Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Twenty-second session
28 March–8 April 2022
Item 1 of the provisional agenda
Adoption of the agenda
Annotated provisional agenda
Provisional agenda
1.Adoption of the agenda.
2.Tribute to victims of enforced disappearance.
3.Reports by Committee members on activities undertaken between the twenty-first and twenty-second sessions of the Committee.
4.Information received by the Committee.
5.Matters relating to the Committee’s methods of work:
(a)Methods of work relating to articles 29 to 34 of the Convention;
(b)Review of the Committee’s rules of procedure and methods of work;
(c)Enforced disappearance in the context of migration;
(d)Enforced disappearance and non-State actors;
(e)Proposed world forum to promote the ratification of the Convention;
(f)Review of the fact sheet on enforced or involuntary disappearances;
(g)Other matters.
6.Consideration of reports of States parties to the Convention.
7.Meetings with non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and United Nations agencies.
8.Consideration of lists of issues.
9.Visits by the Committee (art. 33 of the Convention).
10.Follow-up to concluding observations on reports of States parties.
11.Consideration of the report on urgent action requests (art. 30 of the Convention).
12.Consideration of individual communications (art. 31 of the Convention).
13.Follow-up to Views of the Committee.
14.Reprisals.
15.Discussion on the General Assembly’s consideration of the state of the human rights treaty body system.
16.Meetings with special procedure mandate holders and regional human rights mechanisms.
17.Provisional agenda of the twenty-third session.
Annotations
1.Adoption of the agenda
In accordance with rule 8 of the 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 the officers. Under this item, the Committee will consider and adopt the agenda for its twenty-second session.
2.Tribute to victims of enforced disappearance
The Committee will pay tribute to victims of enforced disappearance.
3.Reports by Committee members on activities undertaken between the twenty-first and twenty-second sessions of the Committee.
The Committee members will share information regarding activities that they have undertaken in relation to the Convention between the twenty-first and twenty-second sessions.
4.Information received by the Committee
The Committee will consider any information received in relation to articles 33 and 34 of the Convention.
5. Matters relating to the Committee’s methods of work
(a)Methods of work relating to articles 29 to 34 of the Convention
The Committee will continue to develop a methodology and working procedures for the implementation of articles 29 to 34 of the Convention. In particular, the Committee will continue its discussion on the implementation of article 29 (4).
(b)Review of the Committee’s rules of procedure and methods of work
The Committee will continue the review of its rules of procedure and methods of work.
(c)Enforced disappearance in the context of migration
The Committee will continue to develop its draft general comment on enforced disappearance in the context of migration.
(d)Enforced disappearance and non-State actors
The Committee will continue to develop itsdraft declaration relating to non-State actors.
(e)Proposed world forum to promote the ratification of the Convention
The Committee will continue its review of the proposal to hold a world forum to promote the ratification of the Convention.
(f)Review of the fact sheet on enforced or involuntary disappearances
The focal points of the Committee and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will report to the Committee on progress in the review of the fact sheet on enforced or involuntary disappearances.
(g)Other matters
The Committee will discuss any other matters relating to its methods of work.
6.Consideration of reports of States parties to the Convention
The Committee will consider the reports of Greece and the Niger,submitted pursuant to article 29 (1) of the Convention.
7.Meetings with non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and United Nations agencies
The Committee will be briefed by non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and United Nations agencies on the situation of enforced disappearances in the States parties whose reports it is due to consider at the present session.
8.Consideration of lists of issues
The Committee will examine and adopt lists of issues in relation to the reports submitted by Cambodia, the Gambia and Nigeria.
9.Visits by the Committee (art. 33 of the Convention)
The Committee will address any issues related to visits that it has requested or plans to request pursuant to article 33 of the Convention.
10.Follow-up to concluding observations on reports of States parties
The Committee will consider the report of the rapporteurs on follow-up to its concluding observations pursuant to article 29 of the Convention and rule 54 of the rules of procedure.
11.Consideration of the report on urgent action requests (art. 30 of the Convention)
The Committee’s working group tasked with considering urgent action requests under article 30 of the Convention will report to the Committee on the requests received and the follow‑up action taken since the previous session.
12.Consideration of individual communications (art. 31 of the Convention)
The Committee will examine individual communications pursuant to article 31 of the Convention.
13.Follow-up to Views of the Committee
The Committee will consider the report of the rapporteur on follow-up to its Views pursuant to article 31 and rule 79 of the Committee’s rules of procedure.
14.Reprisals
The rapporteur on reprisals will report on action taken regarding any allegations of reprisals received since the twenty-first session of the Committee.
15.Discussion on the General Assembly’s consideration of the state of the human rights treaty body system
The Committee will hold meetings with relevant stakeholders to discuss elements of the General Assembly’s consideration of the state of the human rights treaty body system.
16.Meetings with special procedure mandate holders and regional human rights mechanisms
The Committee will hold meetings with special procedure mandate holders and regional human rights mechanism to promote cooperation with them and to address specific issues of joint concern.
17.Provisional agenda of the twenty-third session
The Committee will discuss the list of items to be included in the provisional agenda for its twenty-third session, to be held from 12 to 23 September 2022.