Human Rights Committee
10 8 th session
Geneva, 8 – 26 July 2013
Item 2 of the provisional agenda
Adoption of the agenda
Provisional agenda and annotations
Note by the Secretary-General
1.The 108th session of the Human Rights Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 8 to 26 July 2013. The first meeting will be convened (Palais Wilson, ground floor conference room) on Monday 8 July at 10 a.m.
2.In accordance with rule 6 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the Secretary-General has prepared, in consultation with the Chairperson of the Committee, the attached provisional agenda for the 108th session. Annotations to the provisional agenda are also attached.
3.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 appears from the relevant provisions of the Covenant or the Optional Protocol that the meetings should be held in private.
4.The attention of States parties is drawn, in particular, to the annotations to item 6 which contains the tentative timetable for the consideration of reports during the 108th session. In accordance with rule 68 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, representatives of States parties are expected to be present at the meetings of the Committee when their reports are examined.
5.As established under rule 95 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, a working group should meet for a period of one week prior to the 108th session. The pre-sessional working group will meet from 2 to 5 July 2013.
Provisional agenda
1.Opening of the session by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights or her representative.
2.Adoption of the agenda.
3.Organizational and other matters, including the adoption of the report of the pre-sessional working group on individual communications.
4.Meeting with representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, national human rights institutions, and non-governmental organizations.
5.Submission of reports by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant.
6.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant.
7.Follow-up to concluding observations on State party reports.
8.Follow-up to Views under the Optional Protocol.
9.Consideration of communications under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant.
10.Meeting with States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocols.
Annotations
1.Opening of the session by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights or her representative
The High Commissioner for Human Rights or her representative will open the 108th session of the Committee.
2.Adoption of the agenda
Under rule 8 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the first item on the agenda for any session shall be the adoption of the agenda. 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 pre-sessional working group on individual communications
Under this 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 (NHRIs), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) represented at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The following meetings have accordingly been scheduled: United Nations organizations and specialized agencies on 8 July from 10.45 a.m.to 11.30 a.m.; NHRIs and NGOs on Ukraine, Indonesia, Finland and Tajikistan on 8 July from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; NHRIs and NGOs on Albania and the Czech Republic on 15 July from 12 noon to 1 p.m.
5.Submission of reports by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant
For the situation with regard to the submission of reports by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant, reference is made to chapter III and annexes III and IV of the Committee’s annual report to the General Assembly for 2012 (A/67/40, vol. I).
6.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant
The reports to be considered during the 108th session are those of Ukraine, Indonesia, Finland, Tajikistan, Albania and the Czech Republic. A tentative timetable for the consideration of reports at the 108th session, prepared in consultation with the Committee, is given below:
Timetable for consideration of reports under article 40 of the Covenant |
Ukraine |
Seventh periodic report (CCPR/C/ UKR / 7 ) |
Monday, 8 July , p.m. Tuesday, 9 July , a.m. |
Tajikistan |
Second p eriodic report (CCPR/C/ TJK / 2 ) |
Tuesday, 9 July , p.m. Wednesday, 10 July , a.m. |
Indonesia |
Initial report (CCPR/C/ IND /1) |
Wednesday , 10 July , p.m. Thursday, 1 1 July , a.m and p . m. |
Finland |
Sixth report (CCPR/C/ FIN/6 ) |
Friday , 1 2 July , a . m . and p.m. |
Albania |
Second periodic report (CCPR/C/ ALB / 2 ) |
Monday , 1 5 July , p.m. Tuesday , 16 July , a.m. |
Czech Republic |
Third periodic report (CCPR/C/CZE/3) |
Tuesday , 16 July, p . m . Wednesday , 17 July , a . m. |
In accordance with rule 68 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, 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 108th session.
Country report task forces will examine and adopt lists of issues on the reports of Chile, Malawi, Chad, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone and Nepal.
7.Follow-up to concluding observations on State reports
At its seventy-fourth session, the Committee adopted decisions governing the procedure for following up on concluding observations. The Special Rapporteur will provide an oral progress report on his/her activities during the 108th session.
8.Follow-up to Views under the Optional Protocol
The Special Rapporteur for follow-up on Views will provide a progress report on his/her activities.
9.Consideration of communications under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant
In accordance with the provisions of chapter XVII of the rules of procedure, the Committee will consider under this item communications which are or appear to be submitted to it under the Optional Protocol.
A total of 332 communications are pending before the Committee as of 13 April 2013. Pursuant to the Committee’s new rules of procedure allowing the joint examination of admissibility and merits in most cases, the Committee’s examination of these communications may result in the adoption of Views, or in decisions declaring the communications admissible or inadmissible.
In accordance with article 5, paragraph 3, of the Optional Protocol and rule 88 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, this agenda item will be considered in closed meetings.
10.Meeting with States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocols.
The Committee will meet with the States parties to the Covenant and its Optional Protocols on 22 July at 3 p.m. at Palais de Nations in public session.