version of the basic principles and guidelines on the right to
reparation for victims of [gross] violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law ( E/CN.4/2005/59 ); and
-- The report of Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of
all forms of religious intolerance ( E/CN.4/2005/61 and Add.1 ).
Integration of the Human Rights of Women and a Gender Perspective
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the updated
report of the Secretary-General on integrating the rights of women into the
human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and the elimination of
violence against women ( E/CN.4/2005/68 ) and the report of the
Secretary-General transmitting the joint work plan of the Division for the
Advancement of Women and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/69 ).
It will also have before it the report of Sigma Huda, the Special Rapporteur
on trafficking in persons, especially women and children ( E/CN.4/2005/71 );
and the report of Yakin Erturk, the Special Rapporteur on violence against
women, its causes and consequences ( E/CN.4/2005/72 and Add.1-5 ).
Rights of the Child
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of
Olara Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
children and armed conflict ( E/CN.4/2005/77 ). It will also have before it
the report of the High Commissioner on the abduction of children in Africa (
E/CN.4/2005/74 ). It will also consider the substantive progress report of
the Secretary-General on the study on violence against children (
E/CN.4/2005/75 ) and the report of Juan Miguel Petit, the Special Rapporteur
on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (
E/CN.4/2005/78 and Add.1-3 ).
Specific Groups and Individuals
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of
Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants ( E/CN.4/2005/85 and Add.1-4 ). It will consider the report of the
High Commissioner on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic,
religious and linguistic minorities ( E/CN.4/2005/81 ). It will also
consider the analytical report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on
human rights and mass exoduses ( E/CN.4/2005/80 and Add.1 ); the note by the
Secretary-General transmitting the mission report to Darfur, Sudan, by the
former Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced
persons, Francis Deng ( E/CN.4/2005/8 ), and the annual report of
Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally
displaced persons, Walter Kalin ( E/CN.4/2005/84 and Add.1 ); the report of
the Secretary-General on the United Nations Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms
of Slavery ( E/CN.4/2005/86 and Corr.1 and Add.1 ); the report of the
Secretary-General on the protection of human rights in the context of human
immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS
) ( E/CN.4/2005/79 ); and the report of the Office of the High Commissioner
on the human rights of persons with disabilities ( E/CN.4/2005/82 ).
Indigenous Issues
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it the report of the
High Commissioner in her capacity as Coordinator of the International Decade
of the World~Rs Indigenous People 1994-2004 ( E/CN.4/2005/87 ); the report of
the Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft
declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples in accordance with paragraph
5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994 ( E/CN.4/2005/89
and Add.1 ); and the report of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, the Special Rapporteur
on human rights and indigenous issues ( E/CN.4/2005/88 and Add.1-4 ).
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it, among other
reports, the quinquennial report of the Secretary-General on capital
punishment ( E/CN.4/2005/94 ); the report of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights on the role of good governance in the promotion of human rights (
E/CN.4/2005/97 ); the report of Diane Orentlicher, the Independent Expert
assigned to update the Set of Principles for the protection and promotion of
human rights through action to combat impunity ( E/CN.4/2005/102 and Add.1
); the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (
E/CN.4/2005/100 ); and the report of Robert Goldman, the Independent Expert
on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism ( E/CN.4/2005/103 ).
The Commission will also consider the report of Hina Jilani, the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights
defenders ( E/CN.4/2005/101 and Add.1-3 ); the report of the
Secretary-General on development of public information activities in the
field of human rights, including the World Public Information Campaign on
Human Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/92 ); the report of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights on progress made towards the implementation of a world
programme for human rights education to begin on 1 January 2005 (
E/CN.4/2005/98 ); and the report of the Office of the High Commissioner
containing a compilation of the essential aspects of the replies received on
the pre-draft declaration on human social responsibilities ( E/CN.4/2005/99
).
Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms
Under this agenda item, the Commission will have before it, among other
reports, the report of the Secretary-General on regional arrangements for
the promotion and protection of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/104 ); the report
of the Secretary-General on national institutions for the promotion and
protection of human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/106 ) and the report of the
Secretary-General on ways and means to enhance participation of national
institutions in the work of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies (
E/CN.4/2005/107 ); and the report of the High Commissioner on the
composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights ( E/CN.4/2005/109 ).
Other Issues
Under its agenda item on the right of peoples to self-determination, the
Commission will have before it the report of Shaista Shameem, the Special
Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights
and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (
E/CN.4/2005/14 ). It will also have before it the report of the third
meeting of experts on traditional and new forms of mercenary activities as a
means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
( E/CN.4/2005/23 ).
Under its agenda item on the right to development, the Commission will have
before it the report of the High Commissioner on the right to development (
E/CN.4/2005/24 ) and the report of the Working Group on the right to
development ( E/CN.4/2005/25 ).
Under its agenda item on the work of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights, the Commission will consider the report of the
Sub-Commission on its fifty-sixth session (
E/CN.4/2005/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/48 ) and the report of the Chairperson of
the fifty-sixth session of the Sub-Commission ( E/CN.4/2005/90 ). It will
also have before it the report of the Office of the High Commissioner on the
responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business
enterprises with regard to human rights ( E/CN.4/2005/91 ).
Under its agenda item on advisory services and technical cooperation in the
field of human rights, the Commission will consider the report of the
Secretary-General ( E/CN.4/2005/110 ) on the Board of Trustees of the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human
Rights.
