Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children

A/HRC/RES/8/12View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2008.

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Under the terms of paragraphs 4, 4 (h) and 5 of draft resolution A/HRC/8/L.17, the Council will:

Extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years;

Request the Special Rapporteur to report annually, starting from 2009, on the implementation of the resolution to the Council and the General Assembly, according to their respective programmes of work;

Request the High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure that the Special Rapporteur receives the necessary resources to enable him/her to discharge the mandate fully.

Pursuant to the resolution adopted by the Council, a total amount of $122,600 per biennium will be required to implement the activities arising from the terms of the resolution, as follows:

Travel of the Special Rapporteur for consultations/to attend the annual meeting of special procedures, to present his/her report to the Council and the General Assembly and for two field missions per year ($88,600 per biennium);

Travel of staff to accompany the Special Rapporteur during field missions ($19,600 per biennium);

Local transportation, security, communication and other miscellaneous expenses during field missions ($14,400 per biennium).

The requirements to implement the activities for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur have been included under section 23, Human rights, of the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009. Since the period for renewal of the mandate extends into the biennium 2010-2011, the requirements for that period will be considered in the context of the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011. No additional appropriations will be required as a result of the adoption of the resolution.

With regard to paragraph 5, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of General Assembly resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, and subsequent resolutions, the most recent of which is resolution 62/236 of 22 December 2007, in which the Assembly reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters and reaffirmed the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.

Attendance

States members of the Council

Angola; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; Cameroon; Canada; China; Cuba; Djibouti; Egypt; France; Gabon; Germany; Ghana; Guatemala; India; Indonesia; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mali; Mauritius; Mexico; Netherlands; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Pakistan; Peru; Philippines; Qatar; Republic of Korea; Romania; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Slovenia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Uruguay; Zambia.

States members of the United Nations represented by observers

Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Bahrain; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Benin; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Côte d’Ivoire; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Denmark; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Estonia; Finland; Greece; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; Iran (Islamic Republic of); Iraq; Ireland; Jamaica; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kuwait; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Latvia; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Maldives; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; New Zealand; Oman; Panama; Poland; Portugal; Singapore; Slovakia; Spain; Sudan; Sweden; Syrian Arab Republic; Thailand; Tonga; Tunisia; Turkey; United Arab Emirates; United Republic of Tanzania; United States of America; Uzbekistan; Viet Nam; Yemen.

Non-member States of the United Nations represented by observers

Holy See

Other observers

Palestine

United Nations entities

United Nations Children’s Fund

Intergovernmental organizations

European Commission; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; Organization of the Islamic Conference; League of Arab States.

National human rights institutions, international coordinating committees and regional groups of national institutions

Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines; Conseil consultatif des droits de l’homme du Maroc; Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme, France; Indonesian National Human Rights Commission; National Human Rights Institution India; National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea; South Africa Human Rights Commission.

Non-governmental organizations

ActionAid International; Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD); Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs (AIPD); African American Society for Humanitarian Aid and Development (ASHAD); Agir ensemble pour les droits de l’homme; AIDS Information Switzerland; Aim for Human Rights; Alhakim Foundation; American Association of Jurists; Amnesty International; Anglican Consultative Council; Arab Commission for Human Rights; Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD); Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA); Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network; Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC); Assembly of First Nations - National Indian Brotherhood (AFN); Association of World Citizens; Association Points Coeur; Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT); Association tunisienne de la communication et des sciences spatiales (ATUCOM); Association tunisienne des droits de l’enfant (ATUDE); Association tunisienne des mères (ATM); Association tunisienne pour l’auto-développement et la solidarité (ATLAS); Baha’i International Community; Bahrain Women Association for Human Development; B’nai B’rith International (BBI); Bureau international catholique de l’enfance (BICE); Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS); Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Caritas Internationalis; Catholic Organization for Relief and Development (CORDAID); Center for Reproductive Rights; Centre Europe - Tiers Monde (CETIM); Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE); Centrist Democrat International (CDI); Centro de Documentación, Investigación e Información de los Pueblos Indígenas (DOCIP); Coalition against Trafficking in Women; Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ); Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos (CAPAJ); Commission africaine des promoteurs de la santé et des droits de l’homme (CAPSDH); Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (CCIA/WCC); Comité international pour le respect et l’application de la Charte Africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples (CIRAC); Conectas Direitos Humanos; Conference of Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO); Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd; Conscience and Peace Tax International; Consejo Indio de Sud América (CISA); Coopération internationale pour le développement et la solidarité (CIDSE); Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations; Covenant House; Defence for Children International (DCI); Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN); Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI); Dominicans for Justice and Peace; Espace Afrique International; Europe-Third World Centre; European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA-EUROPE); Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos-España; Federation for Women and Family Planning; Fédération internationale de l’action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture (FIACAT); Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’homme (FIDH); FIAN International; Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Resource Action (FAIRA); France Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand; Franciscans International; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers); Front Line; Hadassah - the Women’s Zionist Organization of America; HAWA Society for Women; Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights; Human Rights First; Human Rights Watch; Humanitarian Law Project; Incomindios, Indian Council of South America (CISA); Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru (MITA); Interfaith International; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC);

