Institution-Building of the United Nations Human Rights Council

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A document of the Human Rights Council, published in 2007.

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Supporting the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms	56

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Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Supporting the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms	56	—

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Communications Procedures Experts Human Rights Institutional Machinery Special Procedures Special Rapporteurs Special Representatives Subsidiary Bodies Working Groups

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35 operative paragraphs

Under the terms of its resolution 5/1, the Human Rights Council has adopted the text entitled “Institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Council”, annexed to the resolution, including its appendices and decided to submit a draft resolution to the General Assembly for its adoption as a matter of priority in order to facilitate the timely implementation of the text contained thereafter.

Under the terms of the text entitled “Institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Council”, the Council will establish a universal periodic review (UPR) mechanism, special procedures, a Human Rights Council Advisory Committee and a complaint procedure. According to that text, the operational structure and modalities of the human rights machinery will be established. Incremental resource requirements in respect of some of the proposals in the President’s text are being addressed in a separate report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Human Rights Council decision 3/104, namely additional sessions of the Council (regular/organizational, etc.), special sessions and a high-level segment. Therefore, only incremental resources requirements over and above those submitted in connection with the decision 3/104 are included in this statement.

As regards the universal periodic review mechanism, the Council decides that:

The review will begin after the adoption of the UPR mechanism by the Council;

The periodicity of the review for the first cycle will be of four years, implying the consideration of 48 States per year during three sessions of the working group of two weeks each;

A compilation of the information contained in the reports of treaty bodies and special procedures, including observations and comments by the State concerned, and in other relevant official United Nations documents, will be prepared by OHCHR. This shall not exceed 10 pages;

In the review, the Council could also take into consideration additional credible and reliable information provided by other relevant stakeholders to the UPR. OHCHR will prepare a summary of such information that shall not exceed 10 pages;

Each member State will decide on the composition of its delegation [to the review] and a UPR Voluntary Trust Fund should be established to facilitate the participation of developing countries, particularly LDCs, in the UPR mechanism;

A group of three rapporteurs, selected by drawing of lots among the members of the Council and from different Regional Groups (the “troika”), will be formed to facilitate each review, including the preparation of the report of the working group. OHCHR will provide the necessary assistance and expertise to the rapporteurs;

Interactive dialogue between the country under review and the Council will take place in the working group. The rapporteurs may collate issues or questions to be transmitted to the State under review to facilitate its preparation and focus the interactive dialogue, while guaranteeing fairness and transparency.

In order to implement the above-mentioned proposals, it is estimated that the following additional resources will be required:

Seventeen (17) new posts for OHCHR at the P-4 level to ensure the preparation of the relevant documents to be submitted for the review of each country during the sessions of the UPR working group and for support to the rapporteurs in their review and preparation of the report of the country group as from 2007;

Conference services requirements for six weeks of meetings of the UPR working group starting from 2008;

Information services requirements to provide for press, radio, television and documentation coverage as well as webcasting.

Total estimated resource requirements will amount to:

2006-2007 | 2008-2009 | United States dollars | Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | - | 3 847 300 | Section 23, Human rights | - | 3 139 800 | Section 27, Information Service | - | 353 700 | Section 28E, Administration, Geneva | - | 323 100 | Total | 7 672 900

Provisions have not been made in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 for the above-mentioned activities, and as illustrated under paragraph 5 above. It does not appear that it will be possible to absorb the estimated additional requirements within the provisions for the 2008-2009 biennium. Therefore, an additional appropriation by the General Assembly will be required for the biennium 2008-2009. Although it is estimated that the 17 new P-4 posts will be required as from 2007, since it is expected that the General Assembly will only approve the requirements at its sixty-second session and recruitment will take several months, the workload will be met by use of temporary arrangements such as the use of vacant posts.

As regards special procedures, the Council decides that:

OHCHR shall immediately prepare, maintain and periodically update a public list of eligible candidates in a standardized format, which shall include personal data, areas of expertise and professional experience. Upcoming vacancies of mandates shall be publicized;

A consultative group will be established to propose to the President a list of candidates who possess the highest qualifications for each mandate and meets the general criteria and particular requirements. The Group will be assisted by OHCHR;

The Council will continue the review of mandates through an individual consideration of each mandate during its session of 2007/2008. With this purpose the Council will extend the mandates until they will be reviewed, in accordance with annex I [of the President’s text on institution-building].

