Human Rights Committee
12 9 th session
29 June–24 July 2020
Item 1 of the provisional agenda
Adoption of the agenda
Annotated provisional agenda *
Provisional agenda
1.Adoption of the agenda.
2.Organizational and other matters, including the adoption of the report of the working group on individual communications.
3.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant.
4.Follow-up to concluding observations on State party reports.
5.Follow-up to Views under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant.
6.Consideration of communications under the first Optional Protocol to the Covenant.
7.Adoption of the annual report to the General Assembly.
Annotations
1.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 16. 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.
2.Organizational and other matters, including the adoption of the report of the working group on individual communications
The 129th session of the Committee will be held online from 29 June to 24 July 2020. The first meeting will be convened on Monday, 29 June, at 4 p.m.
Pursuant to rule 35 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.
3.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant
Country report task forces will examine and adopt lists of issues on the reports of Armenia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, China, Macao, China, Iraq, Panama, Qatar and the Russian Federation. They will also adopt lists of issues prior to reporting for Burkina Faso, the Congo, Gabon, Guyana, Indonesia and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
4.Follow-up to concluding observations on State party reports
The Special Rapporteur for follow-up on concluding observations will provide a progress reports on her activities.
5.Follow-up to Views under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant
The Special Rapporteur for follow-up on Views will provide progress reports on his activities.
6.Consideration of communications under the first Optional Protocol to the Covenant
Mindful of the provisions under rule 107 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the working group on individual communications will meet online prior to the 129th session, from 22 to 26 June 2020.
In accordance with the provisions of chapter XVIII 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 1,178 communications were pending before the Committee as at 31 May 2020.
In accordance with article 5 (3) of the Optional Protocol and rule 110 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the present agenda item will be considered in closed meetings.