Composition of the Commission
The composition of the Commission for 2005 is the following. The term of
membership of each State expires on 31 December of the year indicated in
brackets:
Argentina ( 2005 ), Armenia ( 2007 ), Australia ( 2005 ), Bhutan ( 2006 ),
Brazil ( 2005 ), Burkina Faso ( 2005 ), Canada ( 2007 ), China ( 2005 ),
Congo ( 2006 ), Costa Rica ( 2006 ), Cuba ( 2006 ), Dominican Republic (
2006 ), Ecuador ( 2007 ), Egypt ( 2006 ), Eritrea ( 2006 ), Ethiopia ( 2006
), Finland ( 2007 ), France ( 2007 ), Gabon ( 2005 ), Germany ( 2005 ),
Guatemala ( 2006 ), Guinea ( 2007 ), Honduras ( 2006 ), Hungary ( 2006 ),
India ( 2006 ), Indonesia ( 2006 ), Ireland ( 2005 ), Italy ( 2006 ), Japan
( 2005 ), Kenya ( 2007 ), Malaysia ( 2007 ), Mauritania ( 2006 ), Mexico (
2007 ), Nepal ( 2006 ), Netherlands ( 2006 ), Nigeria ( 2006 ), Pakistan (
2007 ), Paraguay ( 2005 ), Peru ( 2006 ), Qatar ( 2006 ), Republic of Korea
( 2007 ), Romania ( 2007 ), Russian Federation ( 2006 ), Saudi Arabia ( 2006
), South Africa ( 2006 ), Sri Lanka ( 2005 ), Sudan ( 2007 ), Swaziland (
2005 ), Togo ( 2007 ), Ukraine ( 2005 ), United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland ( 2006 ), United States of America ( 2005 ), Zimbabwe (
2005 ).
ANNEX
List of thematic and country-specific procedures and other mechanisms of the
commission on human rights:
Country-specific procedures
Belarus
Mr. Adrian Severin
( Romania )
Special Rapporteur
Cuba
Ms. Christine Chanet
( France )
Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Democratic People~Rs Republic of Korea
Mr. Vitit Muntarbhorn
( Thailand )
Special Rapporteur
Myanmar
Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
( Brazil )
Special Rapporteur
Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Mr. John Dugard
( South Africa )
Special Rapporteur
Sudan
Mr. Emmanuel Akwei Addo
( Ghana )
Independent expert
Thematic procedures
Adequate housing
Mr. Miloon Kothari
( India )
Special Rapporteur
Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance
Mr. Doudou Diène
( Senegal )
Special Rapporteur
Education
Mr. Vernor Muñoz Villalobos
( Costa Rica )
Special Rapporteur
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Mr. Philip Alston
( Australia )
Special Rapporteur
Extreme poverty
Mr. Arjun Sengupta
( India )
Independent expert
Freedom of opinion and expression
Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo
( Kenya )
Special Rapporteur
Freedom of religion or belief
Ms. Asma Jahangir
( Pakistan )
Special Rapporteur
Highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Mr. Paul Hunt
( New Zealand )
Special Rapporteur
Human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen
( Mexico )
Special Rapporteur
Human rights defenders
Ms. Hina Jilani
( Pakistan )
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Human rights of internally displaced persons
Mr. Walter Kälin
( Switzerland )
Representative of the Secretary-General
Human rights of migrants
Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro
( Costa Rica )
Special Rapporteur
Illicit movement and dumping of toxic waste
Mr. Okechukwu Ibeanu
( Nigeria )
Special Rapporteur
Impunity
Ms. Diane Orentlicher
( United States of America )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
Independence of judges
and lawyers
Mr. Leandro Despouy
( Argentina )
Special Rapporteur
Mercenaries
Ms. Shaista Shameem
( Fiji )
Special Rapporteur
Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism
Mr. Robert K. Goldman
( United States of America )
Independent expert
Right to food
Mr. Jean Ziegler
( Switzerland )
Special Rapporteur
Sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography
Mr. Juan Miguel Petit
( Uruguay )
Special Rapporteur
Structural adjustment policies
and foreign debt
Mr. Bernards Andrew Nyamwaya Mudho
( Kenya )
Independent expert
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Mr. Manfred Nowak
( Austria )
Special Rapporteur
Trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
Ms. Sigma Huda
( Bangladesh )
Special Rapporteur
Violence against women, its causes and consequences
Ms. Yakin Ertürk
( Turkey )
Special Rapporteur
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Ms. Leila Zerrougui
( Algeria )
Current Chairperson
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Mr. Stephen J. Toope
( Canada )
Current Chairperson
Working Group on People of African Descent
Mr. Peter Lesa Kasanda
( Zambia )
Current Chairperson
Technical cooperation programmes
Afghanistan
Mr. Cherif Bassiouni
( Egypt )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
Burundi
Mr. Akich Okola
( Kenya )
Independent expert
Cambodia
Mr. Peter Leuprecht
( Austria )
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Chad
Ms. Mónica Pinto
( Argentina )
Independent expert
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mr. Titinga Frédéric Pacéré
( Burkina Faso )
Independent expert
Haiti
Mr. Louis Joinet
( France )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
Liberia
Ms. Charlotte Abaka
( Ghana )
Independent expert
Somalia
Mr. Ghanim Alnajjar
( Kuwait )
Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General
1503 procedure
Uzbekistan
Mr. Latif Huseynov
( Azerbaijan )
Independent expert
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