In order to implement the proposals relating to the public list and the consultative group, one additional new post for OHCHR at the P-3 level is required. For the biennium 2006-2007 the workload will be met through temporary arrangements such as the use of a vacant post for the reason given in paragraph 6 above. As from biennium 2008-2009, it is proposed that a new post be established at the P-3 level to implement the terms of the President’s statement.

Total estimated resource requirements will amount to:

2006-2007 | 2008-2009 | United States dollars | Section 23, Human rights | - | 156 200 | Section 28E, Administration, Geneva | - | 17 400 | Total | 173 600

Provision has not been made in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 for the above-mentioned activities, as illustrated under paragraph 9 above. It does not appear that it will be possible to absorb the estimated additional requirements of $151,200 within the provisions for the 2008-2009 biennium. Therefore, an additional appropriation by the General Assembly will be required for the biennium 2008-2009.

As regards the extension of existing special mandates, related provisions have been included under Section 23, Human rights, of the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 and requested under the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009.

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will replace the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The Council will decide that the Advisory Committee shall convene up to two sessions for a maximum of 10 working days per year. Additional sessions may be scheduled on an ad hoc basis with prior approval of the Council.

In order to implement the above-mentioned proposals, resources of US$ 710,600 for travel and daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for 18 Committee members attending two sessions annually will be needed under Section 23, Human rights, starting from the biennium 2008-2009.

Provisions for travel and DSA on a maintenance basis for the former Sub-Commission and its working groups have been requested under the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009.

Requirements for conference servicing of two sessions of the Advisory Committee of five days duration each required under Sections 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management and 28E, Administration, Geneva, will be covered within the resources approved for the former Sub-Commission (three weeks per year). The resulting one-week saving in conference servicing requirements vis-à-vis the existing provisions for the Sub-Commission will be used to offset requirements for an additional week of meetings of the Working Group on Situations under the Complaint Procedure (see paragraph 18 below).

Resource requirements for travel, DSA and conference services relating to the working groups of the former Sub-Commission will be determined in connection with the Council’s review of their status at its sixth session.

The complaint procedure will replace the former 1503 procedure. The Council decides that:

Two distinct Working Groups shall be established with the mandate to examine the communications and to bring to the attention of the Human Rights Council consistent patterns of gross and reliably attested violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee shall appoint five of its members, one from each Regional Group, with due consideration to gender balance, to constitute the Working Group on Communications;

Each Regional Group shall appoint a representative of a member State of the Council, with due consideration to gender balance, to serve on the Working Group on Situations;

Both Working Groups shall meet at least twice a year for five working days each session.

In order to implement the above-mentioned proposals, conference servicing resources starting in the biennium 2008-2009 will be required for two five-day sessions per year for both the Working Group on Communications and the Working Group on Situations.

Provisions for two weeks of meetings for the Working Group on Communications and one week for the Working Group on Situations under the former Commission and Sub-Commission mandates have been included in the 2006-2007 budget and were also requested under the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009. The additional week of meetings for the Working Group on Situations will be offset against savings from the reduction of meetings of the former Sub-Commission by one week. Thus, no additional resources will be required.

In summary, should the Council adopt the proposed resolution, the following additional resources will be required by budget section:

2006-2007 | 2008-2009 | United States dollars | Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | - | 3 847 300 | Section 23, Human rights | - | 3 296 000 | Section 27, Information Service | 353 700 | Section 28E, Administration, Geneva | 349 500 | Total | 7 846 500

The Secretary-General notes that the Council is expected to continue its review in September 2007 of the existing special mandates through 2007/2008. Accordingly, it may also be noted that the submission of related estimated additional requirements of US$ 7,846,500 will be submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session by which time the Council is expected to have concluded its revision of such mandates. The Secretariat will then be in a better position to determine the totality of resources required to implement recent Human Rights Council decisions.

