United Nations

CCPR/C/117/1

International Covenant on Civil and Political R ights

Distr.: General

14 April 2016

Original: English

English, French and Spanish only

Human Rights Committee

11 7 th session

20 June-15 July 2016

Item 2 of the provisional agenda

Adoption of the agenda

Annotated provisional agenda

Provisional agenda

1.Opening of the session.

2.Adoption of the agenda.

3.Organizational and other matters, including the adoption of the report of the working group on individual communications.

4.Meeting with representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations.

5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant.

6.Follow-up to concluding observations on State party reports.

7.Consideration of communications under the first Optional Protocol to the Covenant.

Annotations

1.Opening of the session

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights or the representative of the High Commissioner will open the 117th session of the Committee.

2.Adoption of the agenda

Under rule 8 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the first item on the provisional agenda for any session shall be the adoption of the agenda, except for the election of officers when required under rule 17. Under this item, the Committee will adopt the agenda for the session.

In accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure, the present provisional agenda has been prepared by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee. In accordance with rule 9, the Committee may revise the agenda during a session and may, as appropriate, defer or delete items.

3.Organizational and other matters, including the adoption of the report of the working group on individual communications

The 117th session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 20 June to 15 July 2016. The first meeting will be convened at Palais Wilson, in the ground floor conference room, on Monday, 20 June, at 10 a.m.

Pursuant to rule 33 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the meetings of the Committee will be held in public, unless the Committee decides otherwise or it is apparent from the relevant provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or its Optional Protocols that the meetings should be held in private.

Under the present item, the Committee will consider miscellaneous issues relevant to the Committee’s business.

4.Meeting with representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations

At each session, the Committee hears representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations based in Geneva. Accordingly, the following meetings have been scheduled: with United Nations organizations and specialized agencies on 20 June, from 10.45 to 11.30 a.m., and with national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Denmark, Kuwait, Kazakhstan and Ghana, and on 27 June, from noon to 1 p.m., on Ecuador, Burkina Faso and Argentina.

5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant

The reports to be considered during the 117th session are those of Denmark, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Ecuador, Burkina Faso and Argentina. A tentative schedule for the consideration of reports during the 117th session, prepared in consultation with the Committee, is given below.

Schedule for consideration of reports under article 40 of the Covenant

State

Report

Date

Denmark

Sixth periodicreport(CCPR/C/DNK/6)

Monday, 20June, afternoonTuesday,21June, morning

Kuwait

Third periodic report(CCPR/C/KWT/3)

Tuesday, 21June, afternoonWednesday, 22June, morning

Kazakhstan

Second periodic report(CCPR/C/KAZ/2)

Wednesday, 22June, afternoonThursday, 23June, morning

Ghana

Initial report(CCPR/C/GHA/1)

Friday, 24 June, all day

Ecuador

Sixth periodic report(CCPR/C/ECU/6)

Monday, 27June, afternoonTuesday, 28June, morning

Burkina Faso

Initial report(CCPR/C/BFA/1)

Tuesday, 28June, afternoonWednesday, 29June, morning

Argentina

Fifth periodic report(CCPR/C/ARG/5)

Wednesday, 29June, afternoonThursday, 30June, morning

In accordance with rule 68 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, representatives of States parties may be present at the meetings of the Committee when their reports are examined. Accordingly, the Secretary-General has informed the States parties concerned of the dates on which their respective reports are scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its 117th session.

Country report task forces will examine and adopt lists of issues on the reports of Italy, Serbia, Thailand and Turkmenistan and lists of issues prior to reporting for Belgium, Lithuania and Norway.

6.Follow-up to concluding observations on State party reports

The Special Rapporteur and Deputy Rapporteur for follow-up on concluding observations will provide a progress report on their activities.

7.Consideration of communications under the first Optional Protocol to the Covenant

Mindful of the provisions under rule 95 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the working group on individual communications will meet for a period of one week, from 13 to 17 June 2016, prior to the 117th session.

In accordance with the provisions of chapter XVII of its rules of procedure, the Committee will consider communications that have been or appear to have been submitted to it under the Optional Protocol.

A total of 540 communications were pending before the Committee as at 1 April 2016.

In accordance with article 5 (3) of the Optional Protocol and rule 88 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the present agenda item will be considered in closed meetings.