International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL); International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IAJLJ); International Bridges to Justice; International Buddhist Foundation (IBF); International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD); International Commission of Jurists; International Committee for the Respect and Application of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ICRAC); International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE); International Educational Development (IED); International Environmental Law Research Centre; International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture; International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW); International Federation of Human Rights Leagues; International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW); International Federation Terre des Hommes; International Federation of University Women (IFUW); International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR); International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM); International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU); International Indian Treaty Council; International Institute of Humanitarian Law; International Investment Center; International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations (IIFSO); International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA-Europe); International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR); International Movement ATD Fourth World; International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID); International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD); International Organization for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education (OIDEL); International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development (IOIRD); International PEN; International Publishers Association (IPA); International Save the Children Alliance; International Service for Human Rights; International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific; Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC); Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA); Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC); Liberation; Lutheran World Federation; Mandat International; Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR); Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA); MINBYUN - Lawyers for a Democratic Society; MISEREOR; Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP); Mouvement pour l’abolition de la prostitution et de la pornographie (MAPP); The Nippon Foundation; Nord-Sud XXI; Organisation internationale pour la réduction des catastrophes; Organisation de la mère maghrébine (OMMA); Organisation mondiale contre la torture; Organisation tunisienne pour l’education et la famille; Organisation tunisienne des jeunes médecins sans frontières; Pan-Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association (PPSEAWA); Pax Christi International; Pax Romana; Penal Reform International (PRI); Permanent Assembly for Human Rights; Prison Fellowship International (PFI); Reporters sans Frontières (RSF); SERVAS INTERNATIONAL; Society for Threatened Peoples International; Solar Cookers International (SCI); SOS Kinderdorf International; Stichting Japanse Ereschulden; Swedish Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL); Transnational Radical Party; Union de l’action féminine; Union nationale de la femme tunisienne; Union of Arab Jurists; United Nations Association of the USA; United Nations Watch; VIDES International; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF); Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF); World Council of Churches; World Federation of Trade Unions; World Federation of United Nations Associations; World International Clearing Centre (WICC); World Movement of Mothers (WMM); World Muslim Congress; World Organization against Torture; World Russian People’s Council; World Union for Progressive Judaism; World Vision; World Young Women’s Christian Association; Worldwide Organization for Women (WOW).

List of documents issued for the eighth session of the Council

Documents issued in the general series

Documents issued in the limited series

Documents issued in the Government series

Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/8/G/1 | 6 | Letter dated 10 April 2008 from the Permanent Representative of Argentina to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/2 | 1 | Letter dated 24 April 2008 from the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Pakistan addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/3 | 6 | Letter dated 16 April 2008 from the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mauritius addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/4 | 7 | Note verbale dated 13 May 2008 from the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/5 | 2 | Letter dated 16 May 2008 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/6 | 3 | Note verbale dated 30 May 2008 from the Permanent Representative of the Philippines addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/7 | 5 | Note verbale dated 29 May 2008 from the Permanent Mission of Switzerland addressed to the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/8 | 7 | Letter dated 5 June from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/9 | 3, 4 | Note verbale dated 10 June 2008 from the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/10 | 7 | Note verbale dated 11 June 2008 from the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the President of the Human Rights Council | A/HRC/8/G/11 | 4 | Note verbale dated 13 June 2008 from the Permanent Mission of the Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series

Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/8/NGO/1 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/2 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by Assembly of First Nations-National Indian Brotherhood (AFN), the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), the International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development (IOIRD) and the Native Women’s Association of Canada, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/3 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by the Assembly of First Nations-National Indian Brotherhood (AFN), the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), the International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development (IOIRD), the Indigenous World Association (IWA) and the Native Women’s Association of Canada, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/4 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Nippon Foundation, a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/5 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by Stichting Oxfam International (OI), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status, ActionAid International, Amnesty International (AI), EarthRights International, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Tides Center, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) and Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), non-governmental organizations on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/6 | 5 | Joint written statement submitted by International Save the Children Alliance and World Vision International (WVI), non-governmental organizations in general consultative status, and Kindernothilfe-Help for Children in Need, SOS Kinderdorf International (SOS-KDI) and World Organisation against Torture, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, and Plan International, Inc, a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/7 | 4 | Joint written statement submitted by France Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status, and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/8 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by Amnesty International (AI), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/9 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) (FWCC), International Movement ATD Fourth World, World Vision International (WVI), non-governmental organizations in general consultative status, ECPAT International, Foster Care Organization International, International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), International Social Service (ISS), SOS Kinderdorf International (SOS-KDI), World Organisation against Torture, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, International Federation of Educative Communities, and Plan International, Inc., non-governmental organizations on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/10 | 3 | Written statement submitted by Amnesty International (AI), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/11 | 4 | Written statement by International Educational Development, Inc. (IED), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/12 | 3 | Written statement submitted by Amnesty International (AI), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/13 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights (JWCHR), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/14 | 6 | Written statement submitted by Bahrain Women Association (BWA), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/15 | 6 | Written statement submitted by the World Organisation against Torture, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/16 | 4 | Written statement submitted by the Society for Threatened Peoples, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/17 | 6 | Written statement submitted by the Japanese Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/18 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by Amnesty International (AI), Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), International Federation of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture - FIACAT), International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), and World Organisation against Torture, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/19 | 3 | Written statement submitted by International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/20 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by the Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GAATW), and Anti-Slavery International, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/21 | 4 | Written statement submitted by Pax Romana (International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and International Movement of Catholic Students), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/22 | Joint written statement submitted by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status, and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/23 | 6 | Exposé écrit présenté par la Fédération Internationale de l’ACAT (Action des Chrétiens pour l’Abolition de la torture - FIACAT), organisation non gouvernementale dotée du statut consultatif spécial | A/HRC/8/NGO/24 | 3 | Written statement submitted by December 18 vzm, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/25 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/26 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/27 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/28 | 3 | Exposé écrit conjoint présenté par le Mouvement Internationale de la Jeunesse et des Etudiants pour les Nations Unies, organisation non gouvernementale dotée du statut consultatif général, Ligue internationale des femmes pour la paix et la liberté (LIFPL), organisation non gouvernementale dotée du statut consultatif spécial, et le Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP), organisation non gouvernementale inscrite sur la Liste | A/HRC/8/NGO/29 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/30 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the FoodFirst Information and Action Network (FIAN), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/31 | 3 | Exposición escrita presentada por la Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, organización no gubernamental reconocida como entidad consultiva especial | A/HRC/8/NGO/32 | 3 | Exposición escrita presentada por la Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, organización no gubernamental reconocida como entidad consultiva especial

Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/8/NGO/33 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by International Alliance of Women (IAW), Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (CCIA/WCC), Women’s Federation for World Peace International (WFWPI), Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU), International Association of Soldiers for Peace, Zonta International, International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (IFS), International Council Of Women (ICW-CIF), World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA), World Federation of United Nations Associations, International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW), 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 Organisation against Torture, International Federation of University Women (IFUW), Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Worldwide Organization for Women (WOW), Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), Union of Arab Jurists, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO), Foundation for the Refugee Education Trust (RET), International Bridges to Justice Inc. (IBJ), Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC), International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty, American Association of Jurists (AAJ), Lassalle-Institut, UNESCO Centre of Catalonia, Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS), Peter Hesse Stiftung Foundation, Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ), Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association (PPSEAWA), Ius Primi Viri International Association (IPV), Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH), International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples (UFER), Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO), International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), International Federation of Women in Legal Careers (FIFCJ), Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), International Association for Women’s Mental Health (IAWMH), European Union of Women (EUW), European Women’s Lobby, International Women’s Year Liaison Group (IWYLG), African Services Committee, Inc., International Federation of Family Associations of Missing Persons from Armed Conflict (IFFAMPAC), Institute of International Social Development, African Action on AIDS, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Lama Gangchen World Peace Foundation (LGWPF), Pax Christi International- International Catholic Peace Movement, MADRE (International Women Human Rights Organization), the Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA), Tandem Project, Al-Hakim Foundation, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV), Solar Cookers International (SCI), Women’s Welfare Centre (WWC), Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA), World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), The Salvation Army, United States Federation for Middle East Peace, Susila Dharma International Association Inc. (SDIA), Network Women in Development Europe, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW), Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ), Grail, Nord-Sud XXI, Andean Commission of Jurists (ACJ), Korean Institute for Women and Politics (KIWP), non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, Institute for Planetary Synthesis (IPS), International Peace Bureau (IPB), International Women’s Tribune Centre (IWTC), International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), UNESCO Centre Basque Country (UNESCO ETXEA), 3HO Foundation Inc. (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization, Inc.), Dzeno Association, Country Women Association of Nigeria (COWAN), and SERVAS International, non-governmental organizations on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/34 | 4 | Written statement submitted by Interfaith International, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/35 | 3 | Written statement submitted by Peace Worldwide, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/36 | 4 | Written statement submitted by Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/37 | 3 | Written statement submitted by Pax Christi International - International Catholic Peace Movement, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/38 | 4 | Written statement submitted by the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/39 | 3 | Joint written statement submitted by Amnesty International (AI), Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), FoodFirst Information and Action Network (FIAN), ActionAid International, International Federation of Human Right Leagues (FIDH), and Baha’i International Community, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/40 | 3 | Written statement submitted by International Educational Development, Inc. (IED), a non-governmental organization on the Roster | A/HRC/8/NGO/41 | 3 | Written statement submitted by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/42 | 6 | Written statement submitted by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/42/Corr.1 | 6 | Corrigendum | A/HRC/8/NGO/43 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/44 | 6 | Written statement submitted by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/45 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the Center for Human Rights and Environment, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/46 | 3 | Written statement submitted by the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/8/NGO/47 | 4 | Written statement submitted by Amnesty International (AI), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status

Documents issued in the national institutions series

Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/8/NI/1 | 3 | Information presented by the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan: note by the Secretariat | A/HRC/8/NI/2 | 3 | Information presented by the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan: note by the Secretariat | A/HRC/8/NI/3 | 3 | Information presented by the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan: note by the Secretariat | A/HRC/8/NI/4 | 3 | Information presented by the German Institute for Human Rights, the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights of France, the National Commission for Human Rights of Togo and the Uganda Human Rights Commission: note by the Secretariat

List of special procedures mandate holders appointed at the eighth session

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

Frank William La Rue Lewy (Guatemala)

Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Anand Grover (India)

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Githu Muigai (Kenya)

Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

Joy Ngozi Ezeilo Emekekwue (Nigeria)

Working Group on people of African descent

Maya Sahli (Algeria)

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Shaheen Sardar Ali (Pakistan)

Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Haiti

Michel Forst (France)

List of members appointed to the expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples and the forum on minority issues

Indigenous peoples

Catherine Odimba Kombe (Congo)

José Mencio Molintas (Philippines)

Jannie Lasimbang (Malaysia)

José Carlos Morales Morales (Costa Rica)

John Bernard Henrikson (Norway)

Minority issues

Viktoria Mohasci (Hungary)

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The representative of Ghana subsequently stated that her delegation had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution.

Observer State of the Council speaking on behalf of States members and Observer States.

The representative of Ghana subsequently stated that her delegation had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution.

Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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