List of attendance

Members

Algeria | M. Idriss Jazairy,* M. Mohammed Bessedik, M. Mohamed Chabane, M. Ahmed Saade, M. El Hacene El Bey, M. Boumediene Mahi, M. Samir Stiti | Argentina | Sr. Roberto Garcia Moritan,* Sr. Alberto J. Dumont,* Sr. Sergio Cerda,** Sr. Federico Villegas Beltran, Sr. Antonio Eduardo Seward | Azerbaijan | Mr. Elchin Amirbayov,* Mr. Azad Cafarov, Mr. Mammad Talibov, Mr. Seymur Mardaliyev | Bahrain | Mr. Abdulaa Abdullatif Abdulla,* Mr. Yasser G. Shaheen, Mr. Ammar M. Rajab | Bangladesh | Mr. Toufiq Ali,* Mr. Mustafizur Rahman, Mr. Muhammed Enayet Mowla, Ms. Sadia Faizunnesa, Mr. Nayem U. Ahmed | Brazil | Mr. Sergio Abreu E. Lima Florencio,* Ms. Anna Lucy Gentil Cabral Petersen,** Mr. Carlos Eduardo Da Cunha Oliveira,** Ms. Claudio De Angelo Barbosa, Ms. Luciana Da Rocha Manzini, Mr. Murilo Vieira Komniski, Ms. Silviane Rusi Brewer | Cameroon | M. Francis Ngantcha,* M. Yap Abdou, Mme Odette Melono, M. Samuel Mvondo Yaolo, M. Michel Mahouve, Mme Chantal Nama, M. Bertin Bidima | Canada | Mr. Paul Meyer,* Mr. Terry Cormier,** Mr. Robert Sinclair, Mr. John Von Kaufmann, Mr. Karim Amegan, Ms. Nadia Stuewer, Ms. Heidi Smith, Ms. Cyndy Nelson, Ms. Patrycia Zawierucha, Ms. Mary Wade | China | Mr. Jingye Cheng,* Mr. Yifan La,** Ms. Zhihua Dong,** Mr. Yousheng Ke, Ms. Xiaoxia Ren, Mr. Yi Zhang, Ms. Lingxiao Liu | Cuba | Sr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios,* Sr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez,* Sr. Yuri Ariel Gala López,** Sra. María del Carmen Herrera, Sr. Carlos Hurtado Labrador, Sra. Vilma Thomas Ramirez, Sr. Abdel La Rosa Domínguez, Sr. Rafael Garcia Collada | Czech Republic | Mr. Tomas Husak,* Mr. Pavel Hrncir,** Ms. Blanka Souskova, Mr. Petr Hnatik, Ms. Zuzana Stiborova | Djibouti | M. Mohamed Ziad Doualeh* | Ecuador | Sr. Juan F. Holguin,* Sr. Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Sra. Leticia Baquerizo Guzman | Finland | Mr. Vesa Himanen,* Ms. Johanna Suurpää,** Ms. Satu Mattila,** Ms. Katri Silfverberg, Mr. Lasse Keisalo, Ms. Kirsti Pohjankukka, Ms. Anni Valovirta, Ms. Johanna Kajosaari | France | M. Jean-Maurice Ripert,* M. Michel Doucin, M. Christophe Guilhou, M. Jacques Pellet, M. Armand Riberolles, M. Daniel Vosgien, M. Francois Vandeville, M. Fabien Fieschi, M. Raphaël Droszewski, M. Emmanuel Pineda, M. Raphael Trapp, Mme Gallianne Palayret, Mme Dorothée Basset, M. Marc Giacomini | Gabon | M. Patrice Tonda,* M. Samuel Nang Nang | Germany | Mr. Gunter Nooke,* Mr. Michael Steiner,* Ms. Birgitta Siefker Eberie,** Mr. Martin Huth, Mr. Andreas Berg, Ms. Anke Konrad, Mr. Martin Frick, Ms. Nicole Bjerler, Ms. Nicola Brandt, Mr. Gunnar Berkemeier, Ms. Isabelle Walther | Ghana | Mr. Kwabena Baah-Duodu,* Mr. Paul Aryene,** Ms. Loretta Asiedu | Guatemala | Sr. Carlos Martinez,* Sra. Angela Chavez Bietti, Sra. Stephanie Hochstetter, Sra. Ingrid Martinez Galindo, Sra. Sulmi Barrios Monzon, Sra. Soledad Urruela, Sra. Elizabeth Valdes Rank De Sperisen | India | Mr. Swashpawan Singh,* Mr. Mohinder Grover,** Mr. Rajiv Chander, Mr. Vijay Kumar Trivedi, Mr. Kumaresan Ilango, Mr. S. Ramesh, Mr. Munu Mahawar, Ms. Nutan Mahawar | Indonesia | Mr. Makarim Wibisono,* Mr. Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja,** Mr. Suryana Sastradieredja, Mr. Muhammad Anshor, Mr. Benny Yan Pieter Siahaan, Mr. Hari Prabowo, Mr. Abdul Hakim Nusantara | Japan | Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki,* Mr. Masato Kitera,** Mr. Makio Miyagawa,** Mr. Hiroshi Minami,** Mr. Tetsuya Kimura, Mr. Shigeharu Orihara, Mr. Osamu Yamanaka, Mr. Shu Nakagawa, Ms. Yukiko Yamada, Mr. Akira Kato, Ms. Yukiko Harimoto, Ms. Masako Sato, Mr. Hiroaki Otawa, Ms. Tomoko Matsuzawa, Mr. Derek Seklecki, Ms. Tomomi Shiwa, Mr. Yuji Yamamoto, Ms. Noriko Tanaka | Jordan | Mr. Mousa Burayzat,* Mr. Hussam Al Husseini, Mr. Bashar Abu Taleb, Mr. Hussam Qudah, Mr. Mohammed Hindawi | Malaysia | Ms. King Bee Hsu,* Mr. Mohamed Zin Amran,** Mr. Westmoreland Palon, Mr. Idham Musa Moktar | Mali | M. Sidiki Lamine Sow,* M. Bakary Doumbia, M. Sekou Kasse, M. Alhacoum Maiga | Mexico | Sra. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano,* Sr. Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo,** Sr. Luis Alfonso De Alba,** Sr. Pablo Macedo, Sr. Alejandro Negrin, Sr. Erasmo Martinez, Sr. Jose Antonio Guevara, Sra. Dulce Valle, Sra. Elia Sosa, Sra. Mariana Olivera, Sr. Gustavo Torres, Sr. Victor Genina, Sra. Gracia Pereza, Sr. Victor Aviles, Sra. Marcelina Cruz | Morocco | M. Mohammed Loulichki,* M. Driss Isabayene, M. Driss Najim, M. Ali Bargachm, M. Omar Rabi, M. Brahim Bastaoui, M. Hamid Benhaddou, M. Omar Kadiri, Mme Fatimatou Manssur, M. Brahim Ballali, Mme Fatima Seida, Mme Masgoula Baamar | Netherlands | Mr. Boudewijn Van Eenennaam,* Mr. Piet De Klerk,** Ms. Marion Kappeyne Van De Copello, Mr. Hanno Wurzner, Mr. Pieter Ramaer, Ms. Reneko Elema, Ms. Emilie Kuijt, Mr. Amaury De Bruijn, Ms. Maryam Van Den Heuvel, Ms. Birgitta Tazelaar, Ms. Suzanne De Groot | Nigeria | Mr. Martin Uhomoibhi,* Mr. Bayo Ajagbe,** Mr. Frank Isoh, Mr. Ozo Nwobu, Mr. Columbus O. Okaro, Mr. Usman Sarki, Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu, Mr. Mohammed Haidara, Mr. Mustapha Kida | Pakistan | Ms. Tehmina Janjua,* Mr. Mazhar Iqbal, Mr. Aftab Khokher, Mr. Miran Ahmed Siddiqui, Mr. Marghoob Salem Butt, Mr. Seyed Ali Gillani, Mr. Ahmar Ismail, Mr. Arzoo Syeddah, Mr. Waqas Ali Saqib | Peru | Sr. Eduardo Ponce Vivanco,* Sr. Carlos Chocano,** Sr. Juan Pablo Vegas, Sr. Alejandro Neyra Sanchez, Sr. Inti Cevallos, Sra. Genis Sandrine Simon | Philippines | Mr. Enrique Manalo,* Ms. Junever Mahilum West,** Mr. Jesus Enrique