Commission

PROVISIONAL AGENDA 2001

GUIDE TO UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS MACHINERY

remit

See provisional agenda for 2001.

Generally speaking, the Commission:

• considers the human rights situations in Member States
• considers particular human rights issues as they apply around the world
• receives the reports of its Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups
• draws up new human rights standards

established

1946

current members (state, date mandate expires – all mandates expire on 31 december)

latin american and caribbean states

• Argentina
  • 2002
• Brazil
  • 2002
• Colombia
  • 2001
• Costa-Rica
  • 2003
• Cuba
  • 2003
• Ecuador
  • 2002
• Guatemala
  • 2003
• Mexico
  • 2001
• Peru
  • 2003
• Uruguay
  • 2003
• Venezuela
  • 2003

western european and other states

• Belgium
  • 2003
• Canada
  • 2003
• France
  • 2001
• Germany
  • 2002
• Italy
  • 2002
• Norway
  • 2001
• Portugal
  • 2002
• Spain
  • 2002
• United Kingdom
  • 2003
• United States
  • 2001

african states

• Algeria
  • 2003
• Burundi
  • 2002
• Cameroon
  • 2003
• Congo-Kinshasa
  • 2003
• Kenya
  • 2003
• Liberia
  • 2001
• Libya
  • 2003
• Madagascar
  • 2001
• Mauritius
  • 2001
• Niger
  • 2001
• Nigeria
  • 2002
• Senegal
  • 2003
• South Africa
  • 2003
• Swaziland
  • 2002
• Zambia
  • 2002

asian-pacific states

• China
  • 2002
• India
  • 2003
• Indonesia
  • 2002
• Japan
  • 2002
• Malaysia
  • 2003
• Pakistan
  • 2001
• Qatar
  • 2001
• Saudi Arabia
  • 2003
• South Korea
  • 2001
• Syria
  • 2003
• Thailand
  • 2003
• Viet Nam
  • 2003

eastern european states

• Czech Republic
  • 2002
• Latvia
  • 2001
• Poland
  • 2003
• Romania
  • 2001
• Russian Federation
  • 2003

reports to

ECOSOC

meets

Annually in Geneva for 6 weeks. It will meet from 18 March to 26 April 2002.

un address

Office of the

High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais des

Nations

United Nations

8 -14 Avenue de la

Paix

1211 Geneva 10

Switzerland

submissions by

December - only NGOs with consultative status have access, see the human rights machinery of the un

secretarIAT

Ms María Francísca IZE-CHARRIN Mr Guennadi LEBAKINE

(Also, each Special Rapporteur and Working Group has its own Assistant or Secretary - see relevant table)

room number

1-037

1-053

telephone

00 41 22 917 9260

00 41 22 917 9328

fax

00 41 22 917 9011

E-MAIL

mfize-charrin.hchr@unog.ch

glebakine.hchr@unog.ch