Annex II Programme of work 1st week Monday 13.07 Tuesday 14.07 Wednesday 15.07 Thursday 16.07 Friday 17.07 Item 1 Item 5 Item 7 Item 8 Opening of the Session Issues, challenges and best Presentation by OHCHR: Further elaboration of the practices pertaining to comparison of relevant views of the CERD on key Yury Boychenko, reporting under the ICERD procedures of other elements with regard to Chief of the Anti-Racial Convention treaties procedural gaps and best Discrimination Section ways to address them UN Holiday [Presentations by individual [Simon Walker, Item 2 (follow-up to the 2007 13:00 States of the regional/other Chief of the Civil, – study and the different Election of the Chair groups: Norway, United Political, Economic, presentations given and States of America ] Social and Cultural Rights Item 3 proposals made to the Ad 10:00 Section, OHCHR] Hoc Committee in Adoption of the Agenda and accordance with its Programme of Work mandate) General statements Item 4 Item 6 Item 5 continued Item 5 continued Assessment of the use of the Purpose of general Issues, challenges and best Issues, challenges and best complaint mechanism under recommendations by the practices pertaining to practices pertaining to article 14 CERD and the process reporting under the reporting under the leading to their issuance in ICERD Convention ICERD Convention [Marc Bossuyt, the context of the effective UN Holiday Member, Committee on the [Presentations by [Presentations by implementation of the 18:00 Elimination of Racial individual States of the individual States of the – Convention, and possible Discrimination] regional/other groups: regional/other groups: shortcomings South Africa] Pakistan, Guatemala, 15:00 [Anastasia Ecuador, Belgium, Crickley, Member, Committee on the Mexico] Elimination of Racial Discrimination]
Annex II Programme of work 1st week Monday 13.07 Tuesday 14.07 Wednesday 15.07 Thursday 16.07 Friday 17.07 10:00 – 13:00 Item 1 Opening of the Session Yury Boychenko, Chief of the Anti-Racial Discrimination Section Item 2 Election of the Chair Item 3 Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work General statements Item 5 Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the ICERD Convention [Presentations by individual States of the regional/other groups: Norway, United States of America ] Item 7 Presentation by OHCHR: comparison of relevant procedures of other treaties [Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, OHCHR] Item 8 Further elaboration of the views of the CERD on key elements with regard to procedural gaps and best ways to address them (follow-up to the 2007 study and the different presentations given and proposals made to the Ad Hoc Committee in accordance with its mandate) UN Holiday 15:00 – 18:00 Item 4 Assessment of the use of the complaint mechanism under article 14 [Marc Bossuyt, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination] Item 6 Purpose of general recommendations by the CERD and the process leading to their issuance in the context of the effective implementation of the Convention, and possible shortcomings [Anastasia Crickley, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination] Item 5 continued Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the ICERD Convention [Presentations by individual States of the regional/other groups: South Africa] Item 5 continued Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the ICERD Convention [Presentations by individual States of the regional/other groups: Pakistan, Guatemala, Ecuador, Belgium, Mexico] UN Holiday