Garcia, Ms. Leizel Fernandez | Poland | Mr. Zdzislaw Rapacki,* Mr. Marcin Nawrot, Mr. Miroslaw Luczka, Mr. Andrzej Misztal, Ms. Krystyna Zurek, Ms. Agnieszka Wyznikiewicz, Mr. Maciej Janczak, Ms. Agnieszka Klausa, Ms. Bogumila Warchalewska | Republic of Korea | Mr. Sung-joo Lee,* Mr. Dong-hee Chang,** Mr. Joon-kook Hwang, Mr. Hyun-joo Lee, Mr. Sang-young Lee, Mr. Hoon-min Lim, Mr. Bum-hym Bek, Mr. Pil-woo Kim, Mr. Chul Lee | Romania | Mr. Doru Romulus Costea,* Ms. Brandusa Predescu, Ms. Steluta Arhire, Ms. Florentina Voicu, Mr. Nicolae Blindu, Ms. Elisabeta David, Ms. Ana Maria Stoian | Russian Federation | Mr. Valery Loshchinin,* Mr. Oleg Malginov,** Mr. Alexander Matveev, Mr. Yuri Boychenko, Mr. Pavel Chernikov, Mr. Grigory Lukiyantsev, Mr. Sergey Chumarev, Mr. Yuri Chernikov, Mr. Alexey Goltyaev, Ms. Nataliya Zolotova, Ms. Galina Khvan, Mr. Sergey Kondratiev, Mr. Valentin Malyarchuk, Mr. Alexander Shchedrin, Mr. Semen Lyapichev, Mr. Liubov Shapshav, Ms. Ekaterina Yarovitsyna | Saudi Arabia | Mr. Abdulwahab Attar,* Mr. Abdulaziz Henaidy, Mr. Mohammad Alqunaibet, Mr. Mamdoh Al Shamari, Mr. Ahmed Fawzan Al Fawzan, Mr. Abdullah Rashwan, Mr. Abdullah Al Sheikh, Mr. Fouad Rajeh, Mr. Fahd Al Eisa, Mr. Yousef Ali Alsaabi | Senegal | M. Moussa Bocar Ly,* M. Abdou Salam Diallo, M. Cheikh Tidiane Thiam, M. Daouda Maligueye Sene, M. Nadiame Gaye, M. El Hadji Ibou Boye, M. Abdoul Wahab Haidara, M. Mamdou Seck, M. Mohamed Lamine Thiaw, M. Malick Sow, M. Samba Faye | South Africa | Ms. Claudine Mtshali,* Mr. Pitso Montwedi, Mr. Samuel Kotane, Ms. Brulah Naidoo, Ms. Ketlareng Matlhako | Sri Lanka | Mr. Mahinda Samarasinghe,* Mr. C.R. De Silva,** Mr. Dayan Jayatilleke, Mr. W.J.S. Fernando, Mr. Yasantha Kodagoda, Mr. G.K.D. Amarawardane, Mr. Sumedha Ekanayake, Mr. O.L. Ameerajwad, Mr. Douglas Devananda, Mr. Keheliya Rambukwella, Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, Mr. Palitha Kohona, Mr. S. Tavarajah | Switzerland | M. Blaise Godet,* Mme Muriel Berset Kohen,** M. Jean-Daniel Vigny,** Mme Jeannie Volken, Mme Anh Thu Duong, M. Florian Ducommun, Mme Alexandra Fasel | Tunisia | M. Samir Labidi,* M. Ridha Khemakhem, M. Mohamed Chagraoui, M. Hatem Landoulsi, M. Ali Cherif, M. Samir Dridi | Ukraine | Mr. Volodymyr Vassylenko,* Mr. Yevhen Bersheda,** Ms. Svitlana Homonovska, Ms. Tetiana Sementuta, Ms. Olena Petrenko, Ms. Olena Artemyuk | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Mr. Nicholas Thorne,* Ms. Rebecca Sagar, Ms. Helen Upton, Mr. Rob Dixon, Ms. Catriona Gaskell, Mr. Robert Last, Ms. Denise Regan, Mr. Michael Watson, Ms. Sylvia Chubbs, Mr. Babu Rahman | Uruguay | Sr. Reinadlo Garngano,* Sr. Alejandro Artucio,** Sra. Alejandra De Bellis, Sra. Pauline Davies, Sra. Lourdes Bone | Zambia | Mr. Love Mtesa,* Mr. Mathias Daka,** Ms. Encyla Sinjela, Mr. Alfonso Zulu

Other entities | International Committee of the Red Cross | Sovereign Order of Malta | International Federation of Red Cross and Red | Crescent Societies

Special consultative status | Action Canada for Population and Development | Action Internationale pour la Paix et le Developpement dans la Region des Grands Lacs | African Commission of Health and Human Rights Promoters | Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man | Amnesty International | Anti-Racism Information Service | Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network | Association for the Prevention of Torture | Association Tunisienne des Droits de L’Enfant | Baha’i International Community | Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies | Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions | Centrist Democratic International | Comision Juridica para el Autodesarollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos | Congregation of our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd | Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations | Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations | Defense for Children International | Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era | European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Federation | Federation des Associaciones pour la Defense et la Promotion des Droits de L’Homme | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe | Femmes Africa Solidarité | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists | Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women | Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America | Hawa Society for Women | Human Rights Council of Australia | Human Rights Watch | Ingenieurs du Monde | Interfaith International | International Association Against Torture | International Association of Democratic Lawyers | International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists | International Bridges to Justice | International Catholic Migration Commission | International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development | International Commission of Jurists | International Committee for the Indians of the Americas | International Council of Jewish Women | International Federation of Human Rights Leagues | International Federation of Social Workers | International Federation of University Women | International Federation Terre des Hommes | International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights | International Humanist and Ethical Union | International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples | International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse | International Organization for the Development of Freedom of Education | International Organization for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination | International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development | International Pen | International Religious Liberty Association | International Service for Human Rights | International Society for Threatened Peoples | International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific | International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs | Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et L’Antisemitisme | Lutheran World Federation | Mandat International | National Association of Community Legal Centres | North South XXI | Norwegian Refugee Council | Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association International | Pax Christi International, International Catholic Peace Movement | Pax Romana, International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and International Movement of Catholic Students | Planetary Association for Clean Energy | Reporters Without Borders International | Society for the Protection of Unborn Children | Sudan Council of Voluntary Agencies | Union of Arab Jurists | United Nations Watch | World Information Clearing Centre | World Organization Against Torture | World Union of Catholic Women’s Organization | Youth With a Mission

List of documents of the Council

General series documents for the fourth session, consideration of which was deferred to the fifth session

Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/4/3 | 2 | Report on the situation of human rights in Haiti prepared by the independent expert, Louis Joinet | A/HRC/4/7 | 2 | Report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Titinga Frédéric Pacéré | A/HRC/4/8 | 2 | Human rights and international solidarity: note by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights submitting the report of the independent expert | A/HRC/4/12 | 2 | Situation of human rights in Cuba: report submitted by the Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Christine Chanet | A/HRC/4/16 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Adrian Severin | A/HRC/4/18 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari | A/HRC/4/18/Add.1 and Corr.1 | 2 | ____________: summary of communications sent and replies received from Governments and other actors | A/HRC/4/18/Add.2 | 2 | ____________: mission to Australia (31 July to 15 August 2006) | A/HRC/4/18/Add.3 | 2 | ____________: preliminary note on the mission to Spain (20 November to 1 December 2006) | General series documents for the fourth session, consideration of which was deferred to the fifth session (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/4/19/Add.1 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène: summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received | A/HRC/4/19/Add.3 | 2 | ____________: mission to the Russian Federation (12-17 June 2006) | A/HRC/4/23 and Corr.1 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Sigma Huda | A/HRC/4/23/Add.1 | 2 | ____________: summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received | A/HRC/4/23/Add.2 and Corr.1 | 2 | ____________: mission to Bahrain, Oman and Qatar (29 October-12 November 2006) | A/HRC/4/25 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy | A/HRC/4/25/Add.1 | 2 | ____________: situations in specific countries or territories | A/HRC/4/25/Add.2 | 2 | ____________: mission to Maldives (25 February-1 March 2007) | A/HRC/4/25/Add.3 | 2 | ____________: preliminary note on the mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo | A/HRC/4/30 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler | A/HRC/4/30/Add.1 | 2 | ____________: communications sent to Governments and other actors and replies received | A/HRC/4/30/Add.2 | 2 | ____________: preliminary note on the mission to Bolivia (29 April-6 May 2007) | General series documents for the fourth session, consideration of which was deferred to the fifth session (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/4/36 | 2 | Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai | General series documents for the fifth session | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/1 | 1 | Provisional agenda | A/HRC/5/1/Add.1 | 1 | Annotations to the provisional agenda | A/HRC/5/2 | 2 | Note by the Secretariat on the report of the independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Somalia | A/HRC/5/3 | 2 | Report of the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Arjun Sengupta | A/HRC/5/4 | 2 | Note by the Secretariat on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Sima Samar | A/HRC/5/5 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights | A/HRC/5/5/Add.1 | 2 | ____________: preliminary note on the mission to Ukraine | A/HRC/5/6 | 2 | Report on the situation of human rights in Darfur prepared by the group of experts mandated by Human Rights Council resolution 4/8 presided by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan and composed of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, | General series documents for the fifth session (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | A/HRC/5/7 | 2 | Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to the truth | A/HRC/5/8 | 2 | Progress reports and studies relevant to human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality: note by the Secretariat | A/HRC/5/9 | Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon | A/HRC/5/10 | 2 | Political platforms which promote or incite racial discrimination: updated study by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène | A/HRC/5/11 | 2 | Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard, on the non-implementation of Human Rights Council resolution S-1/1 | A/HRC/5/12 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group on the agenda, annual programme of work, methods of work and rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council established pursuant to Council resolution 3/4: non-paper on working methods and rules of procedure prepared under the authority of the facilitator, Mr. Enrique A. Manalo (Philippines), 27 April 2007 | A/HRC/5/13 | 2 | ____________: non-paper on the agenda and annual programme of work prepared under the authority of the facilitator, Mr. Carlos Ramiro Martinez (Guatemala), 27 April 2007 | General series documents for the fifth session (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/14 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental Working Group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/103: non-paper on the universal periodic review mechanism prepared under the authority of the facilitator and Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, Mr. Mohammed Loulichki (Morocco), 27 April 2007 | A/HRC/5/15 | 2 | Inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental working group on the implementation of operative paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/104: non-paper on the complaint procedure prepared under the authority of the facilitator, H.E. Mr. Blaise Godet (Switzerland), 27 April 2007 | A/HRC/5/16 | 2 | ____________: non-paper on expert advice prepared under the authority of the facilitator and Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, Mr. Mousa Barayzat (Jordan), 27 April 2007 | A/HRC/5/17 | 2 | __________: non-paper on special procedures prepared under the authority of the facilitator, Mr. Thomáš Husák (Czech Republic), 17 April 2007 | A/HRC/5/18 | 2 | Letter dated 18 May 2007 addressed by the Rector of the United Nations University to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/19 | 2 | Letter dated 14 June 2007 addressed by the Chairperson of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/20 | 2 | Report of the High-Level Fact-Finding Mission to Beit Hanoun established under resolution S-3/1 | A/HRC/5/SR.1-9 and Add.1 | 2 | Summary records of meetings held by the Human Rights Council at its fifth session | Documents issued in the limited series | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/L.2 | 2 | Institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/L.3/Rev.1 | 2 | Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/L.4 | 2 | Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon | A/HRC/5/L.5 | 2 | Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1 | A/HRC/5/L.6 | 2 | Follow-up to resolution 4/8 of 30 March 2007 adopted by the Human Rights Council at its fourth session entitled “Follow-up to decision S-4/101 of 13 December 2006 adopted by the Human Rights Council at its fourth special session entitled ‘Situation of human rights in Darfur’” | A/HRC/5/L.10 | 2 | Draft report of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/L.11 | 2 | Idem | Documents issued in the Government series | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/G/1 | 2 | Letter dated 24 April 2007 from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/G/2 | 2 | Note verbale dated 3 May 2007 from the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | Documents issued in the Government series (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/G/3 | 2 | Note verbale dated 8 June 2007 from the Permanent Mission of Cambodia to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/G/4 | 2 | Note verbale dated 6 June 2007 from the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Specialized Institutions in Switzerland addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/G/5 | 2 | Letter dated 8 June 2007 addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council by the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva | A/HRC/5/G/6 | 2 | Note verbale dated 11 June 2007 addressed to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council by the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland | A/HRC/5/G/7 | 2 | Note verbale dated 7 June 2007 addressed to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland | A/HRC/5/G/8 | 2 | Note verbale dated 11 June 2007 from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/G/9 | 2 | Note verbale dated 14 June 2007 addressed to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council by the Permanent Mission of Bahrain to the United Nations Office at Geneva | A/HRC/5/G/10 | 2 | Note verbale dated 14 June 2007 addressed by the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations Office at Geneva to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council | Documents issued in the Government series (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/G/11 | 2 | Letter dated 18 June 2007 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/G/12 | 2 | Note verbale dated 19 June 2007 from the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/5/G/13 | 2 | Letter dated 13 June 2007 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/NGO/1 | 2 | Joint written statement submitted by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Conectas Direitos Humanos, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and Open Society Institute (OSI), non-governmental organizations in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/2 | 2 | Written statement submitted by Nord Sud XXI, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/3 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/4 | 2 | Written statement submitted by UNESCO Centre of Catalonia, a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/5/NGO/5 | 2 | Written statement submitted by Franciscans International (FI), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status | Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/NGO/6 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/7 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/8 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/9 | 2 | Joint written statement submitted by the International Alliance of Women (IAW), Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (CCIA/WCC), non-governmental organizations in general consultative status, Conscience and Peace Tax International (CPTI), Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers), Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, Interfaith International, Pax Romana (International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and International Movement of Catholic Students), Temple of Understanding (TOU), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF), World Organization Against Torture, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, Institute for Planetary Synthesis (IPS), International Peace Bureau, International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), UNESCO Centre Basque Country (UNESCO Etxea) and 3HO Foundation, non-governmental organizations on the Roster | A/HRC/5/NGO/10 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peoples (MRAP), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/5/NGO/11 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status | Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/NGO/12 | 2 | Written statement submitted by International Educational Development (IED), Inc., a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/5/NGO/13 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/14 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/15 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/16 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/17 | 2 | Exposición escrita presentada por la International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), organización no gubernamental reconocida como entidad consultiva especial | A/HRC/5/NGO/18 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/19 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/20 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/21 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/22 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/23 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/24 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/25 | 2 | Exposé écrit par la Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de L’homme (FIDH), organisation non gouvernementale dotée du statut consultatif spécial | Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/NGO/26 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, a non-governmental organization in the special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/27 | 2 | Joint written statement submitted by Europe-Third World Centre, World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), non-governmental organizations in general consultative status, and Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/5/NGO/28 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/29 | 2 | Written statement submitted by Foodfirst Information and Action Network - FIAN, a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/5/NGO/30 | 2 | Exposé écrit par le Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP) organisation non gouvernementale inscrite sur la Liste | A/HRC/5/NGO/31 | 2 | Written statement submitted by Conectas Direitos Humanos, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/32 | 2 | Joint written statement submitted by the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA), the Assembly of First Nations - National Indian Brotherhood (AFN), the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA), the Indigenous World Association (IWA), the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), the International Organization of Indigenous Resources Development (IOIRD), the Native Women’s Association of Canada, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, and the Asociación Kunas Unidos por Napguana, a non-governmental organization on the Roster | Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series (continued) | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/5/NGO/33 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/34 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/35 | 2 | Idem | A/HRC/5/NGO/36 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/37 | 2 | Joint written statement submitted by Badil Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights and Defence for Children International (DCI), non-governmental organizations in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/38 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/39 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/40 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Hawa Society of Women (HSW), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/5/NGO/41 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the African-American Society for Humanitarian Aid and Development (ASHAD), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/5/NGO/42 | 2 | Written statement submitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status

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The format of the present report is based on the agenda and “Draft framework for a programme of work of the Human Rights Council for the first year” for the fifth session as adopted by the Council in its decisions 1/105 of 30 June 2006 and 2/103 of 6 October 2006. It should therefore not serve as a precedent for future sessions of the Council.

The universal periodic review is an evolving process; the Council, after the conclusion of the first review cycle, may review the modalities and the periodicity of this mechanism, based on best practices and lessons learned.

A Universal Periodic Review Voluntary Trust Fund should be established to facilitate the participation of developing countries, particularly the Least Developed Countries, in the universal periodic review mechanism.

A decision should be taken by the Council on whether to resort to existing financing mechanisms or to create a new mechanism.

Country mandates meet the following criteria: There is a pending mandate of the Council to be accomplished; or There is a pending mandate of the General Assembly to be accomplished; or The nature of the mandate is for advisory services and technical assistance.

Figures indicated in square brackets refer to identical or corresponding rules of the General Assembly or its Main Committees (A/520/Rev.16).

Summary records of each of the meetings are subject to correction. They are considered final with the issuance of a consolidated corrigendum (A/HRC/5/SR.1-9/Corrigendum).

See annex III.

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